dgsound
join:2002-11-20
Wichita, KS
|  [Review] Hulu's Full-Screen: Hardware Minimums
Running an early XP machine with 1.6 GHz CPU, 1G. SDRAM, and 128MB Video Adapter produced the closest thing I've seen to a 19" TV. The screensaver timing out reminded me I was watching a Dell CRT Monitor. Task Mgr. was nearly pegged at any screen size while watching The Family Guy-100th episode.
Popular shows are available without installing anything; Hula uses active-x-shockwave-flash apps that most of us have. (Joost requires users download /install an 11 MB application. I downloaded the Beta to a CD for an a, hmm evaluation after a Ghost makes an HD backup. No dis on Hulu; its simply an unknown.) No changes to L.Sys router or NIS '06 needed.
Data came at 1.5s internals, with longer pauses between bursts. Amazingly effective compression with High Quality Video! If you can stream the 1411kbs-1 audio from »www.kexp.org you can easily watch Hulu. Move the mouse to center screen for more options. Enjoy.
Dan |
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lilhurricane
Crunchin' For Cures
Premium,Mod
join:2003-01-11
Purple Zone
clubs:   | Thanks dgsound 
Reviews are always welcomed |
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DracoFelis
Premium
join:2003-06-15
| reply to dgsound
said by dgsound  :Popular shows are available without installing anything; And you don't even need to sign up for an account to see a lot of the content! Instead, you can just go to the web site and directly view (without logging in) anything that isn't age restricted (age restricted stuff still requires you to sign in with your HULU account).
said by dgsound :Hula uses active-x-shockwave-flash apps that most of us have. Actually its better than that. HULU seems to need flash in your browser, BUT that doesn't necessarily mean you need active-x. For example, I have been doing my HULU watching using FireFox. And while I have installed flash into my FireFox setup, I have NOT installed the active-x add-in FireFox. So clearly HULU doesn't need active-x per se, as I watch HULU with a browser that doesn't even have active-x support installed!
NOTE: IMHO the active-x point is significant for "computer security" reasons, if nothing else. Because while flash (which HULU does need/use) does have some security issues, those security issues (of flash) pale compared to the security issues of active-x. Of course, that's also one reason why I prefer (when possible) to do my browsing with FireFox (which doesn't have active-x built in, and only has it if/when you specifically add it), vs using I.E. (which seems to be all about active-x)... |
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