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Hulu to charge for content; cubicle dwellers everywhere cringe {TV Squad}
Oct 23rd 2009 11:11AM Hulu's not foolish enough to just toss a paywall over their current service -- they're providing something that's available for free from too many legal and illegal sources.
The subscription service is going to be about extras -- extra content, extra viewing windows, extra devices. I riffed on four ways Hulu can make money without pissing off its users:
http://ironylovescompany.posterous.com/how-hulu-could-make-money-and-not-piss-off-it
Hulu Says Goodbye to Free Entertainment {Cinematical}
Oct 23rd 2009 10:39AM Hulu's not foolish enough to simply build a paywall around their existing product and think people will pay for it.
Here are four ways Hulu could start charging for content and not piss off its users -- more content, bigger viewing windows, device integration, and sports/live events.
Bottom line: It's about adding extras, not charging for what you can get for free.
Motorola's new pro encoder makes 1080p cable broadcasts a breeze {Engadget HD}
Sep 22nd 2009 3:46PM Um, what mlody11 said. ATSC doesn't support 1080p/60, so "1080p broadcast" as the headline implies is not in the cards.
This could be used to send 1080p/60 over cable/fiber lines, but there is no broadcast spec in North America that uses h.264, so any broadcaster who tries would be violating their FCC license.
Netgear expands Digital Entertainer line with the EVA2000 Digital Entertainer Live {Engadget HD}
Sep 8th 2009 5:08PM Sigh. I could care less about YouTube on my TV. Partner with Hulu and I'll get interested.
PlayOn's on-the-fly transcoding really takes a toll on image quality, so the door's wide open for someone to do it the right way.
brite-View's CinemaTube adds 1080p streaming, YouTube XL to the mix {Engadget HD}
Sep 1st 2009 6:04PM Hulu, Hulu, Hulu.
That's the only thing that's keeping me from pulling the trigger on a box like this. Can't someone bake in a real web browser with Flash? I mean, if it can do YouTube XL, it's clearly capable of doing Hulu as well.
Lenovo debuts "fit anywhere" Q700 home entertainment PC {Engadget HD}
Aug 12th 2009 6:03PM Oooh. This actually looks tempting, assuming it's quiet.
From what I can tell, the Atom/Ion boxes aren't happy with full-screen YouTube/Hulu videos. This should have plenty of oomph for that.
The big question is the X4500 -- if it's up for 1080p videos, $500 is pretty good.
Engadget HD's recession antidote: win a ZVOX 325 soundbar {Engadget HD}
Jul 28th 2009 3:29PM Looks lovely. Maybe I'll take two. But that would be greedy. One will do fine.
Engadget HD's recession antidote: win a ZVOX Mini soundbar {Engadget HD}
Jul 14th 2009 12:58PM Yay contests. Yay free stuff. Boo recession.
Nice looking little soundbar, btw. Passes the Wife test for the bedroom.
Poll: Would you buy a TV running ChromeOS? {Engadget HD}
Jul 12th 2009 10:29PM Yes, assuming, of course, it can view Hulu.
CBS.com ups the HD streaming ante, offers 1080p HD gallery of full episodes and clips {Engadget HD}
May 14th 2009 3:20PM The problem is that Flash doesn't use your graphics card for video acceleration. Until then, 1080p (and even a lot of 720p) video just won't work well unless you've got a beefy processor that's not doing anything else at the time.
What's strange is figuring out why CBS would go with Flash for 1080p video, when Silverlight 3 supports GPU video decoding.
