Large screen needed for Wii - advice please?

[The Groke]

It seemed to me, the bigger the image the easier it was to use the pointers!

Well there you go then!

 

[felixthecat]

The screen size is about how far you are from it really. If you're doing this in a small room then you're not gonna want a massive screen.

For optimum viewing, as a rule of thumb your screen size should be a third of the distance you're gonna be viewing it from. So if you're viewing it from 15ft away then the screen can be 5ft and still be seen comfortably, obviously you can get smaller than that but any closer with that size screen and you're gonna be feeling it.

Is there any research around this? I'm wondering whether you might be able to get some money for a bit of study on how it goes.

Ah, useful. *does maths....*42" LCD it is then.

Hmmm... the research angle is an interesting one. There's been research done in the USA but predominately in geriatric units and head injury rehab. I don't think there's been any research done in the use of Wii in sports injuries/orthopaedic surgery....there's an article due for publication in the Dec issue of Frontline tho(the physio journal, nothing to do with the flea control). I work for the Army and its certainly not being used in any units in the UK - def used in the US and in Australia tho.

 

[audiotech]

I work with the elderly.

wii sport and wii fit on a 32" LCD TV is fine with the bog standard cables that came with the platform. Most sit on their arses and just watch the TV though.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

My friend has a projector in her flat and a Wii, and it's terrific. They're far cheaper nowadays than they used to be. I'd definitely get one if I was buying a screen specifically for use with a Wii - some games are no better on a huge screen than on a smaller one, but ones involving your own physical movement seem to be much more satisfying when you're actually life-size in the picture. It feels much more natural... perhaps because you don't have to be looking at a specific direction to get feedback on what you're doing, just "forwards".

 

[bmd]

Ah, useful. *does maths....*42" LCD it is then.

Hmmm... the research angle is an interesting one. There's been research done in the USA but predominately in geriatric units and head injury rehab. I don't think there's been any research done in the use of Wii in sports injuries/orthopaedic surgery....there's an article due for publication in the Dec issue of Frontline tho(the physio journal, nothing to do with the flea control). I work for the Army and its certainly not being used in any units in the UK - def used in the US and in Australia tho.

There you go then, funding ahoy!

Who would you contact to get some more info on this?

 

[pk]

My friend has a projector in her flat and a Wii, and it's terrific. They're far cheaper nowadays than they used to be. I'd definitely get one if I was buying a screen specifically for use with a Wii - some games are no better on a huge screen than on a smaller one, but ones involving your own physical movement seem to be much more satisfying when you're actually life-size in the picture. It feels much more natural... perhaps because you don't have to be looking at a specific direction to get feedback on what you're doing, just "forwards".

I cannot recommend playing Scarface at full volume, drunk, in the dark, on a projector.

Just make sure you've no real guns lying around!

 

[fogbat]

I have no technical knowledge to contribute, but felixthecat deserves more credit for using the word "wii-habilitation".

So well done, felix

 

[felixthecat]

Just to say thanks for all the advice - I got a 42" Toshiba something or the other and its just perfect! The whole project has gone down a storm and I am currently Miss Popular (except with other physios in aphcs cos they didn't think of it first)