Shrygue
June 19th, 2008, 18:44
via Computer and Video Games (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=191294)
A mother whose nine-year old son wrecked a Plasma TV with a Wii Remote has developed a screen protector designed to prevent a similar catastrophe from occurring again.
The inspiration came when her son and his cousin smashed up her telly while playing Wii Sports. "The end for our Plasma screen came just two days after we had won a Nintendo Wii Console", she said to CVG.
"I was just walking into the room and watched in horror as I saw a Nintendo Wii remote flying across the room into the Plasma screen. Although it wasn't travelling very fast it soon became apparent that the collision had broken the delicate surface of the Plasma screen."
After discovering that "many, many people" had experienced a similar problem, she developed a screen protector to help save Plasma screens from flying Wii Remotes You can take a look at what she came up with below or to the right.
Personally, we've never even seen anyone lose grip on a Wii Remote, let alone damage a TV with one. Mind you, none of us have kids (that we know about).
If we did though and they broke our plasma screen, we wouldn't invent a screen protector. Oh no, we'd pack them off to brat camp spend their college money on a new TV.
Photographs (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=199627)
A mother whose nine-year old son wrecked a Plasma TV with a Wii Remote has developed a screen protector designed to prevent a similar catastrophe from occurring again.
The inspiration came when her son and his cousin smashed up her telly while playing Wii Sports. "The end for our Plasma screen came just two days after we had won a Nintendo Wii Console", she said to CVG.
"I was just walking into the room and watched in horror as I saw a Nintendo Wii remote flying across the room into the Plasma screen. Although it wasn't travelling very fast it soon became apparent that the collision had broken the delicate surface of the Plasma screen."
After discovering that "many, many people" had experienced a similar problem, she developed a screen protector to help save Plasma screens from flying Wii Remotes You can take a look at what she came up with below or to the right.
Personally, we've never even seen anyone lose grip on a Wii Remote, let alone damage a TV with one. Mind you, none of us have kids (that we know about).
If we did though and they broke our plasma screen, we wouldn't invent a screen protector. Oh no, we'd pack them off to brat camp spend their college money on a new TV.
Photographs (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=199627)