Question of the Day, December 20, 2010
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I voted other, partially because the main thing I use my family's Wii for isn't really represented, and partially because it's different from the non-gaming activity my parents use the PS2 they bought as a cheap DVD player replacement for, and there isn't a "more than one of the above" option.
I have a home-brew enabled Wii, which I do not use to pirate video games. Instead, I use it as a way to get videos and music up over a TV and sound system that doesn't have hookups matching my laptop. It's a nice way of space-shifting my media files, especially since my laptop has a 15.6 inch 16:9 screen, while the TV in question is an old 32 inch standard def monster; it's roughly equivalent to the 4:3 area of a modern 40+ inch HDTV, and makes watching videos that are already somewhere in the area of standard def a whole lot better. I didn't vote "watching downloaded videos" because I feel like that would imply that I got them through the console's built in video store, like the shows you can by on the PSN store, which obviously isn't the case with a Wii.
Sadly, that Wii doesn't get used for much more than that; I do most of my gaming on my PC, the rest of my family doesn't play videogames, and as a result, the family's Wii library is somewhat lacking in quality games. Then again, I can only think of three or four games that I don't have that I actually want -- the Wii's hardware has so much potential, but the software is somewhat lacking.
I have a home-brew enabled Wii, which I do not use to pirate video games. Instead, I use it as a way to get videos and music up over a TV and sound system that doesn't have hookups matching my laptop. It's a nice way of space-shifting my media files, especially since my laptop has a 15.6 inch 16:9 screen, while the TV in question is an old 32 inch standard def monster; it's roughly equivalent to the 4:3 area of a modern 40+ inch HDTV, and makes watching videos that are already somewhere in the area of standard def a whole lot better. I didn't vote "watching downloaded videos" because I feel like that would imply that I got them through the console's built in video store, like the shows you can by on the PSN store, which obviously isn't the case with a Wii.
Sadly, that Wii doesn't get used for much more than that; I do most of my gaming on my PC, the rest of my family doesn't play videogames, and as a result, the family's Wii library is somewhat lacking in quality games. Then again, I can only think of three or four games that I don't have that I actually want -- the Wii's hardware has so much potential, but the software is somewhat lacking.
I use my PS3 to watch TV. The PlayTV tuner allows you tocwatch an record TV broadcasts. Even over your PSP. It's only just got the series record function that has been missing and it is one of he best Freeview DVRs I've seen. You just need a big hard drive.
I don't own a console, but I do see my PC as a viable gaming platform. I will be getting a PS3 in a few months and I will use it for Folding@home just as I do with my PC when I'm not gaming.
i selected other, because i tend to download movies, copy them wirelessly over to my PS3, and watch em there. in fact, this is what i use my PS3 for more than gaming. funny how it works.
Using the internet is the only other thing I have ever done with a console.
The experience was very underwhelming, giving clear superiority to the PC.
The experience was very underwhelming, giving clear superiority to the PC.
