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We all know that you cannot play the standard, full sized DVD's on the Nintendo GameCube - even with some kind of software or modification. The only way you can enjoy playing GameCube games and watching DVD's is by importing the Japanese Panasonic GameCube 'Q' for around £400+.
The GameCube uses tiny little 8cm sized DVD discs to store and play games on - each with a whopping 1.5Gb capacity. We all know that!
I was watching that 'ever reliable' channel Game Network yesterday and someone wrote in to them asking if you can play normal DVD's on the Cube.
One said no, but the other (Carl) said YES! :O
According to him, you CAN play DVD's on 8cm discs (like the GameCube ones) - but if only there were such a thing.
As far as I know, you cannot get DVD's on 8cm discs anywhere. But it's always very hopefully for the future - with the feedback that has been recieved for Nintendo using such a small media.
Being an English guy, I don't see how he could have said anything wrong like an Italian speaking English would.
Could this really be true!????
Will we one day be able to watch DVD's on our cheap little GameCubes???
If it is true, it'll frustrate the gamers who've already imported a Q!
Discuss.
The GameCube uses tiny little 8cm sized DVD discs to store and play games on - each with a whopping 1.5Gb capacity. We all know that!
I was watching that 'ever reliable' channel Game Network yesterday and someone wrote in to them asking if you can play normal DVD's on the Cube.
One said no, but the other (Carl) said YES! :O
According to him, you CAN play DVD's on 8cm discs (like the GameCube ones) - but if only there were such a thing.
As far as I know, you cannot get DVD's on 8cm discs anywhere. But it's always very hopefully for the future - with the feedback that has been recieved for Nintendo using such a small media.
Being an English guy, I don't see how he could have said anything wrong like an Italian speaking English would.
Could this really be true!????
Will we one day be able to watch DVD's on our cheap little GameCubes???
If it is true, it'll frustrate the gamers who've already imported a Q!
Discuss.
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I like the GameCube. I don't care if it plays DVDs or not, I just like the games and that's all that counts, especially since there are 4 DVD players in our household.
Gamecube is a games console. PS2 & X-BOX are entertainment systems. Cube is sincerly to play GREAT games and nothing else. NUFF!! ;D jc
The GameCube does not have the software in it's system to play DVDs even if they were released on 8cm DVD.
In short NO.
Solskjær wrote:
> We all know that you cannot play the standard, full sized DVD's on the
> Nintendo GameCube - even with some kind of software or modification.
> The only way you can enjoy playing GameCube games and watching DVD's
> is by importing the Japanese Panasonic GameCube 'Q' for around
> £400+.
>
> The GameCube uses tiny little 8cm sized DVD discs to store and play
> games on - each with a whopping 1.5Gb capacity. We all know that!
>
> I was watching that 'ever reliable' channel Game Network yesterday and
> someone wrote in to them asking if you can play normal DVD's on the
> Cube.
> One said no, but the other (Carl) said YES! :O
>
> According to him, you CAN play DVD's on 8cm discs (like the GameCube
> ones) - but if only there were such a thing.
> As far as I know, you cannot get DVD's on 8cm discs anywhere. But it's
> always very hopefully for the future - with the feedback that has been
> recieved for Nintendo using such a small media.
>
> Being an English guy, I don't see how he could have said anything
> wrong like an Italian speaking English would.
>
> Could this really be true!????
> Will we one day be able to watch DVD's on our cheap little
> GameCubes???
> If it is true, it'll frustrate the gamers who've already imported a
> Q!
>
> Discuss.
game network are idiots and carl is just plain dumb he said that there were no gamecube games to be released until august and that was before ssb:m and pikmin came out so its probably not true
> We all know that you cannot play the standard, full sized DVD's on the
> Nintendo GameCube - even with some kind of software or modification.
> The only way you can enjoy playing GameCube games and watching DVD's
> is by importing the Japanese Panasonic GameCube 'Q' for around
> £400+.
>
> The GameCube uses tiny little 8cm sized DVD discs to store and play
> games on - each with a whopping 1.5Gb capacity. We all know that!
>
> I was watching that 'ever reliable' channel Game Network yesterday and
> someone wrote in to them asking if you can play normal DVD's on the
> Cube.
> One said no, but the other (Carl) said YES! :O
>
> According to him, you CAN play DVD's on 8cm discs (like the GameCube
> ones) - but if only there were such a thing.
> As far as I know, you cannot get DVD's on 8cm discs anywhere. But it's
> always very hopefully for the future - with the feedback that has been
> recieved for Nintendo using such a small media.
>
> Being an English guy, I don't see how he could have said anything
> wrong like an Italian speaking English would.
>
> Could this really be true!????
> Will we one day be able to watch DVD's on our cheap little
> GameCubes???
> If it is true, it'll frustrate the gamers who've already imported a
> Q!
>
> Discuss.
game network are idiots and carl is just plain dumb he said that there were no gamecube games to be released until august and that was before ssb:m and pikmin came out so its probably not true
the gc discs czn be multi layered. it was mentioned in one of the recent NGC mag and i heard it on the net when they were disscussing resident evil. because it could be put on one disc but they chose to put it on two. DVD players can play 8cm DVD's. they have the grooved just like the drive in ur pc. What is the point though? i work at tesco and u can get a DVD player for £80 and i have seen them cheaper just get one. nobody sells movies on 8cm ones and i don't think that they will for a while.
>JC941< wrote:
> Well, Game Network are very unreliable and oftern get their mords
> wuddled up, and Carl, his teeth are so big that he carnt speak normal
> anyway.
True, true.... but he's still English, and what he said actually made clear sense!
It's gotta be possible though - and aren't standard Game CD's (on PS2/PC/X-box) different to the current DVD discs anyway???
Surely that means the 8cm DVD CD's would be different to the Game ones?
Maybe they could put the film on one disc, and the extras on another.
And I don't think 8cm DVD's would work on a normal player - something else I also meant to comment on.
> Well, Game Network are very unreliable and oftern get their mords
> wuddled up, and Carl, his teeth are so big that he carnt speak normal
> anyway.
True, true.... but he's still English, and what he said actually made clear sense!
It's gotta be possible though - and aren't standard Game CD's (on PS2/PC/X-box) different to the current DVD discs anyway???
Surely that means the 8cm DVD CD's would be different to the Game ones?
Maybe they could put the film on one disc, and the extras on another.
And I don't think 8cm DVD's would work on a normal player - something else I also meant to comment on.
the biggest dvd ive ever heard of held 123gb of info - of course it was multi layered, and I mean seriously multi layered. As for the GC being able to use mult layered discs I have heard rumours but nothing circumstantial. However the film could come in 2-3 parts, but why bother? DVD machines cost as little as £100 so no company will bother with the 8cm dvd media - maybe in the future when the dvd format is replaced by a format which can hold 5+gb on 8cm discs...
Well, Game Network are very unreliable and oftern get their mords wuddled up, and Carl, his teeth are so big that he carnt speak normal anyway.
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