A Review of the Nintendo Wii 7″ LCD Monitor from ChinavisionThere is good news for all of us that love their Wii. Thanks to the company Chinavision, you and your kids (or just you) can take your Wii on the road to enjoy the ultimate road trip. This little 7″ LCD can mount right on top of your Wii to make it a truly mobile entertainment system. Of course not to be out done I’ve gotten my hands on one of the Chinese manufactured devices to find out if it is a good investment or if it falls a little short. Let me start with the basics.Hardware Stats:Display: 7″ LCD (TFT) Screen Resolution: 480×234 Regional Coding: PAL/NTSC Connectivity: Nintendo Wii Direct connection (Via standard A/V)Audio: Includes two integrated stereo speakers USB: 2 Wii USB output inputAudio: Standard RCA out Powered by: Standard Car Cigarette lighter Plug (which is included by the manufacturer) Dimension: 258mm x62mmx156mm (10″x2″x6″) and will cleanly sit directly on top of your WiiWeight: about 5lbsOut of the box it looks and feels fairly sturdy, which is of course a necessity if it will be floating around in the back of Minivans everywhere. The 7″ screen isn’t very impressive and has a little bit of a dull appearance. As a result in direct light, as you would expect in a vehicle traveling down the road during the day it washes out. It performs better at low light. It is nice that it mounts directly to the Wii and it even has a cooling port integrated into the base of the LCD to help insure neither the screen nor your Wii will overheat. Not necessarily the fault of the screen is the difficulty of using the Wii in a vehicle. There is no good place to put it where you’re on an equal plane, ie looking directly across from it. This is substantial if you’re trying to play some of the Wii’s more popular motion controlled games. If you intend to play these types of games for the majority of the time you may have better luck using seat back integrated video or other vehicle integrated screens than this LCD by Chinavision.
