HSN Breaks TV, Showing Need To Firmly Attach Your Wii Accessories
This HSN presenter remembered to use his wrist strap when playing with a Wiimote, so good for him! Unfortunately, it turns out you also have to make sure any attachments are firmly attached.
"Warning! Painful to watch!" [Oh Gizmo!]
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Ha! Somebody gets to pay for a replacement TV now!
Poor guy...I can just imagine how his guts are writhing as he has to continue the display but is fearing for his job.
I think the attachment was on there firmly, but he hit the TV hard enough to knock it off. I think what he said was a bit of damage control. I think the woman on there as well says something like "I love that TV!" Maybe she did that to try to make a positive image stick in the viewer's mind. It felt a little sleazy.
Thank you, Consumerist, for making my and my co-workers' morning!
*Obligatory gripe about how if you can imagine a ball in front of you, why can't you imagine a head for your imaginary tennis racket*
And, pancakes.
@zandar: Was actually saying this same thing to my coworkers - why do you NEED the tennis attachment?
I like how his co-host was laughing at him. It was a really sincere, 'Ha-ha', in your face, deep from the belly laugh. What a dumb-dumb! Funny thing with the Wii is that you don't have to swing so intensively, it's not like your playing actual tennis. DOLT!
And this is why the Nerf sports pack of accessories are rated the highest.
kind of off-topic, but i received a recall notice for a wii 4-controller charger, i contacted them and they were supposed to send me a box to return it in. it's not a nintendo charger and i can't recall the brand. that was 2 months ago and i still haven't heard from them. has anyone else had to deal with this?
I've never understood the appeal of non-functional accessories anyway.
If you look at the Wiimote carefully when they show it, the base of the accessory is still there. The "stringed" part apparently broke off when he hit the screen. Seems to indicate it's a crappy accessory.
Wait, when was this infomercial filmed? Because isn't the Wii now $199.99?
Wii sports comes free, and those 15 accessories are probably not worth the extra ~$130.
@theSuperman: I was just going to say JESUS thats a lot of money for that system! I just got one without the accessories for $180 using one of the morning deal sites.
There goes the tennis racket? There goes the TV! I'd be pretty pissed if my $1200 tv was ruined by a $5 cheap wii accessory.
I fail to see how having the tennis racket of a cheap piece of junk breaking off and hitting the tv would cause him to lose his job. He doesn't MAKE the crap they sell on there!
@Howie411: hmm, where do you see that? They do not cut back to him at least on the video posted here.
@Oranges w/ Cheese wants it to be winter already: to be honest, there is something about those attachments that seems to help. I think it may be that they make you hold the control at the proper angle and what not.
But, you should also be able to remember that you have it on there and know how far you should stand back.
@craptastico: that's because the units explode and the whole factory is now gone.
but, really, no. At least not yet.
@Oranges w/ Cheese wants it to be winter already: I thought they were pretty stupid, and too expensive for what they are. Mr. Aroo tried to get one of those attachment packs before and I asked him, "What does it do?" And he thought for a second and said, "..Nothing." and then he put it back.
Logic saved me an argument on that one! Yay! : )
@theSuperman: And now you know the reason infomercials are always on. You can charge whatever you want for something and people will still buy it.
@Jayus: agreed, you can see that he hits the TV... wow that TV must have been bolted because it didnt move and you can see all the pixels are blown down a line. funny stuff right there!
If my kids (whenever I decide to have them) have something similar to a Wii, they are going to have one of the older, non-breakable glass screen Tv's like I grew up with. I think I remember hitting our TV with a hammer one time and it hurt my hand.
@theSuperman: If you go to hsn and look at the feedback some people paid that much for it THIS MONTH! Some people ........
[electronics.hsn.com]
@moore850: "All the youngsters in your life would LOVE a digital photo key-ring that has VERY narrow system requirements and displays pictures much MUCH worse than the cell phone or mp3 player that they already have! They are an AMAZINGly cheap piece of crap you can give for christmas, birthdays; grab a few for the easter basket! After all, it's a key-ring, so even if the brat likes it the screen with get the hell scratched out of it. These are selling like mad because you don't know any better! Call now!"
There are very few unitaskers I like. That was not one of them.
@craptastico: Was it this one: [www.cpsc.gov] ?
The recall was in August, and I would allow 4-6 weeks to process the request for a return box. It seems like you are at or beyon that point. It probably wouldn't hurt to contact the CPSC and explain the situation. They can relay the issue to the manufacturer, and if they receive enough complaints, they can determine if the recall plan the manufacturer put into place was not effective and can force them to put other plans into action.
@Saboth: Besides, this is the workplace where a presenter broke a fake samauri sword by whacking it on the counter, stabbed himself with the flying broken bit, and forced some dink in overalls to come on and sell "we may need medical attention here on the set... ." and still kept his job. The same presenter also identified a picture of a moth as a horse. Googlevid it ;)
See, this is why you attach the nice silicone sleeves Nintendo gives you for free, and not cheap Chinese plastic junk that serves absolutely no purpose.
I didn't believe it at first, but now I notice at 0:03 where his left hand is extended and close to the screen. If you add a racket to it, it would make sense.
What a wii-nis...perhaps a wii-nner...
Ah...another wii induced unemployment fiasco.
Well, this lets us know what kind of idiots are breaking stuff with their Wii (have had one since launch, never thought I needed to put the wrist strap on.)
The funny thing is that this shows how non gamers view video games, this guy was really pretending that he was playing tennis, just like people think I'm really pretending to kill people when I play Hitman.
@Powerlurker: Okay, fair enough, but my statement still stands.
I actually managed to talk some woman out of buying these when I was in line at a Toys-R-Us. She was getting a Wii and some games, and asked me about the plastic things. I was surprised to learn that she thought they actually did something. Once she realized they didn't, she put them back.
I wonder how many people think they are something more than tacky plastic decorations... maybe that's why they actually sell?
@cuchanu: QFT. And believe me, parents get suckered in on these things big time. I constantly have to explain to people that YES, you can play Mario Kart WITHOUT that darned plastic wheel! It's just a shell for the controller.
That's not even a functional attachment. More importantly it's not made by Nintendo. It does nothing but break TV's.
Ha, ha that's awesome. I like how they cut away and then next time it cuts back he's standing in front of the messed up part.