Collapsible Sensor Bar Makes Your Wii More Portable
Nintendo's Wii is one of those video game consoles that you definitely want to take with you when you go to a party at a friend's house -- assuming of course they don't already have one of their own. And, given the size of the little white box, the Wii seems like it would be the perfect thing to throw in a bag and take a long. However, that long and fragile looking sensor bar stuck to the top of your TV with double-sided tape doesn't exactly lend itself to easy portability. Enter the Sensor Wiire, a third-party accessory that replaces the stock sensor bar with something that's a lot easier to take along. Instead of a solid bar, the Sensor Wire has two small boxes that clip together. Held end-to-end they are about the size of a pack of gum, and combined with a retractable cord, the whole package hardly takes up any room at all.
It uses a similar design found in many wired portable mice, with a small spring-loaded wheel winding the cable up to keep things neat while traveling. However, that wheel leads to the one and only drawback of the thing -- it's not long enough. The sensor wire is only two feet long, very short compared to the ten feet of wire attached to the stock sensor bar. That's not enough to even reach the top of most HDTVs.
So, while you're a little restricted in how you setup your Wii when using this, installation is otherwise a breeze. Just plug it into the same stock bar port on the back of your Wii, extend the cable, set the sensors down in front of the television, and you're ready to play. It works well. For those who are constantly taking their Wiis on-the-go and would rather avoid tangle-prone cords, the Sensor Bar may be a worthwhile purchase, but everyone else will find the two-feet of cable somewhat useless and certainly no replacement for the stock bar.
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David said 7:33PM on 1-02-2008
Does anybody make an extension sensor wire (e.g. 10 feet or 20 feet) that you can attach to the sensor wire to solve the 2 foot sensor wire issue? I keep my Wii in a cabinet far from the tv and my sensor wire is not long enough to put on top of the tv, so I just put the sensor bar in front of me and it seems to work ok, but I would prefer an extension so it would reach the tv.
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