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These are just youtube videos but they are synced so everyone is watching the same thing at the same time.
This is what makes the experience for me. You can tell someone "check out channel 12" and you'll both be watching the same thing just like we used to do.
[It's the best exam, kind of looks like Anne]
—Office Space (1999), the movie which inspired me to drop out of graduate school and become an electrician
This is simply awesome, but apologies, I don't follow, what's the source for all the content?
The content is hand picked, no algorithms :)
Channel 1: Science and Technology Channel 2: Travel and Events Channel 3: Food Channel 4: Architecture Channel 5: Film and Animation Channel 6: Documentaries Channel 7: Comedy Channel 8: Music Channel 9: Autos and Vehicles Channel 10: News and Politics Channel 11: UFC Channel 12: Podcasts/Interviews/Talk Shows
This project is very cool. Amazing execution. Other channels I would suggest: - Cooking - Family movies (from the public domain?) - Baseball
I'll never understood why Netflix, Hulu and others haven't done something similar to this. It's a much more natural way of "finding out" what you want to see. Create a bunch of channels based on existing tags or categories, have thing playing on a schedule, and allow me to zap through. Bonus points if you allow me to zap as efficiently as I was able to back when we had analog TVs and cable. I was the master zapper, z…
A physical selector dial for your faves would be nice. I remember we had a chunky dial that required a lot of force (for me as a little kid) to turn from channel to channel. It had a bunch of channels (a dozen?) but I think there were only two channels broadcasting. (My Dad bought a B&W TV for us to watch the moon landings)
I really like how there are only 12 channels, and you don't get to choose what's on. The only way to make it even more like tv from a few decades ago would be if half of the channels were static.
My project was never used (except me and just my family) nor resurfaced on forums etc. but our choice of the same favicon touched me :)
My concern for such a project was that I found using the content that others created without attributing the og creator a bit sketchy.
P.S: It seems I leaked my app 10 months ago under another thread -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37905024