Can The Wii Play DVDs?

This is a two part answer. For the most part no, but yes it can. I know that may sound confusing. Each Wii has a fully functional dvd player inside each and every unit, but for some reason this feature has been locked out. I think nintendo wants its users of there systems to focus on the gaming aspect of the console.

Despite this, programmers have found a way to safely unlock wii dvd funtionality without modifying the sytems in any way. This hub will show you how its done. Learn more How To Make Wii Play Dvd's Click Here

How To Make Wii Play DVD's?

There are 2 ways to do this, we will cover both. The first way is to install a mod chip inside you nintendo wii. Mod chips range in price but are upwards towards $100. If you don't have any experience with working with circuit boards you will more then likely break your system if you try to install it on your own. You local computer shop will probably charge you $75 to $100 to install it for you. You must be warned that this method will void your sytems warrenty because it will require you to open up your unit, and not to forget its more expensive then the alternative method

Best Way To Unlock Wii DVD playback.

You can unlock your Nintendo wii dvd playback feature by installing a software program called homebrew channel on the wii. This software is really cool. What it does is allows you to run homebrew applications on the wii. These are games and programs made by people other than Nintendo typically a home program writer. Once you get this software installed on your unit, you load it with dvdx player software and you will be able watch dvds on the wii. This is not all the software can do. You will be able to play backup games, run homebrew games, run media programs, even run emulators that allow you to play many retro console games from systems like snes. Installing this program can be a utter pain if you don't have any experience with programing. Luckily you can get a guide called homebrew installer that walks you through the process and only shows you the safest way to do it.

You can check it out by visiting this website here. Click Here