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Wii's TV Guide Channel gets demonstrated on video

Darren Murph — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:16:00 EST

Ready to torture yourself even more? For folks not shacked up in Japan, there's little good in spending precious moments of your life checking out screenshots of the recently launched TV Guide Channel. Still, that's absolutely no reason to not check out the same on video, now is it? Oh, and for those curious, the Wiimote simply changes stations and volume levels like any other remote -- 'cept it's 498.3-percent more likely to shatter your set. Check out the vid after the jump.

[Via NintendoWiiFanboy]

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Nintendo launches TV Guide Channel in Japan, enables Wiimote to control TV

Darren Murph — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:05:00 EST

For Wii owners not located in Japan, get ready to weep. Why? Because users in the aforementioned nation now have access to an incredibly fascinating new channel and you, well, don't. Details on the TV Guide Channel are still a bit fuzzy (read: lost in machine translation), but based on what we've pieced together, users can surf through shows on the EPG, share their favorites with friends, see how popular a program is (using demographic data, too) and even receive an e-mail / SMS alert 30 minutes prior to a flagged show's start time. Best of all, however, is the ability to use your Wiimote as a television remote. You heard right -- owners can use their Wii controller (via the sensor bar) to dictate volume, switch channels and flip back and forth between their shows and the TV Guide Channel. Now, how long must the rest of the free world wait? Check out the gallery over on Classic for a few more looks at what you're (probably) missing out on.

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Nintendo launches TV Guide Channel in Japan, enables Wiimote to control TV

Darren Murph — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:05:00 EST

For Wii owners not located in Japan, get ready to weep. Why? Because users in the aforementioned nation now have access to an incredibly fascinating new channel and you, well, don't. Details on the TV Guide Channel are still a bit fuzzy (read: lost in machine translation), but based on what we've pieced together, users can surf through shows on the EPG, share their favorites with friends, see how popular a program is (using demographic data, too) and even receive an e-mail / SMS alert 30 minutes prior to a flagged show's start time. Best of all, however, is the ability to use your Wiimote as a television remote. You heard right -- owners can use their Wii controller (via the sensor bar) to dictate volume, switch channels and flip back and forth between their shows and the TV Guide Channel. Now, how long must the rest of the free world wait? Check out the gallery for a few more looks at what you're (probably) missing out on.

[Via NintendoWiiFanboy]

Gallery: Nintendo launches TV Guide Channel in Japan, enables Wiimote to control TV

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