DS TV goes on sale in Japan

TV in the US is switching to all digital soon. so if they did make this in the us, then it probably wouldnt be untill then.

I wonder if it picks up satelite or local airwaves?

meh too small a screen for me also looking at how the psp went down because of all the multimedia stuff i really cant see this as a decent invention

Well, there's always the GBA version of movies, such as Shrek, SharkTale, etc, etc, Cradleofbodom. But DS cartridge movies would be hot. I always wanted a play-yan. *sniffle*

TV? Y not movies, psp sells movies, most of the time TV only has crap on it anyways.

That is actually pretty sweet!

damn even if they bring it to north america they wont bring it to canada wedx13x Have you ever heard of moonshell

@Those who bring up the Game Gear The biggest difference here is the capability of the Game Gear and DS in pure hardware sense, I remember this Game Gear attachment and most people I know who had couldn't stand the thing due to the color quality and manufunction some had with it.

Heh, I'm sure they'll release it in America. You just have to give it time. Not making definite plans is part of hyping up the item.

If it attracted so much interest that it crashed why the hell wouldn't they release it outside of Japan?

boo. Eventually there will be an iphone killer that plays High req games

So if it's not coming to America I guess that Australia has no hope then.

I think It's part of their overall strategy.

Cool, I would buy one. Since most of the time, all the TVs in my house are occupied, I can use this to watch TV.

similiar ot the psp i guess...i wish we had something like that here...i want tht on my psp...wihtout that TivoToGo stuff, the US is getting somesort of wireless tv cable service...right? or is that WiMax internet...hmm wow i confused myself...LOL

Screens too small for pron

*cough*psp*cough*

too small of a screen

I find it sad how Nintendo is trying to tap into the PSP market with a Web Browser and a TV attachment. Why do they need to waste their time? They're way ahead of the PSP in sales, why bother?

i want one

Well, I'd like it, but since I play my DS mostly while in the subway, chances are I wouldn't have any signal... so... bleh.

Cool, but I wouldn't get one of these......

looks cool but i woouldnt want to watch tv on a really small screen

seems pretty cool, however i think nintendo would have ALOT more people interested if they created a device for the DS that could store videos on it. that would eliminate any regional or signal problems and is just way better tbh imagine 11 series of south park on your DS! DS TV still seems cool and im sure it will do well :) plz come to the UK ^.^

looks sweet

wish it was on psp

Man if there's any way this thing could work with U.S. broadcasters, they need to release this as soon as possible!

I WANT THAT! is it just the 5 free channels or is this digital like freeview or something? otherwise when the digital witchover starts this will be useless.

Lulz, I wish I could watch some of those Japanese game shows...Better than the ones we have in North America...>___> Human Tetris anyone?:lol:

Does anyone remember the tv antenna attachment for the Sega GameGear? This sounds pretty similar, except people might actually buy it.

I want it! It'll kill so much time on the college bus.

Nice, i wonder how good the quality will be and what type of TV channels are on it

wow. thats something...

iPhone / iTouch anyone?

Well its cheaper than an iPhone!

bah, most tv over here sucks anyway.

oh yea just noticed that this is only for japan. haha wow. too bad for americans and canadians

wow thats really interesting.. too bad i dont have a ds nor do I plan to get one, but this is friggin SWEET

So if it's not coming to america, what the heck should i care about this.

To all the people wondering if this will come to the US: No, this will most likely not come to the US because it uses 1seg. Regardless of whether or not Nintendo wanted to release it in the US, it would be useless. That type of signal isn't available in the US. In Japan it is quite common to see it on mobile phones already (as well as 3-5 megapixel cameras, but I digress). It is not a regular TV tuner that we are used to back in the States, so it won't pick up local stations like regular antennas.

Awsome! More cool stuff that I can't get because it's Japan only. Wheee!

hmm

...how totally pointless

i doubt this will come to europe, just cuz it would be really hard to transfer NTSC-J's 525 scanlines to PAL's 625 on that small screen. (Don't complain, PAL and especially SECAM totally pwn NTSC in refresh rates and resolution) as for us Americans, the Japanese TV standard is based on the crappy NTSC standard we waist our eyes on. (Go USA!! way to impress our worthless standards on other countries!!)

Just might have to import this, after I figure out how / if it works.

Oh Japan, how I envy you and your exclusive Nintendo items, and exclusive items in general.

COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL;;;;;;;;;;; THIS WILL ROCK IN THE USA USA USA :^) omg If it only would come here :^(

agrees with RaiKageRyu, that would be pretty sweet. i hope this comes out in europe................we never get anything first.........sometimes we don't get this kind of stuff fullstop.

So much for being purely a games machine.

Yes the Tv Tuner for the Gamegear was amazing technology in its day, the game gear was really ahead of its time. Its a shame that the battery life absolutely sucked. But it really was ahead of its time, colour screen, back-lit.. tv tuner... But, it was too much technology too soon. Nintendo releasing this on the DS is perfect. DS' battery life is pretty awesome, and its clamshell design makes it really nice to carry around. And the tilted screen makes it easier to view on your lap or a desk. Its a shame that in the UK - the services for TV reception are so poor, that this product won't fare too well. It will probably make it in America, but in the UK - internet is slow, digital tv isn't perfect and analog signals are ending. And there arent enough people with devices like this that would make it popular enough to have a proper service :( Long live Japanese technology! :D