Chinavasion comes through with 7-inch Wii LCD monitor

If you've exhausted all of your resources and still can't seem to whip up your very own Wii Laptop, Chinavasion's out to make sure you have the second (albeit a distant one) best alternative. Granted, the CVSN-901 isn't the first of its breed, but it does provide a marginally less unsightly design. As for specs, you'll find a 7-inch 480 x 234 resolution display, built-in stereo speakers, auxiliary stereo AV connection, adjustments for contrast / brightness / etc. and a fan grill hole thrown in just to ensure that "your Wii won't overheat." For what it's worth, it seems the requisite IR emitters are sitting just above the speakers (though it's not spelled out on the product page), and at least the unit itself will only set you back a Benjamin and change (or way less if you order enough for your entire community).

[Via Coolest-Gadgets]

[Dan Davis @ Apr 17th 2008 4:56PM]

Forget whipping up a Wii laptop, I'd like to just find a Wii for sale.

[Van @ Apr 17th 2008 7:05PM]

Seriously, what has Nintendo been doing? They've had plenty of time to manufacture Wii's out of their asses. Maybe its all these retail places taking them all and selling them in these ridiculous bundles... Family fun bundle, ha... I'll show them a fun bundle.

[Curtis the Claw:XBL - supapaypamawio @ Apr 17th 2008 8:26PM]

What has Nintendo been doing? They've been making Wii's of course. The Wii sold around 750,000 units last month, just about triple the amount of 360's or PS3's sold.

[OSnix*-geek @ Apr 17th 2008 4:56PM]

SO if it requires you to plug it in, can you really call it a "laptop".... me thinks this has no way to power the screen or the wii, without plugging it in. In todays cars, or even with an inverter that won't be much of a problem in a car, but then again who would want to play the wii in a car?

[Ignatius @ Apr 17th 2008 4:57PM]

I don't know, there's a lot of people who like to play with their Wii in a car, on a bus, in a train, on a plane!

[waterboy99troop @ Apr 18th 2008 2:52AM]

@Ignatius

methinks playing on a bus would not be a good idea...

*bus goes over a pothole*

*Wii goes flying*

game over... the expensive way...

[Kao @ Apr 18th 2008 4:34AM]

if you're talking bout getting a lawsuit and some jail time from the girls eye you poked out then yea its expensive.

[ENVi @ Apr 17th 2008 4:57PM]

I think the two square above each speakers are IR emitters. So you may not need a sensor bar afterall.

[Alex @ Apr 18th 2008 2:11PM]

the IR Emitters are above the speakers, you can confirm that with the connection picture.

[Ultraorange @ Apr 17th 2008 5:00PM]

um those aren't ir spots about the speakers??

[chay @ Apr 17th 2008 5:08PM]

Yeah I would say that those are obviously the sensors in the top of the speakers.

Surely more worrying in that photo is showing two nunchucks but no remote. ;)

[Firen @ Apr 17th 2008 5:14PM]

Yeah, was wondering as well about that *g*

[edru @ Apr 17th 2008 6:25PM]

or just pads, for when you close it.

[BorisBorf @ Apr 17th 2008 5:14PM]

I'm sure those are the IR lights (sensor bar) above the speakers. If you look at the website, the thing covers up the sensor bar plug-in so if those weren't IR lights, you're screwed.

[R1cebrner @ Apr 17th 2008 5:15PM]

Where do i put my candles when the ir spots burn out?

[Guy @ Apr 17th 2008 5:20PM]

you can buy a car adaptor for the wii for about $10 on ebay or dealextreme

[mykie @ Apr 17th 2008 5:34PM]

480x234 seems like an awfully strange (and low) resolution.

[rock99rock @ Apr 17th 2008 6:58PM]

funny, i thought that was the native resolution of the wii :)

[forget about wii @ Apr 17th 2008 5:54PM]

Who wants to find a wii? I'll sell mine gladly. Talk about the most overhyped machine (behind the iPod). Yeah it looks cool, and looks like it would be fun to play, but there are ALMOST NO GOOD GAMES! The best game is the free sports collection that came with the system. Don't even tell me that a bunch of ports of old Gamecube games, or "updated versions" of Super Nintendo and 64 games (really? no originality left over there Nintendo?) count for anything. Once Xbox comes out with their motion controller, I'll be getting rid of my wii for good. if it weren't for the fact that i'm going to be trying to replicate johnny lee's cool wii experiments, i would have sold my wii to some unsuspecting 12 year old's mom a long time ago.

[coolbho3000 @ Apr 17th 2008 7:20PM]

You've probably never owned one. You gave this away too easily. Reason being, you don't actually need a Wii to replicate "Johnny Lee's cool Wii experiments."

If you really wanted to replicate his experiments, you would've sold your Wii long ago to an "unsuspecting 12 year old's mom" and kept a Wiimote to experiment with. But you've probably never even owned one, and are claiming so just to bash the system.

Troll much?

http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/915692.asp

[N30 G30 @ Apr 17th 2008 9:28PM]

Creativity?!

Have you even seen the damn controller?!

Out of all three consoles, Nintendo was the most creative and risked the most. Hell even the name's creative.

As for games, pick up Zelda, Mario Galaxy, or Metroid Prime. I haven't though. I plan too, but I'm still addicted to Brawl (the main reason why I waited two hours outside then Nintendo store just to get a Wii.)

Seriously, why trash another console? What kind of loser actually feels bad when their favorite console isn't selling well? Do people really put their entire worth of their lives on the out come of their favorite consoles? Please reevaluate your lives.

[Reader @ Apr 18th 2008 3:30AM]

I don't understand people like you that actively promote/demote products you either have or don't have. Either way, you're selling yourself for another's profit... Unless you have stocks in the company I suppose, you're just a tool.

It's one thing to give a legitimate review of a product, but spouting bullshit or taking a company's side (whether it be Mac or Windows, etc.) is just dumb.

[Rainier @ Apr 17th 2008 5:54PM]

Was this designed by Hen Beck, Chinavasion's knock-off of Ben Heck?

[Ping @ Apr 18th 2008 9:54AM]

How is this a knockoff?

[King Mook Mook @ Apr 17th 2008 6:29PM]

Yes, but does this play Crysis?

[low tech @ Apr 17th 2008 6:42PM]

If by "Crysis" you mean "Metroid Prime 3: Corruption", then yes, it will play Crysis.

[anonymous @ Apr 17th 2008 11:25PM]

No, but it will play Far Cry Vengeance, you just have to put up with the sub-par graphics.

[Reader @ Apr 18th 2008 3:27AM]

The only fault in the first Amendment is people like you, King Mook Mook.

[King Mook Mook @ Apr 18th 2008 6:41AM]

@reader: That is a badge I wear with Pride.

[PG @ Apr 17th 2008 6:51PM]

480 x 234? They can keep it.

[JACOB @ Apr 17th 2008 7:02PM]

it should have a batery

[Darryl @ Apr 17th 2008 7:49PM]

It should have spell check.

Sorry, couldn't resist :)

[Dull @ Apr 17th 2008 8:09PM]

So you get two Nunchu's, but no Wii Remote?

[Paulmichael @ Apr 17th 2008 9:35PM]

I think I could actually count the vertical pixels if I saw this thing in real life...234 on a 7 inch screen??

[Reader @ Apr 18th 2008 3:28AM]

No doubt, that's like 5 pixels every tenth of an inch (I think)... Terrible resolution.

[tom @ Apr 17th 2008 9:59PM]

Anyone want to tell them thats Mario Party DS?

[Timerider @ Apr 18th 2008 11:28AM]

I was just about to say "Am I the only one who noticed that's Mario Party DS?"

Obviously at least one other person noticed.

[AwlAmericanDawg @ Apr 17th 2008 10:28PM]

I heard the reason that they're not selling well here in America is because of the value of our dollar.

[gad get @ Apr 18th 2008 1:15AM]

Oh my! Don't use this if all you've got as far as a controller is your beloved motion-sensing Wiimote and Nunchuck. I can just picture someone taking a good hard swing in Wii tennis, and smacking that poor little screen. The screen snaps off at the hinge, and the Wii plunges to the ground.... "Moommmyy!"

[Ivan @ Apr 18th 2008 3:34AM]

I bought two electronic devices from Chinavision.
Both are low quality raw products that look good on paper but perform quirky and unstable.
I left my negative feedback about these products, but the site does not post it - so beware of only good item reviews on that site.
As a rule of thumb - if Chinese product does not have a brand name, in my case - not even a manufacturer name - SKIP IT.

[not4no1 @ Apr 18th 2008 11:04AM]

True, I bought a video watch (I admit it) from them. It was a great purchase & still use it as a Flash drive w/a screen.
I did a review of the product with pros & cons & it never got posted. Only positive comments with no negitives get posted...I still like the watch.

[Mke @ Apr 18th 2008 6:36PM]

Now you can throw your controller through the windshield as well

[Tolu @ May 6th 2008 2:30PM]

hello !!!!1 who knows any website from china that i could buy some electric goods from such as psp ?