Just been on the Wii shop and noticed that you can download for free a BBC iPlayer channel, good news for me as I used to watch it now and again before the last browser update messed it up.
Also noticed demo games available now, can't say I seen that on there before.
I use BBC iPlayer via my PS3, so no use for me, but I will have a nose around the demos.
Cheers.
it works great now my 5year old watchs cartoons on the wii that he could just watch on the bloody TV anyway lol.
hopefully the novelty for him will wear of soon
I find that the iplayer seems to work better on my wii than it does on any PC I've used it on!
Wii iplayer for the absolute win.
Tbh so good is it, and such a great idea, that people are starting to build iplayer into TFT TV's!
Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
I was going to say it's a bit weird and pointless since it works fine on the wii's web browser anyway for over a year now... --but I guess this thread just goes to prove that such things are useful to put out, if just to make sure that people don't use their own initiative take notice of things
not if you had updated your Wii. if it was running the latest firmware then iPlayer wouldn't work.
I was going to say it's a bit weird and pointless since it works fine on the wii's web browser anyway for over a year now... --but I guess this thread just goes to prove that such things are useful to put out, if just to make sure that people don't use their own initiative take notice of things
Any idea if it's been fixed yet?
yeah, BBC released an "app" a couple of months ago or something. worked since then(perfectly)
iPlayer also seems to be better quality using the wii channel rather than the browser.
Yes, the app is 700kbps streams, the older browser based one 500kbps.
It's nice to be able to catch up via iPlayer from the Wii to the T.V rather than on the laptop. A worthy edition to the Wii channels
R3MF (24-01-2010)
I downloaded the browser some time ago so my folks could watch the iPlayer on TV, but it was patchy at best. The new dedicated channel is great though! You can't tell a huge difference from live broadcasts on an old SD TV.
Yes, and unlike the PS3 the parents can actually use the wii control & iplayer.
Found the app not that long ago, now the girlfriend is actually using the wii, even if it isn't for gaming lol
They still don't though.. =( All this effort I go to!
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