Comments on: Wii U lacks ability to play DVDs or Blu-ray flicks http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Mon, 14 May 2012 15:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ninfan http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/#comment-185637 Ninfan Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:41:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=159454#comment-185637 Not important. Really people. Do you want a 700 dollar system like PS”x”? No. I want to play games that are good and not loose my house payment for it! (or bike money for kids!)

]]> By: Shane McGlaun http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/#comment-118741 Shane McGlaun Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:29:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=159454#comment-118741 The vast majority of the country doesn’t live in an area with blazing fast web speeds. In my area the bandwidth is often too low to watch a streaming movie without sitting through constant buffering. This is the big issue with streaming only right now for many.

]]> By: Dsadsa http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/#comment-118694 Dsadsa Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:44:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=159454#comment-118694 Do you not realize that you are being a jack-ass? Some folks dont care about quality they just want to watch the show. 

]]> By: PolkAudio http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/#comment-118423 PolkAudio Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:55:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=159454#comment-118423 Do you not realize that you are making an apples to oranges comparison?  The picture quality of streamed video is not comparable to Blu-Ray and I highly doubt that of DVD either.  Believe it or not people do still buy music, and video on physical media to obtain the higher quality. As for downloads, most movies are also highly compressed, unless you are actually downloading a full DVD or BR rip. 

Ignorance breeds arrogance.

]]> By: Andrewcomr http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/#comment-118401 Andrewcomr Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:18:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=159454#comment-118401 who buys dvd’s or blue ray disks anymore, just download everything online or watch netflix

]]> By: ns http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/#comment-118218 ns Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:06:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=159454#comment-118218 people seemed to do just fine when nes didn’t play vhs

]]> By: Michael Interbartolo III http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/#comment-118215 Michael Interbartolo III Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:46:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=159454#comment-118215 most DVD’s I buy now are kids movies so they can watch them in the car or on plane more than home. if the Wii U gets Netflix and maybe Amazon VOD channels I call that a win (Vudu would be a feather in their cap)

]]> By: Michael Interbartolo III http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/#comment-118210 Michael Interbartolo III Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:49:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=159454#comment-118210 I am still rocking my 1997 Sony DVP-7000 DVD player why would I need the Wii or any other machine to duplicate that functionality. it is a game system, surfing the web, watching netflix are just icing on the cake. plus the extra license/hardware for dvd/blu ray would only add to the cost of the console and folks are already worried the controller is going to be expensive. how much longer is physical media going to be around anyway for the home(in car entertainment probably dvd for a while longer, but I doubt that will ever go blu ray)

]]> By: Michael Interbartolo III http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/#comment-118211 Michael Interbartolo III Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:49:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=159454#comment-118211 I am still rocking my 1997 Sony DVP-7000 DVD player why would I need the Wii or any other machine to duplicate that functionality. it is a game system, surfing the web, watching netflix are just icing on the cake. plus the extra license/hardware for dvd/blu ray would only add to the cost of the console and folks are already worried the controller is going to be expensive. how much longer is physical media going to be around anyway for the home(in car entertainment probably dvd for a while longer, but I doubt that will ever go blu ray)

]]> By: Sal http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/#comment-118196 Sal Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:22:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=159454#comment-118196 By having a device that plays DVD and BluRay will eliminate clutter of other single function devices around your tv…i think dvd and bluray should have been included.

]]> By: Sal http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/#comment-118197 Sal Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:22:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=159454#comment-118197 By having a device that plays DVD and BluRay will eliminate clutter of other single function devices around your tv…i think dvd and bluray should have been included.

]]> By: Ken http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/#comment-118191 Ken Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:52:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=159454#comment-118191 Its all about digital media like netflix so I could care less if it could play dvd or blu ray.

]]> By: Stefan Tollnick http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/#comment-118189 Stefan Tollnick Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:42:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=159454#comment-118189 The question is: How many users would actually use a dvd drive to playback movies and would that justify the extra costs of a drive? I don`t think so…

]]> By: research papers http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/#comment-118184 research papers Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:59:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=159454#comment-118184 I like this post! Thanks.

]]> By: research papers http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/#comment-118185 research papers Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:59:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=159454#comment-118185 I like this post! Thanks.

]]> By: Sam http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/#comment-118182 Sam Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:53:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=159454#comment-118182 I’m undecided. Although the irony of having a remote-like controller but no DVD playback always gives me a chuckle, I can see their point. Even if it came with the capability, most people would probably use something else. Netflix probably gets them more brownie points with users than DVD playback nowadays (or in the near future) anyway. 

]]> By: Sam http://www.slashgear.com/wii-u-lacks-ability-to-play-dvds-or-blu-ray-flicks-15159454/#comment-118183 Sam Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:53:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=159454#comment-118183 I’m undecided. Although the irony of having a remote-like controller but no DVD playback always gives me a chuckle, I can see their point. Even if it came with the capability, most people would probably use something else. Netflix probably gets them more brownie points with users than DVD playback nowadays (or in the near future) anyway. 

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