I am hoping someone ditches the big sensor bar altogther and comes up with an improved design- its ugly. If all it is are infrared LEDs mounted on the ends of the bar, whats the point of the space between them - I would love to see two small LED Sensors(Like they have on IR Blasters) that can be stuck somewhere descretly(but evenly spaced on the ends of the TV) - Like on the Sides of the TV with double backed tape, connected via a small cable that can be run behind the TV or something.
I have a 50" plasma on the wall so I want to get away from the cluttered look and the ugly bar
Well, you know, the closer the LEDs, the less sensitive it is to movement(increased precision), because it tricks it into thinking you're further away so you need a wider movement to achieve the same effect.
How about a mini bar, about 4 inches wide? Or just a couple of stickies with LEDs that you can mount as close or far apart as you want?
That's what I meant - Since most people are getting bigger TVs(I have a 50") I think the individual sticky leds make more sense since the wider the TV the farther apart the leds should be. Wonder what math/engineering went into deciding how long the sensor bar should be(What size AVG TV did they base this off of and why). I haven't used my Wii yet(Its a christmas gift for my kids) but has anyone with a bigger Tv noticed problems with range of movement because of the sensor bar and a larger screen or does it not really matter
It mostly depends on distance from the TV/sensor bar.
I have my Wii hooked up to my computer, and as such sit fairly close(only a few feet away, tops), and find that it's hard to get the proper precision needed for a game like Zelda(aiming the bow and arrow and the like), compared to when I actually sit back as far as I can, with the room I have. If you have too much width for the range, it becomes too sensitive.
So, for a widescreen TV, assuming you're sitting back 5-7 feet, it shouldn't be a problem at all.
i am using my Wii on my projector. Using the remote about 6-8 away from the bar/screen and works great. i have noticed that i can be very precise in zooming in/out.
The sensor bar is very misleading. What it is, is just a pair of IR LEDs at a fixed distance.
The way it works, is there's 2 types of motion sensitivity. There's the accelerometers, which judge vertical and horizontal movement, then there's the pointer/aiming, that lets you use it like a cursor on the screen. The way that works, is there's a simple IR-sensitive camera in the remote itself, which picks up the light from the LEDs. Using this, it can judge depth, position and turn, when pointing at the screen, by comparing the distance between the LEDs relative to what the camera is picking up.
