BBC iPlayer on the Wii
This is nothing to do with our virtual office service but just something neat that I have been playing with today. As at 18th Nov 2009 the BBC have launched a specific version of iPlayer for the Wii, meaning you can watch iPlayer on your tele. I’ve set this up today and it has been pretty straightforward and the picture is brilliant, but there are a few things to think about:
a) you need a Wii obviously, but you also need wireless Lan and have connected the Wii to your wireless Lan to get internet access.
b) On the Wii menu, click on Shop Channel. I had to go through lots of menus as there were new terms and conditions to agree to and I had to do a long system update. It sounds complicated but I took my time, read what it said on the screen and followed the instructions.
c) Once all that is done you will get into the Shop Channel. BBC iPlayer is new at the time of writing so was on the front screen so you may need to search for it. Follow the instructions to add it as a new channel and have some patience as it take a few minutes to download.
d) Once completed, return to the wii main menu and you should be able to see the BBC iPlayer as one of the options. Click on this and you will get access to all the programmes available on iPlayer.
One thing to watch out for, this may encourage you to watch more on iPlayer which will rapidly use up your broadband bandwidth. If you have a cheaper broadband service you may be limited to the amount you can download in a month. As a rule of thump a 30 minute programme will be about 300 Mbyte, so if you have a 2 Gbyte limit you would only be able to watch 5 or 6 programmes during a month before you were close to your allowance.
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