Comments on: ABC Launches HD Streaming Beta

By: AlexC

AlexC — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:32:05 +0000

Vince,

Did you even try this? All it does is update the browser plugin–which you needed to do in ABC’s previous version–before the new HD feature was enabled. It took all of 15 seconds, and then your ready to watch–IN THE BROWSER. I noticed no difference between this and the previous version, except I could now watch HD. And it looked good, all on a MacBook.

No “3rd party apps” and it works great on a Mac. Not to be harsh, Vince, but you might actually want to try something before you write about it.

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:17:37 +0000

Thats what you get for using Macs.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:40:26 +0000

I agree how lame. There is no reason to force a 3rd party movie viewer on anyone unless you intend to:

1. Enhance the security.
2. Track the viewers habits.
3. Dump tons of ads onto the users machine.

But Dude…What is even lamer is to be a technology writer who insists on using a computer that can’t do what 90% of the computers in the workd do.

Oh well, I am qualified, so maybe I’ll try the POS ABC movie viewer to see if my guesses are right.