It’s buggy, twitchy and some times quicker than others, but for a free demo – something the Shop Channel needs more of – Wii Opera is better than i could’ve hoped for.
You’ve had a day to fool around with it and probably crashed YouTube at some point, so we wanna hear from you. What other sites have you played with on “WiiTV”? Personally i’ve found my blogs, feeds, YouTube of course, and a couple major flash sites to be very managable and downright better/convenient on the telly, even if 480i bows down to 480p.
PS- Supposedly there’s a site out there (http://team-dsx.net/ds/basic.php) that allows you to have tabbed browsing on your Wii. I say supposedly cause it’s been shut down by traffic, apparently, and i couldn’t get in. But try and you may succeed. [Via Kotaku]
"but for a free demo – something the Shop Channel needs more of " Ooooh snap! BURN!But yeah, I think the Opera browser is pretty funtcional and I could see myself using it quite often if I didn't already have a laptop. I did encounter a bit of a problem when scroling through Kotaku.com while zoomed in. Also, sites would probably look way better if my TV wasn't so small and far away from the couch, but for being free it's pretty sweet and does exactly what it's supposed to do.
i love being able to youtube on my tv.
Pretty fun to use actually. It's officially become my email checker. Only site it's crashed on me so far is Myspace. Oh and that …… "other"…site.
For some reason, I can only watch linked youtube videos. I cant just go to youtube and watch a video, it says I have the wrong plugin or something. But I have been watching some streaming TV shows and movies. Absolutely awesome.
@ Chesterthat originally happened to me, but went away when i tried again 5 minutes later. weird.
I've had it freeze up my Wii completely on two occasions now. Not sure the exact reason or why, but it basically was an all-white screen with a non-moving Wii finger pointer on it. Had to hold down the power button until the light went red and turn it back on again.Otherwise, Wii browsing is quite fun.Then again, I REALLY REALLY miss tabs.
thus far i have as my bookmarks:wiicade.comyoutube.comgoogle videoorisinal.compeekvid.comalluc.orgebaumsworld.comthey all seem to work, so that's a combination of anime, movies, tv shows, flash games..etc. hope this helps.
ya anon 2, im pretty sure everyone hates eric bauman.
does anyone else know some other good websites to bookmark on the opera browser? sites that you can see video reviews of games, music videos etc. i've tried gamespot.com & gametrailers, but those sites don't seem to work. and neither does yahoo music. also, does anyone know other flash game sites that use only mouse? similar to wiicade & orisinal?
The browser seems to get better in time.I am much more used to it now, and although it will not replace my PC, especially fore forums, it is a great free little thing.great for movies and such.
"Only site it's crashed on me so far is Myspace. Oh and that …"other"…site."I don't know what your talking about Leon *cough* intendo.wordpress.com *double cough*watch yourself.
It's great! ^^ I love it… pr0n Works as well! ^^ Couch is much more comfy than the computer-chair…It's cool, only annoying part is that it takes forever to type…