I wonder if they are moving towards the tag.
Hulu Desktop (Mac and PC clients)
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Re: Hulu Desktop (Mac and PC clients)
#22I wonder if they are moving towards the tag.
Not enough Restrictions Management in the tag, so this won't happen. Clearly, without DRM, I am going to pirate low-rez Hulu feeds instead of the un-DRM'd over-the-air HDTV stream. Right...
Re: Hulu Desktop (Mac and PC clients)
#23Just checked it out and think it's a great idea but it's UI in how it lists shows is hard to see from far away on my 42" LCD.
I think the UI should mimic what is seen on Hulu which has larger thumbnails.
Pretty cool to see this though!
Re: Hulu Desktop (Mac and PC clients)
#24Does it buffer better than the Flash application? Their buffering is utter crap, and I have a 12MBit ADSL2 connection.
Re: Hulu Desktop (Mac and PC clients)
#25Does anyone have any idea of the timetable for allowing access to Hulu from outside the US? I'd love to try it.
Re: Hulu Desktop (Mac and PC clients)
#26Mac and Windows at any rate.
Re: Hulu Desktop (Mac and PC clients)
#27What an enormous waste -- why bother distributing a desktop app if you're going to stick with Flash? Taking the browser out of the mix doesn't solve anything except direct access to a remote control. The video rendering would be a full order of magnitude more efficient if it wasn't blitted through Adobe's craptacular runtime firs, all just to get some measly overlays.
"Taking the browser out of the mix doesn't solve anything except direct access to a remote control." Can you name a more important feature for a TV application?
I would think reliable playback trumps using a remote control. Nothing ruins my video experiences more than stuttering playback. If you told me I would never get a remote control in exchange for consistently buttery framerates, I'd take it in a heartbeat.
Re: Hulu Desktop (Mac and PC clients)
#28Isn't this the same thing Joost did, only in reverse? Why go with a desktop client?