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By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 05 May 2010 23:03:44 +0000

Sure, PlayOn works wonderfully. Of course, you need something for PlayOn to stream to, if you expect to use your TV. You can use an Xbox, a PS3, a Wii, or a few other devices, but you can’t use magic. Maybe you’ve already invested some money in that box? Well let’s say you bought a wii, which set you back $200. Then you have to buy PlayOn, which is another $40. Then you have to buy component video cables for your Wii (because you don’t want to watch your downloaded HD movies in SD, right?), there’s $20. You’ll also want to make sure you’re using a fast Windows PC, because Hulu no longer streams directly over playon, it has to be reencoded by your PC. So get a fast one, and leave it running, because my new iMac running parallels can’t get the job done well.

So, yeah, if you already have a fast PC, a Game System, HD cables and a copy of PlayOn, you’re totally set. Of course, if you don’t, you could spend that money on a popcorn hour, and instead of browsing for tv shows through folders, you could look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJf8_Ccxihc

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By: nalts

nalts — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:20:12 +0000

The unmet need (in my opinion) is a netbook that tosses the signal wirelessly to the television. Then the netbook is my keyboard and the TV is my monitor. WHEN!? Didn't know about playon until seeing the comment above, but I want a keyboard for my web surfing / video viewing... not a remote.

By: Martin B

Martin B — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:13:00 +0000

I love my Popcorn Hour system. I am using powerline network adapters to connect it to my network hard drive, and the connection is flawless. (I gave up long ago on using wireless for streaming any sort of video.) I'm using adapters from Plaster Networks that seem to have a number of added features to ensure peak performance. I would definitely recommend powerline networking for anyone trying to figure out how to connect the Popcorn Hour to their network (if an Ethernet jack is not nearby).

By: DZ

DZ — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:49:09 +0000

You'd pay that much for this box because it pretty much handles the most video encoding formats/codecs. It also has a BitTorrent client for those who install hard drives.

PlayOn requires you own a PC and that it's always on. This houses it's own drive (trust me, this is how most people use it. and who in their target demographic doesn't have an extra hard drive laying around) and can talk to you network storage.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:47:38 +0000

Why would I want to pay $299 for this box when I already enjoy Hulu, Netflix, Amazon VOD, YouTube, Cartoon Network, Podcasts, etc. and my personal videos, photos and music on my big screen TV home entertainment system stereo for only $39 with PlayOn?! Decide for yourself – they’ve got a free 14-day trial at http://www.playon.tv.