The smallest Wii sensor bar ever from Talismoon

[Zeus]

Peripheral maker Talimoon has shown off their latest innovation - a retractable travel sensor bar for the Wii which is aimed at those who like to take their Wii on the road. Some of the selling points of the product are that it fits anywhere, is fully adjustable, features a clever pack and go design and is suitable for use anywhere from home such as hotels, show cars and more. When fully extended, it is around 2 feet in length.

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Official Website: <A href="http://www.talismoon.com" target="_blank">Talismoon.com</a>

[lilskaterpunk]

Thats cool:)

[Ichinisan]

[Oops. CZroe here.]

I'll probably get it for the cable management (the original is WAY too long and thin for carrying around), but the very nature nature of the "sensor bar" means that it is FAR from the smallest (it is not even a "sensor"). All it is is two lights. They are outside of the visible spectrum, but these are exactly the same lights that go in an infrared remote control... even simpler because they are just "on" and not blinking any kind of "signal." The Wii Remote simply looks for any two spots of light and the black filter on the front is supposed to block other frequencies of light. Indeed, I pointed it at my stove light the other day and had smooth and easy menu navigation exactly as if I pointed it at the TV. People have used candles as sensor bars! Others have rigged TV remote controls with something to hold the buttons down and placed them together as a sensor bar too. The components, two infrared LEDs and some wire, can easily be miniaturized to nearly nothing. Pretending that this is some accomplishment is silly: Many, many, MANY people have made their own for projectors and home theaters and they consisted of nothing but LEDs and wires.

I even tried making one stealthed into the faceplate of my television (I plan to make a permanent one). "Smallest ever" is a WAY off.

[iLLNESS]

the original sensor bar isnt any bigger then the wii. if its in a bag, how much harder is it to have the original sensor bar too? this product imo is completely useless.. about as useless as a wireless sensor bar

[Templedog]

Someone needs to do something about reflections/glare caused by all these shiny black TV's. I love my Samsung, but that base it sits on forces me to set my Sensor Bar way out in front. Otherwise it reflects the lights from the sensor bar, and causes the Wii Remote to go all crazy.

[Mikeyy]

What we need is a highly tweakable sensor bar. The sensor bar is terrible with my big screen tvs. No matter where I stand, its not lined up.

[Sepioth]

[Oops. CZroe here.]

I'll probably get it for the cable management (the original is WAY too long and thin for carrying around), but the very nature nature of the "sensor bar" means that it is FAR from the smallest (it is not even a "sensor"). All it is is two lights. They are outside of the visible spectrum, but these are exactly the same lights that go in an infrared remote control... even simpler because they are just "on" and not blinking any kind of "signal." The Wii Remote simply looks for any two spots of light and the black filter on the front is supposed to block other frequencies of light. Indeed, I pointed it at my stove light the other day and had smooth and easy menu navigation exactly as if I pointed it at the TV. People have used candles as sensor bars! Others have rigged TV remote controls with something to hold the buttons down and placed them together as a sensor bar too. The components, two infrared LEDs and some wire, can easily be miniaturized to nearly nothing. Pretending that this is some accomplishment is silly: Many, many, MANY people have made their own for projectors and home theaters and they consisted of nothing but LEDs and wires.

I even tried making one stealthed into the faceplate of my television (I plan to make a permanent one). "Smallest ever" is a WAY off.

Hey thanks for the info but I believe the whole "it's not a sensor it's just a few IR LED's" is really REALLY old news. An argument that was beaten to death several MILLION times about a year ago when the Wii was released.

Whats next ... Wii remotes slip from hands and break TV's and windows??

:D

[Ichinisan]

Hey thanks for the info but I believe the whole "it's not a sensor it's just a few IR LED's" is really REALLY old news. An argument that was beaten to death several MILLION times about a year ago when the Wii was released.

Whats next ... Wii remotes slip from hands and break TV's and windows??

:D

You missed the point. The point was that two LEDs and some wire is much smaller than this so-called "smallest ever" sensor bar. That point requires a rehash of the sensor bar function to explain, but the function was not the point itself.

Anyway, the more I think about it, the more I realize how poorly executed this is. First of all, it should be USB powered for more usage scenarios. Second of all, the sensor bar portion should be detachable with cable storage. Then, all the cable would need to be is a retracting USB cable. There is no reason for this to be one piece.

[msa]

its the smallest commercial sensorbar.
of course it would be much smaller to just hook up 2 ir-led's to powercables and let them lie around in front of your tv. but who would want that?

[Ichinisan]

its the smallest commercial sensorbar.
of course it would be much smaller to just hook up 2 ir-led's to powercables and let them lie around in front of your tv. but who would want that?

It's not. You seem to be hinging your interpretation on the "bar" aspect, but just take a look: It's just a "Y" cable with two boxed LEDs on either end. It looks like you can clip them together for travel or perhaps it uses magenets for that, but the fact remains that it is exactly what you imply no one would want: two IR LEDs and power cables with no "structure" to contain them. The only reason it looks half-way decent in that situation is because the TV is not suspended like most and the stand blocks the cable split. Imagine this on a bulky CRT/SDTV, with the cable splitting and snaking around from the front!

There is no "bar" in this kit and it does not "collapse" as MaxConsiole implies. It simply winds it's own cord and has a way for the two LEDs to attach when not in use. It may as well be a retracting USB cable with a folding, detachable, sensor bar on the other end with a place to clip/store/wind the retracting USB cable.

[halomasta203]

Seems pretty nice.

[BlackDove]

I quite like the look of this and I may consider it, the nintendo one looks **** under my samsung tv and I have a similar tv to the one in that picture.