I was wondering on people's thoughts on whether the Tvii will use the internet or if you need to have cable tv first?

 

What's Tvii?

 

No, it doesn't use internet unless you're using Netflix etc; it uses your TV's input. It's essentially a TV guide. You enter the information of your box and the pad uses its IR to act like a universal remote and switch your TV/digibox to the channel you choose, and then the guide that shows live information and the message board uses the internet. The Wii U doesn't do any streaming of the show itself for the live TV part, it just manipulates your television.

 

Thanks for the clarification.

 

Should be nice since it has an iTV partnership to keep it afloat.

 

Personally, I think it looks really awesome. Nice way to consolidate all my media in one easy to access place. Nintendo really is trying to make the Wii U the #1 home-entertainment box.

 

In case you didn't know, this hooks up with your cable box and DVR too.

What this does is put all your services in one unified application allowing for easy access and an enhanced experience.

You want to watch Mad-Men? Go on the app and it'll give you all the places to watch it (if it's on cable, Netflix or Hulu+, etc.)

Watching a movie, get actor info and details on the Wii U Pad. Even the ability to screen-shot a scene and share it on Twitter, Facebook or Miiverse.

Viewing a football game, get player stats and plays on the Wii U Pad.

Honestly this is quite ingenious.


And on your Xbox, you have to pay for Xbox Live Gold to even use Netflix and other services. So there's that.

 

WE HAVE A WINNER.

I mean the main differences I saw with TVii was the "second screen" functions (which SmartGlass demoed and it seems unimportant anyway) and that it works with TiVo (which feels laughably dated).

 

I just hope TVii isn't proxy locked.

 

They confirmed that it will be.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/13/nintendo-tvii-carriers/