How to turn your Wii into a media center using Orb

In my continuing quest for all things geeky, I have discovered a gem for Nintendo Wii owners. A program called Orb enables you to view video, pictures, news feeds, and listen to music from your high-speed connected computer.  Orb also works with any computer that has a fast connection and a web browser, X-Box 360, and PS3.  There is even an iPhone application called OrbLive.  



On the Wii, you will use the Opera browser to navigate to the Orb webpage and access your media. Here's the cool part: they have made the interface Wii friendly and you can connect to you PC through your LAN. That means you use your local network connection instead of over the internet - it's really fast too.

The only downer I've found so far (that I care about) is the lack of support for iTunes DRM-ed music. But most of my CD's I've purchased online I turn into mp3's anyways.

Pretty cool huh?

Here's the website: http://orb.com/