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Product Features
- direct access to all your movies, videos, music and photos
- easy installation and menu navigation
- optimized for widescreen and HD programs
- streaming of mutlimedia files , audio and video
- access to more than 1000 radio and TV channels
- many media files supported MP3, WMA, OGG, DivX,XviD, Mpeg 2, Mpeg4, WMV, JPG,BMP ect
- podcast support
- basic network connect through LAN or WLAN
- New-watch videos from known portals You Tube and Clipfish & Co
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With the new X-OOM Wii TM media centre XE you can easily enjoy your favourite collections of movies, photos, and music on your TV, without the need to transfer them to CD, DVD or other devices.
You can watch, manage and edit your collections of movies, photos, and music through your wireless Wii TM control on your TV.
With the clearly arranged menu and simple navigation, internet browsing becomes an enjoyable experience, with more than 1,000 radio and TV channels at your disposal.
NEW: With the new extended version you also get access to all the famous video portals at once! Watch the coolest video clips from YouTube, Clipfish, Google video directly on your TV!
Turn your front room into your personal multimedia station with this all-in-one entertainment centre.
You can watch, manage and edit your collections of movies, photos, and music through your wireless Wii TM control on your TV.
With the clearly arranged menu and simple navigation, internet browsing becomes an enjoyable experience, with more than 1,000 radio and TV channels at your disposal.
NEW: With the new extended version you also get access to all the famous video portals at once! Watch the coolest video clips from YouTube, Clipfish, Google video directly on your TV!
Turn your front room into your personal multimedia station with this all-in-one entertainment centre.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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The Wii is not a Media Centre and this software will not turn it into one! Media Centres are something of a jack of all trades; they can't quite work out if they are computers, video game consoles or DVD players. The basic idea behind a Media Centre is one single device that handles all of your multimedia. The technology has come a long way in the past few years with the likes of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 fitting the bill nicely. However, Nintendo never intended the Wii to serve such a purpose; it's not high definition and does not have either optical or digital outputs.
However, this lack of suitability has not stopped X-OOM from trying to convince us that it can easily be turned into one - it can't. All this software achieves is to turn the computer it is installed on into a web server; the web server software will then scan the computer and catalogue your media for you.
Once that is done you are ready to fire up the Media Centre on your Wii, this is accessed via the Internet Channel, typing in an address in the manual will then take you to your Media Centre home screen and you can begin to browse your media. The screen looks a bit like Microsoft's Windows Media Centre and works like a web page.
It is then you realise just how unsuitable the Wii is for this purpose - fair enough it does just about work but the performance and quality of the results will make you wish you had saved your money! It really is a crude gimmick - not a serious Media Centre. If you really do want a games console to use for this purpose then buy one that has the capacity and features to do it properly. Steer well clear of this pointless product from X-OOM!
However, this lack of suitability has not stopped X-OOM from trying to convince us that it can easily be turned into one - it can't. All this software achieves is to turn the computer it is installed on into a web server; the web server software will then scan the computer and catalogue your media for you.
Once that is done you are ready to fire up the Media Centre on your Wii, this is accessed via the Internet Channel, typing in an address in the manual will then take you to your Media Centre home screen and you can begin to browse your media. The screen looks a bit like Microsoft's Windows Media Centre and works like a web page.
It is then you realise just how unsuitable the Wii is for this purpose - fair enough it does just about work but the performance and quality of the results will make you wish you had saved your money! It really is a crude gimmick - not a serious Media Centre. If you really do want a games console to use for this purpose then buy one that has the capacity and features to do it properly. Steer well clear of this pointless product from X-OOM!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I really had hoped to be writing something a little more positive than this, but having just spent the last couple of hours of my life with this program (hours I can never get back I might add) I can honestly say this is one of the worst professionally released software applications I have ever come accross.
I had high hopes that this software would finally bring the wii up to a similar standard to the competition in terms of media capabilities, but sadly it was not to be. Everything started out looking really positive, easy to install, nice easy to use setup wizard to add your media..nice quick search of the PC for your media files and you can watch with glee as all those lovely folders of media are found on your harddrive. Once the wizard has stopped however the illusion is quickly shattered and you begin to realise just how awful this program actually is.
The first thing I noticed is that despite finding my video files (AVI) it did not add them to the library. So I tried adding some sample WMV files as a test, but once again it recognises them but won't list them as available content and despite trying numerous things I was still unable to get them to register. All my JPEG and MP3 files registered ok though so I guess that's something, So I decided to use the "Start Media Centre" option to get going but half the screen was missing at the bottom so I was unable to login without completely closing down the program and opening it again...how annoying especially as this turned out to be a fairly regular problem.
So anyway, next I hopped onto the Wii web browser and was able to connect to the server very easily. First I tried a slideshow, this wasn't too terrible to be fair, images were of passable quality but could still certainly be better. I then tried the MP3 option, which was terrible...slow, awkward to use and the sound quality wasn't exactly fantastic either. Finally I tried the TV and Radio options..which both contained channels I had never heard of and were poor quality in terms of both content and picture.
If there were not already enough negative comments, here are a couple more. This software is for installation on a PC, not the Wii and not for MAC, LINUX or any other platform for that matter...this means you have to have a PC to use this software. Not only that you also must have the Wii Opera Web browser, which is fine if you downloaded it in the early days of the Wii, but if not you will have to buy it from the shop channel.
Overall, this program is a waste of money, it won't do half of what you want it to do and when it does work it works either averagely or badly...sorry X-oom, you have to do MUCH better than this
I had high hopes that this software would finally bring the wii up to a similar standard to the competition in terms of media capabilities, but sadly it was not to be. Everything started out looking really positive, easy to install, nice easy to use setup wizard to add your media..nice quick search of the PC for your media files and you can watch with glee as all those lovely folders of media are found on your harddrive. Once the wizard has stopped however the illusion is quickly shattered and you begin to realise just how awful this program actually is.
The first thing I noticed is that despite finding my video files (AVI) it did not add them to the library. So I tried adding some sample WMV files as a test, but once again it recognises them but won't list them as available content and despite trying numerous things I was still unable to get them to register. All my JPEG and MP3 files registered ok though so I guess that's something, So I decided to use the "Start Media Centre" option to get going but half the screen was missing at the bottom so I was unable to login without completely closing down the program and opening it again...how annoying especially as this turned out to be a fairly regular problem.
So anyway, next I hopped onto the Wii web browser and was able to connect to the server very easily. First I tried a slideshow, this wasn't too terrible to be fair, images were of passable quality but could still certainly be better. I then tried the MP3 option, which was terrible...slow, awkward to use and the sound quality wasn't exactly fantastic either. Finally I tried the TV and Radio options..which both contained channels I had never heard of and were poor quality in terms of both content and picture.
If there were not already enough negative comments, here are a couple more. This software is for installation on a PC, not the Wii and not for MAC, LINUX or any other platform for that matter...this means you have to have a PC to use this software. Not only that you also must have the Wii Opera Web browser, which is fine if you downloaded it in the early days of the Wii, but if not you will have to buy it from the shop channel.
Overall, this program is a waste of money, it won't do half of what you want it to do and when it does work it works either averagely or badly...sorry X-oom, you have to do MUCH better than this
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The media centre did just about function as described - so appears to have got through the previous release operability issues.
However - maybe it does what it says - but is that really worthwhile?
It basically uses the Wii internet channel (which you need to purchase with Wii points) to connect through to a web server - which is the program running on your PC - so also needs to have an internet connection.
On the Wii - the photo's stored on the connected PC were visible all ok - albeit a little slow, and the quality looked much reduced. The moving between folders is a bit chunky. I'd rather copy pictures onto a SD memory card and use the Wii reader and functions.
Music- it did index -and I could select tracks to play via Wii - but it didn't seem to show the title/albums without clicking individual icons under the alphabetical index, so not something to be done quickly and it could be quite a tiresome thing to do each time you want to listen to a particular track.
Tried the web TV - mostly couldn't stream quick enough.
With the Wii Internet channel I can already use the Wii browser to watch TV on i-player, and see Youtube, and photo sites - which does put in question the point of this product, almost like doubling up on a already good product.
The other side effect I can't live with is the performance degradation on the PC running the web service. Even when the product is set into "sleep" mode (which should only then run when media is requested), my CPU monitor showed mediacentre often running at>50%. This actually slowed the mouse and keyboard response down noticeably - the PC isn't high end spec - but this product shouldn't be this heavy on it.
Maybe it does what it says - but only 2 stars as you have to question why not using the in-built Wii features. Buy a few 2Gbyte SD cards instead, cheaper in the long run, plus better than the surplus piece of software.
However - maybe it does what it says - but is that really worthwhile?
It basically uses the Wii internet channel (which you need to purchase with Wii points) to connect through to a web server - which is the program running on your PC - so also needs to have an internet connection.
On the Wii - the photo's stored on the connected PC were visible all ok - albeit a little slow, and the quality looked much reduced. The moving between folders is a bit chunky. I'd rather copy pictures onto a SD memory card and use the Wii reader and functions.
Music- it did index -and I could select tracks to play via Wii - but it didn't seem to show the title/albums without clicking individual icons under the alphabetical index, so not something to be done quickly and it could be quite a tiresome thing to do each time you want to listen to a particular track.
Tried the web TV - mostly couldn't stream quick enough.
With the Wii Internet channel I can already use the Wii browser to watch TV on i-player, and see Youtube, and photo sites - which does put in question the point of this product, almost like doubling up on a already good product.
The other side effect I can't live with is the performance degradation on the PC running the web service. Even when the product is set into "sleep" mode (which should only then run when media is requested), my CPU monitor showed mediacentre often running at>50%. This actually slowed the mouse and keyboard response down noticeably - the PC isn't high end spec - but this product shouldn't be this heavy on it.
Maybe it does what it says - but only 2 stars as you have to question why not using the in-built Wii features. Buy a few 2Gbyte SD cards instead, cheaper in the long run, plus better than the surplus piece of software.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Media Centre For Wii (PC)
Brilliant for editing your films,music and photos using your Wii remote control, Internet can also be obtained however you have to purchase another piece of equipment about £70 for... Read more
Published 9 months ago by romreader
Not For the Tech Unsavvy
Firstly, the idea to make the Wii play your media files is a brilliant one in theory. However, the execution proved more than a little aggravating. Read more
Published 23 months ago by G. Bright
Not great!
I got this for my son as I don't have a Wii,but he found it not much use at all and gave up in the end. Can't really recommend it,sorry.
Published on 16 April 2010 by C. M. Collier
Why?
This software would appear to be essentially pointless. Took me a lot of set-up to get it working and all it did was do what my laptop does much more easily and with less fuss. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2010 by A. Gothorp
A little difficult to understand at first
I got this for my brother and his young son, as they seem a bit WII mad! Its not the most logical of application as you have to access the files via your browser on Wii Channels. Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2010 by Mr. P. J. Coombe
It works but not really worth the effort
This piece of software is designed to do for the Wii what the Xbox 360 can do straight out of the box which is link to your home PC to run movies, music etc. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2010 by oldstuff
After a long trial period, this is not for me.
First of all, the WII is a game console, and although it would've been interesting to stream my media from a central PC, I have regretfully come to the conclusion that despite... Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2009 by Rendition
Very poor
Yet another package which looks like a God send that ends up full of bugs and leaves you wondering (Why don't I just leave each electrical appliance I have to do the job its... Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2009 by Gogol
Great product
Makes having a Wii so much more fun!! Easy to use and packed with features
Published on 12 May 2009 by Jimbo
A good idea in theory, but we couldn't get it working!
Chose this as we thought it would be a simple way to upload photos etc onto the Wii. However, it wouldn't work, and, after spending ages reading through the instructions and still... Read more
Published on 26 Mar 2009 by Gemmeg
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