Saturday, September 15, 2012

Wii U + TVii




TVii Trailer

We already knew that Nintendo’s Wii U would have streaming apps for Netflix, Hulu and YouTube, but on 13 September, Thursday, Nintendo announced something more ambitious for its next gaming console, called TVii.

Introducing a new way to find, watch and engage with TV, Movies & Sport 

TVii is Nintendo’s will be combining live television, DVR and streaming video services into a single interface for the Wii U’s touch screen controller. Instead of the clunky channel grid you see on every cable box, TVii will recommend things to watch, group shows by category and offer a unified search engine that works across all video content.

Wii U: Nintendo TVii Demo - NYC Nintendo Conference

Learn more while it's happened
Another interesting feature is the Wii U’s GamePad also serves as an extra screen for watching replays, looking up information (such as sports scores), talking with friends or looking for other content. Twitter, Facebook, iMDb and Wikipedia are all integrated.

For TVii, the Wii U GamePad can also be used as a universal television remote with a built in guide, even when the Wii U is off, will allow users to use the Wii U GamePad as a means to switch television inputs, browse through channels, look through channel programming guides, and turn the Wii U console on.[89] Nintendo also confirmed at their September conference that you can stream live television straight to your system, similar to standard set top boxes.

It's interesting when a game console now can have such innovative and interactive TV Internet app. Nintendo had made it easy for user to interchange between watching TV, Internet browsing & Playing game without much remote control on the table.


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