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06-24-2008, 11:29 AM
So I got Rock Band Wii and am loving it. Naturally when you first get it home, all you want to do is play. After a day or two perhaps, you, like me, want to come up with a better solution to manage the cords required of the game. In other words, you want a cleaner installation.
Now I know the Wii is a little spoiled in the grand scheme of things since the guitars are wireless. But there remain the drums and the microphone and their crazy long cords snaking precariously through one's gaming space, which for myself is often populated by toddlers, pets, and other dangerous objects. I have a good solution, but I need a few extra feet of cord length to make it work. (By the way, I looked into the wireless USB options... clever, yes... prohibitively expensive, yes...)
Plain old USB extensions are cheap and easy to use, and the fancier active extensions claim that they are not limited to the 16.5 feet USB cable specification. I saw the Pelican brand powered USB hub for the Xbox and PS3 and am thinking that's another option to get the four or five feet I need (if it's really that long, I don't know yet.) Another possible way to go is a very long way around using basement space and a USB/ethernet converter and Cat 5 cable. Has anyone done this with their consoles whether Wii, Xbox, or PS? I was also curious to know if anyone out here is USB savvy enough to say that a powered USB hub to replace the Wii unpowered USB hub might operate at a lower temperature or provide stronger data transmission.
Any USB stories, install variations, or suggestions are appreciated.
Now I know the Wii is a little spoiled in the grand scheme of things since the guitars are wireless. But there remain the drums and the microphone and their crazy long cords snaking precariously through one's gaming space, which for myself is often populated by toddlers, pets, and other dangerous objects. I have a good solution, but I need a few extra feet of cord length to make it work. (By the way, I looked into the wireless USB options... clever, yes... prohibitively expensive, yes...)
Plain old USB extensions are cheap and easy to use, and the fancier active extensions claim that they are not limited to the 16.5 feet USB cable specification. I saw the Pelican brand powered USB hub for the Xbox and PS3 and am thinking that's another option to get the four or five feet I need (if it's really that long, I don't know yet.) Another possible way to go is a very long way around using basement space and a USB/ethernet converter and Cat 5 cable. Has anyone done this with their consoles whether Wii, Xbox, or PS? I was also curious to know if anyone out here is USB savvy enough to say that a powered USB hub to replace the Wii unpowered USB hub might operate at a lower temperature or provide stronger data transmission.
Any USB stories, install variations, or suggestions are appreciated.
