Huzzah Hulu Desktop
So I spent about 2 hours earlier this week trying to get Hulu to stay open on my new TV (which is connected to my laptop) while I did other stuff on the laptop. Unfortunately, the Flash player which Hulu is built around has a built-in "security feature" which doesn't allow stuff to stay full screen when you're giving input to another window. Bugger.
So today I hear there's this new program, called Hulu Desktop, which basically works like a Media Center type program to interface all the free awesomeness on Hulu. And it stays FULL SCREEN while I type stuff on the main screen...like I'm doing right now. So it's basically like I'm watching really high quality tv...but it's pretty much any tv show I want...AND IT'S FREE. It certainly looks better than Charter.
It is, however, turning my laptop into a space heater at the moment. Had to ratchet up the CPU to get it smooth. Eh well, I'm still probably using half the energy I would've been using with the old steel beast for ten times the fun.
I know this probably sounds like an advertisement, but it seems as much as I'm against the proliferation of corporate "content" on our great and free series of tubes, I just can't turn down some (good) free tv on demand.
So today I hear there's this new program, called Hulu Desktop, which basically works like a Media Center type program to interface all the free awesomeness on Hulu. And it stays FULL SCREEN while I type stuff on the main screen...like I'm doing right now. So it's basically like I'm watching really high quality tv...but it's pretty much any tv show I want...AND IT'S FREE. It certainly looks better than Charter.
It is, however, turning my laptop into a space heater at the moment. Had to ratchet up the CPU to get it smooth. Eh well, I'm still probably using half the energy I would've been using with the old steel beast for ten times the fun.
I know this probably sounds like an advertisement, but it seems as much as I'm against the proliferation of corporate "content" on our great and free series of tubes, I just can't turn down some (good) free tv on demand.