Century busts out sensor bar-packing Wii LCD

Given that just about anyone can make their own Wii sensor bar with minimal effort, it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise that a company's finally decided to make an LCD screen with one built-in, although we're hardly complaining. This latest wonder of quasi-portability comes to us from the folks at Japan's Century Corporation, who seem like they might just secretly be Ben Heck fans. As with Ben's custom-made portable Wii, Century's add-on boasts a 7-inch widescreen display and, since it doesn't actually have a Wii built-in, includes a handy converter box to discreetly manage the power and A/V connections. Somewhat surprisingly, it's also not entirely unreasonably priced, setting you back just ¥14,800, or roughly $120.

[Via Wii Fanboy]

[Big @ Jun 20th 2007 3:52PM]

Great!
Now I can put an entertainment system in the back of my Scion TC.

[NHAnimator @ Jun 20th 2007 3:53PM]

That 7 inch display is gonna seem a lot smaller when you stand back far enough to swing the controller.

[derek @ Jun 20th 2007 3:55PM]

what is the point of this if it doesn't have it's own power?

[McGinley @ Jun 20th 2007 4:04PM]

Wow,you have the worst tech blog I've seen in a long time.All your posts are 3rd or 4th hand.

[Zacharias @ Jun 20th 2007 4:12PM]

Ben Heck > Century Corporation

Goes to show you that one man who has an eye for design can beat an entire corporation at developing things like this.

Zacharias
www.bsgeek.com
*All posts aren't 3rd hand, we rely on years-old dreck.

[SiLo @ Jun 20th 2007 4:17PM]

Wow, I'll have to pick myself up one of these maybe. Even though I have no idea when I would use this, it seems really fun.

[Noah Halter @ Jun 20th 2007 4:40PM]

McGinley,

Hey, thanks for the comments (even if it was a bit rough). Even though some of the content there is 3rd hand, we do have some original articles up (if you scroll down the site a bit!). The site has been up for 3 days, so cut us some slack! Look for some original content added in the future. I'm going for originality, so if you have any ideas, I'm totally up for it. I'm not offended by your post in anyway, I'd just love some constructive criticism!

Sorry for taking this offtopic everyone.

Thanks,
Noah

[paloooz @ Jun 20th 2007 4:47PM]

When will people stop calling it a "sensor bar" ...

It has no sensors! The sensors are on the WiiMote.

[Chris @ Jun 20th 2007 5:00PM]

It's called the sensor bar because the sensors rely on it for input. "Screen-top-reference-point-bar" simply doesn't have the same appeal to it.

[NoName @ Jun 20th 2007 5:43PM]

When will people stop calling it "Wiimote" its called Wii Remote. lol

[sshah87 @ Jun 21st 2007 12:31PM]

we'll stop calling it a 'sensor bar' when Nintendo changes the thing's name.

[kostya7 @ Jun 22nd 2007 2:46AM]

good!

[Putts @ Jun 22nd 2007 1:28PM]

I'm kind of skeptical about this. Certain games for Game Boy Advance (for example, Wario Ware: Twisted!) featured built-in accelerometers, much like those inside the Wii's controllers. However, these games were unplayable while traveling, as the accelerometers were unable to calibrate inside a moving vehicle. I would imagine that you would face the same problem with the Wii.