Use Your Wii as a Media Center


	Use Your Wii as a Media Center
prostoalex
2-19-2008 11:43 PM
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These days, every gaming system in your living room better be able to do more than just play video games if it's going to earn its place next to your TV. The Xbox 360 makes for an <A href="http://lifehacker.com/software/hack-attack/turn-your-windows-pc-into-a-media-center-powerhouse-on-the-cheap-298408.php">excellent Media Center extender</A>, and the original Xbox <A href="http://lifehacker.com/software/geek-to-live/transform-your-classic-xbox-into-a-killer-media-center-299809.php">is the king of homebrew video-game-cum-media-boxes</A>, but when it comes to expanding your home theater beyond gaming, the Wii has always been a bit light on functionality. The best thing it's got going for it is the excellent Opera web browser, but web browsing with the Wii remote is still a bit clunky. Luckily, using that very same browser, you can turn your Wii into a full-fledged media center with the freeware Windows application Orb. Here's how.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/357869/use-your-wii-as-a-media-center"><P>Naturally, you'll want to see what the end result will look like and what you can do with it before you proceed, so check out the gallery and video below to get a better idea of what Orb can do for your Wii.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/357869/use-your-wii-as-a-media-center"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lifehacker.com/img/84FB889F-5920-4BF2-9C57-FF0F713D6107" alt="Access TV, Videos, Music, and Photos with Orb on Your Wii" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/357869/use-your-wii-as-a-media-center"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lifehacker.com/img/0CEFA69A-D5DF-42F9-8330-FD2DA2A3DE80" alt="Browse Your Program Guide" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/357869/use-your-wii-as-a-media-center"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lifehacker.com/img/B59DB0FE-5AE9-4C8A-BAC6-43847813C0C8" alt="Stream Your Music Library to Your Wii" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/357869/use-your-wii-as-a-media-center"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lifehacker.com/img/89B2A24C-1C8D-4FF6-BED2-5846E8F3474D" alt="Play Online Flash Games through Orb" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/357869/use-your-wii-as-a-media-center"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lifehacker.com/img/94C20573-49CB-4DB8-85FC-5455EDE86E9B" alt="Access Your Recorded Television" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/357869/use-your-wii-as-a-media-center"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lifehacker.com/img/C38D6C45-535E-4428-B347-338283A3304E" alt="Stream TV and Videos" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C368CFC9-8359-4076-A4E1-28BBAD2737CF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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