Become a PC Couch Potato With YouTube Wii Remote
With a Wii Remote and "WiiLeanBack," surfing silly cat videos on YouTube has never been lazier.
I love YouTube. I love finding crazy stuff that you just can't see anywhere else - whether it's the brilliance of auto-tune [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/90051-Man-Makes-Original-Album-From-YouTube-Musicians], or just people posting videos of their cats. But since YouTube must be viewed on your PC, it's always a very close-up experience, with me at my mouse and keyboard. What if I want to watch cat videos from the comfort of my couch, huh?
That's what WiiLeanBack [http://www.androidreview.com/html/youtube-leanback.php#wiileanbackvideo] is for. It's a nifty little program that uses the basic Bluetooth functionality of the Wii's controller to turn the Wii Remote into ... a TV Remote (would that be a TiiVii remote?)
So this means that if you want to watch YouTube videos from the comfort of your couch, all you need is a Wii Remote and this software. And for your computer and monitor to be somewhere in the vicinity of your couch. You could always move them, but that's a lot of work - and isn't this about being as lazy as possible?
The Wii Remote: It controls YouTube videos and giant robot arms [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/93072-Wii-Remote-Controls-Giant-Robot-Arm]!
(Gawker [http://tv.gawker.com/5593686/wiileanback-encourages-laziness-with-youtube+enabled-wii-remote])
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With a Wii Remote and "WiiLeanBack," surfing silly cat videos on YouTube has never been lazier.
I love YouTube. I love finding crazy stuff that you just can't see anywhere else - whether it's the brilliance of auto-tune [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/90051-Man-Makes-Original-Album-From-YouTube-Musicians], or just people posting videos of their cats. But since YouTube must be viewed on your PC, it's always a very close-up experience, with me at my mouse and keyboard. What if I want to watch cat videos from the comfort of my couch, huh?
That's what WiiLeanBack [http://www.androidreview.com/html/youtube-leanback.php#wiileanbackvideo] is for. It's a nifty little program that uses the basic Bluetooth functionality of the Wii's controller to turn the Wii Remote into ... a TV Remote (would that be a TiiVii remote?)
So this means that if you want to watch YouTube videos from the comfort of your couch, all you need is a Wii Remote and this software. And for your computer and monitor to be somewhere in the vicinity of your couch. You could always move them, but that's a lot of work - and isn't this about being as lazy as possible?
The Wii Remote: It controls YouTube videos and giant robot arms [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/93072-Wii-Remote-Controls-Giant-Robot-Arm]!
(Gawker [http://tv.gawker.com/5593686/wiileanback-encourages-laziness-with-youtube+enabled-wii-remote])
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