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[sludgehound]

Good useful article. Tried
suggested HULU site and works as written about. Fast, easy and no need to d/l any player.
Has lots of current best TV shows. Burn Notice only had a few tiny fast 'commercials'.
No need for DVR, lol.
Didn't try any of the movies listed but they are older theater hits that aren't current ones like at a bit torrent site. Emphasis is on TV content after all.
Their online player does let you skip ahead by hover mouse
at bottom of screen.
No pauses on Vista, cable.
HULU didn't have all episodes of Swingtown. Just last 3 and points to optional CBS clips of the sets, cast, etc.
Thanks for reviews.
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[Seagull]

Just a suggestion - try to remember that not all your readers live in the USA. It's very frustrating to try your recommendations one by one only to find out that they're blocked to non-USA residents. If you could include that type of information in your articles, it would save us a lot of wasted time.

[rhwells]

TV on the web has great potential and
I'm using it more often as a replacement for regular TV. Then in the
same issue of PC World I read that the ISP's want to, and in some
cases are, limiting bandwidth for high volume users. It seems as
though these services are in direct conflict with each other.
Fancast web TV is offered by Comcast Cable but Comcast wants to
throttle bandwidth. What am I missing?

[kennethlawson]

The combination of faster connections and more varied content available has defiantly given Traditional tv a run for the money. While traditional tv will never be replaced completly,. New equipment that easily allows one to either connect their computer to the tv, or directly connects the tv to the network,thus allowing one to watch web content on their big tv. will help bridge the gap between web content and traditional tv content. The ability to watch material on a laptop or other portable device, when and where you want is a big plus. It is good to see networks and other content owners jumping on the bandwagon, and offering consumers access to content that they may have missed or never had known about before. However. the interface has to be simple and clean and finding content has to be easy and most importantly the ads have to be kept to a mimium and be interesting and well spaced out so the viewers doesn't feel like their being bombarded with ads. It goes without saying that the video quality should be as good as possible, That said we all know bandwidth will affect the quality the end user sees,

The television industry has to change and realize that the viewers is NOT the captive audience it once was. Offering extra content such as behind the scenes out takes , interviews with stars will help keep viewers interested and give them a higher tolerance for ads and hopefully keep them on the sites longer.

Both the television set and the television industry as a whole has to evolve to keep it audience andmake a profit.

For more ideas on the television indurstry and media in general have a look at my blog;

Ken Lawson

kennethlawson.blogspot.com/

[thescotsman]

Yes, it would make things a lot easier for us Canadians.

thanks,

thescotsman.