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#37. Posted at 11:02 AM on May 31st 2009

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wiak

flash video is the reason
its SUCKS
they should use WMV/VC1 or AVC to proper do it in media center

and yes Hulu sucks donkey ass why? dont work in EU for crying out lound, do they realy think internet is US only? gotta be kidding me :(

#37, It's a matter of content providers and viewing rights. : Usacomp2k3 (#40) «

#37, Blame old-media companies and their old ass distribution met... : indeego (#41) «

#4. Posted at 11:25 AM on May 29th 2009, Edited at 03:28 PM on May 29th 2009

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UberGerbil

Really, Flash is becoming the worst performance bottleneck on a lot of people's systems. Has the mantle of "gluttonous software that demands hardware upgrades" -- which passed from Windows/Office to games in the 90s -- moved on to Flash for many people? It certainly seem to be the unclimbable mountain for a lot of otherwise-adequate machines.

#4, Yes. I hope to see Flash replaced by less resource-hungry ap... : Game_boy (#5) «

#5, That's not just a Firefox thing. They might be the only o... : deruberhanyok (#6) «

#4, Flash has been horrible since Adobe. : DrDillyBar (#7) «

#4, Enter Silverlight. : no51 (#8) «

#8, Enter HTML5. : indeego (#10) «

#8, Silverlight is not all that great. I have to change the r... : titan (#28) «

#28, v 3.0 is usually about the point where MS gets its, uh... : UberGerbil (#31) «

#4, Specifically in this case. Look at the system requirements: ... : highlandr (#9) «

#9, It absolutely is. My main machine used to be a 3.2GHz Nor... : CasbahBoy (#14) «

#14, I don't think the post you replied to meant 'the syste... : Game_boy (#18) «

#18, Especially since I was watching DVD's on my PC with... : DrDillyBar (#19) «

#4, I dunno, Acrobat isn't much better. At least there's Foxit t... : kvndoom (#11) «

#11, There is. Swfdec and Gnash are both making progress. They... : Game_boy (#12) «

#11, I haven't had an issue with Adobe Reader in a long time, ... : crazybus (#16) «

#4, Really, Flash is becoming the worst performance bottleneck o... : green (#24) «

#24, Yeah, I do that sometimes too. It's kind of annoying, tho... : UberGerbil (#25) «

#25, Or you could just take a word for what it means ('flas... : MadManOriginal (#27) «

#27, I find myself writing about flash all the time, as ... : UberGerbil (#30) «

#30, I guess people calling it 'flash memory' is too ... : DrDillyBar (#32) «

#32, So are you saying I'm lazy, or clueless? : UberGerbil (#35) «

#35, "they" not "you" : DrDillyBar (#39) «

#15. Posted at 01:48 PM on May 29th 2009

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MadManOriginal

Not sure why you mentioned the graphics in your HTPC wrt Flash Scott, but what CPU are you using?

#15, flash video isnt hardware accelerated so it sucks on any sys... : wiak (#38) «

#36. Posted at 07:27 PM on May 30th 2009

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demani

Yeah- I don't really understand why, but adding a video card let me play Hulu at full res without a problem (AMD 4650e on 780G chipset) where it wouldn't before. But adding just about any recent card was enough to get performance to usable levels. But seriously- Adobe can add GPU acceleration to Acrobat, a document application, but not to Flash, an AV format/plugin? Really, where are the priorities...

#3. Posted at 10:44 AM on May 29th 2009

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Game_boy

"massive wave of new CPU launches coming next week and some related developments"

Regor, Callisto, Propus and Rana?

#3, Not to spoil everything, but I think he means the two AMD du... : OneArmedScissor (#29) «

#29, http://xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/phenom-athlon-ii... : MadManOriginal (#34) «

#33. Posted at 01:12 AM on May 30th 2009

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MadManOriginal

It just needs to be made GPU-assistable., even some Intel GPUs ought to be able to help then.

#22. Posted at 04:39 PM on May 29th 2009

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Farting Bob

I wish HULU liked UK users, or at least we had an equivilent service. BBC iplayer is fantastic, but only shows BBC stuff, would like a service just as good that offers legal high quality streaming from a variety of channels.

#22, I wish HULU liked UK users, Different companies often own the... : insulin_junkie72 (#26) «

#1. Posted at 10:36 AM on May 29th 2009

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adisor19

No Hulu in Canada.. Also, didn't Plex and Boxee offer Hulu support together with a nice Media Center that is way nicer and way more powerfull than MCE ?

Adi

#1, Canadians must be too smart to have their Brains sucked out ... : JokerCPoC (#13) «

#13, Who do you think is behind the aliens? : UberGerbil (#20) «

#1, yea but hulu support on boxee has been very on and off (lite... : green (#23) «

#21. Posted at 03:52 PM on May 29th 2009

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indeego

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0PddvmUrrM

#17. Posted at 02:02 PM on May 29th 2009, Edited at 02:02 PM on May 29th 2009

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Game_boy

In reply to #14.

#2. Posted at 10:38 AM on May 29th 2009

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flip-mode

You rock dude. I can't wait to read all the goodness you are going to produce. If you can find it in your heart to do a high resolution and detail game test for the CPUs, just a single test of a single game, that would be awesome. If not, it's all good, you're still first class.