What would be the best way to ship a wii?

Can I ship a Wii through the diplomatic pouch if it gets radiated?

  • Is it safe to ship electronics through the US diplomatic pouch? I am able to ship via diplomatic pouch. Is it safe to ship electronics, specifically a Nintendo Wii through it? I am under the impression that some sort of radiation treatment is done to materials in the pouch.

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    Ok, here's the word: as long as it fits the size and weight restrictions the "personal pouch" address is probably the best way to get anything to Armenia, with the exception of DHL which would cost the same as a Wii anyway. The personal pouch is not going to get irradiated though it also is not climate controlled (but neither was the Wii's shipping to the US in the fist place).

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When you say radiation treatment, I assume that you mean that the pouch is x-rayed... Electronics are not harmed by x-ray machines, that's why you can send your laptop through the x-ray machine at the airport.

lockle

I'd be more worried about the Wii being compatible with TV sets in the country you're shipping it to

matteo

The TVs in Armenia are all from Asia and have component inputs. Would I need to worry beyond that? The radiation treatment is, apparently, more than x-ray... hoping someone on here has more details.

k8t

The Wii will be no more sensitive to X-Raying than a DVD player, because on a circuit level that's exactly what a Wii is. Ditto for any Wii games you'll be shipping, as they are nonstandard (Wii standard) DVD discs. And to further simplify the above, if you've ever send a CD player through an X-Rayed pouch, or just about any other electronic device successfully, the Wii will be fine. The one thing I'd be wary about is devices with electromagnetic storage, like floppy discs, tapes, and hard drives. The Wii contains neither of those. All of the Wii's memory is flash, which is just like any other integrated circuit chip.

SlyBevel

....Saying all this as someone who has disassembled and reassembled many, many Wiis.

SlyBevel

Not sure which country's pouch your refering to. A cursory glance at the U.S. procedures http://www.state.gov/m/a/dir/regs/fah/14fah04/ didn't turn up any mention of radiation. And it says you can't send magnets so as not to damage magnetic media. So if radiation treatment would damage mahnetic media you'd seem to be clear.

Jahaza

Duh, you said U.S.

Jahaza

re: matteo's comment, there is a potential issue of NTSC vs. PAL, not just cabling compatibility. http://www.wiichat.com/nintendo-wii-hardware/10971-ntsc-pal-s.html on a guy who did the reverse -- bringing his European Wii to the US, and he ended up needing a NTSC-to-PAL converter.

misterbrandt

there is a potential issue of NTSC vs. PAL... For the most part, Wiis don't really care what kind of TV you're outputting to. I play JAP and PAL games on my US Wii, and the only difference I ever see is slightly different picture geometry, like a slightly narrower picture. In any case, this problem is really one with the TV. Any recent model TV will likely display the Wii's output without any trouble. The issue I would take caution of is the Wii's three regions...JAP, PAL, and US. A virgin Wii will only play games from the region it matches. The upshot being that if you're sending a US Wii overseas, you'll want to make sure you have some way to get US region games for it. That's a virgin Wii. Of course, you could get your Wii chipped and not worry about regions anymore. There are http://psx-scene.com/forums/wiikey/, and you can frequently find a semi-pro modder to do it for you quite cheaply just about anywhere in the world. Just ask around in that forum, and someone's likely to step forward. There's plenty more to say on this but all of this is pretty off-topic, so I'll wrap it up here.

SlyBevel

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