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DVDBack23 @ Nov 22, 2007 22:47 | 11 comments

Nintendo has recently announced that Japanese DS owners will be soon be recieving a TV tuner attachment dubbed the DS-TV.

The DS-TV will be a cartridge with an attached antenna which will allow owners to watch TV on the go.

After the announcement last week, the company began taking pre-orders for the device and the Japanese site actually crashed due to the intense inbound traffic from would-be buyers.

The device carries a 6,800 yen (approximately $63 USD) price tag and an estimated battery life of 3 to 5 hours depending on how bright you keep your DS screen.

When asked whether the DS-TV could work in foreign companies, Nintendo made it clear that they had no plans to launch it anywhere outside Japan and that the cartridge would not work on European or North American DS's.

Source:

Dailytech

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Comment by: ZimHosein (Nov 23, 2007 05:51)

Quote:
When asked whether the DS-TV could work in foreign companies, Nintendo made it clear that they had no plans to launch it anywhere outside Japan and that the cartridge would not work on European or North American DS's.

Why? :(

Comment by: 21Q (Nov 23, 2007 06:04)

WHAT!!! I demand to have ds-tv in america by 2008!!!

Comment by: c.trigger (Nov 23, 2007 06:29)

I just got a DS a few days ago, this would be so cool

Comment by: spydah (Nov 23, 2007 13:36)

Thats dirty that they didnt make it work in other regions. They would have had some serious extra sales outside of Japan.

Comment by: itago (Nov 23, 2007 13:50)

They can't even supply Japan with enough, so I doubt it.

Comment by: procode (Nov 23, 2007 15:16)

Originally posted by spydah:
Thats dirty that they didnt make it work in other regions. They would have had some serious extra sales outside of Japan.

I think that is the point my friend, they cannot produce enough to supply the whole World, at this time .. ;)

To work in the UK, it only requires every alternate line to be suppresed .. :)

Procode ..

Comment by: ripxrush (Nov 23, 2007 16:26)

um... it would be useless in the us since everyone switches over to all hd broadcasting! & the ds probably isn't fast enough to down convert te hd into a lower resolution!

Comment by: dubliners (Nov 23, 2007 19:42)

Originally posted by ripxrush:
um... it would be useless in the us since everyone switches over to all hd broadcasting! & the ds probably isn't fast enough to down convert te hd into a lower resolution!

I believe that all the channels are already in HD in Japan. I wonder if DS can handle that.

Comment by: maitland (Nov 23, 2007 21:49)

yeah, this is intriguing. Give up the goods, Nintendo!!!

Comment by: nalljr (Nov 27, 2007 07:10)

Maybe Nintendo do not want to end up like Sega (releasing Sega Saturn outside Japan which was a failure)

Comment by: borhan9 (Dec 20, 2007 09:26)

An interesting update for the DS.