PlayOn for Wii beta to be announced tomorrow

We know that some of you streaming media fanatics have been indulging in this one for the better part of a month already, but just in case: tomorrow the kids at MediaMall officially announce the beta release of PlayOn for Wii. The software license runs $39.99, but there is a 14-day free trial -- so you can see for yourself whether or not it makes sense to tie up your console with re-runs of CSI: Miami when you could be better off shakin' your groove thing to Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party. Hit the read link and decide for yourself.

[Via New York Times]

[ArhcAngel Posted Aug 25th 2009 2:16PM]

I have used it a few times for testing (PS3 and Wii on same TV) and it works surprisingly well for wireless. Video quality not withstanding I had only a couple of times where I experienced any stuttering.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 25th 2009 3:01PM]

We've just announced special pricing until the end of August to celebrate this release. Between now and August 31st. If you enter coupon code AUG10OFF on our purchase page http://tiny.cc/ndBA8 you can purchase the software for $29.99. Of course you can still try it for free here, http://tiny.cc/hqoZn but you need to decide to buy by the 31st to get the special pricing. Enjoy.

[jwilliek Posted Aug 25th 2009 4:52PM]

Aw no! I just bought PlayOn at full price on Friday night to start using it with my Wii! I wish I would have waited now!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 26th 2009 10:23AM]

Is a Mac version in the works?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 25th 2009 3:15PM]

Given the thumbnail on the screen, does this mean that the only movie that can be watched is Tommy Wiseau's "The Room"?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 25th 2009 3:54PM]

I love this program. I use it daily. Also look at some of the cool plug ins. It plays everything on my computer on my 44 inch tv and looks great. Well worth the $30.00 with the cupon the guy up above talked about.

I had some issues with the install on my vista because my windows media player was messed up but I got it worked out. Im on Windows 7 now and it runs great too.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 25th 2009 4:04PM]

Not to nitpick, but doesn't this require the Wii Internet Channel? One would think (hope?) the requirement of another $5 piece of software would have been mentioned somewhere in either the engadget article or on PlayOn's Minimum Requirements.

[glennS Posted Aug 25th 2009 5:01PM]

It is (and was) mentioned on the PlayOn website when I downloaded it last night.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 25th 2009 5:25PM]

This is EngadgetHD, right? What is a Wii article doing here. Did it suddenly gain the ability to output an HD signal?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 26th 2009 12:43PM]

The Wii can (and always could) do 720p (as long as you buy the component video cable)...

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 26th 2009 5:35PM]

@hyjacked
Please provide a link that proves this. I can't find anything other than an April 1st (April fools) story that states the Wii can output in 720p.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 26th 2009 6:50PM]

and I presume this implies that the crappy browser and crappy onboard memory will suddenly not have memory leak problems like it does simply browsing the internet....

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 27th 2009 9:45AM]

I ran a Playon test on my Wii with a Netflix movie to my Samsung LCD 46" LCD. The movie via Playon was extremely blurry.