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join:2001-01-25
Hollywood, FL
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| I just tried it on Firefox... And it nicely prompted me that I needed to install the proper ActiveX control on Firefix.
We're sorry, this feature requires the Mozilla ActiveX Plugin. Click here to install.
Since when did Firefox start being compatible with ActiveX controls??
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Learn something new everyday.
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justin
Australian
join:1999-05-28
Brooklyn, NY
1 edit | Re: I just tried it on Firefox... yeah I didn't much like that either.
and strangely, no extension shows up.
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justin
Australian
join:1999-05-28
Brooklyn, NY | Re: I just tried it on Firefox... so how does one uninstall it? | |
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justin
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join:1999-05-28
Brooklyn, NY
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| Re: I just tried it on Firefox... AOL couldn't have screwed this up more if they tried!
"There is an ActiveX plugin available for Mozilla. However, installing it can cause many problems, including crashes and conflicts with installed plugins. It is generally recommended that you do not install this plugin, unless you are specifically instructed to do so or are using it to solve a specific problem (and configuring it accordingly). If you install it and have problems, the only support you will usually get is "Uninstall the ActiveX plugin". You have been warned. "
along with the *shwoosh* *swish* *snap* sound effects.
What were they thinking?
score: 2 out of 10. | |
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Blasterbator
Sent By Grocery Clerks
join:2001-02-20
Jackson, MS | Re: I just tried it on Firefox... The HQ video works great for me in IE.
This is pretty cool!
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA | I have 640GB free, and the video HQ delivery manager tells me my hard drive is full. Way to go AOL!
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| ldisimino
join:2004-08-17
| For some reason it doesn't work on any computer I try it on. I've downloaded a movie using HiQ, but that doesn't seem to work either. I'm wondering if this may have something to do with being located in Canada? Anyone else having problems playing video here? | |
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FanGooGoo
@sympatico.ca | Re: I just tried it on Firefox... Same ...
Is anyone that got it to work Canadian? | |
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markrubi
join:2004-08-11
Weatherford, OK | Works for me/. I'm watching Wonder Woman right now. Run time 50:29 | |
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| Jonbo298
join:2004-01-12
Council Bluffs, IA | Re: Works for me/. I checked out to see what they had. Pinky and the Brain I knew of but having Freakazoid also was great also. Though its only a few episodes, not all of them  | |
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DownTheShore
Health Care Reform NOW
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join:2003-12-02
Beautiful NJ
clubs: | Re: Works for me/. Works for me with Maxthon (IE) - watched Brisco County. Now, if they'd only show episodes of American Gothic....
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cork1958
Cork
join:2000-02-26
Fruitport, MI | Activex Well, obviously not going to work in Ubuntu Linux.
Breaks my heart too!!  | |
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| jpark
join:2005-02-05
Jackson, TN | Re: Activex Won't be running on anything I own, Windows or Linux.
Why do people keep requiring ActiveX? Why don't I just post my IP address and open all my ports ... | |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | Yawn..... as I roll over and go back to sleep muttering AOL is clueless. | |
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Maarvin
Premium
join:2005-04-11
Denver, CO | Re: Yawn..... For the guy who has everything, more old re-runs. | |
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easierontheeyes
| Less ads Couldn't you just get these re-runs on bittorrent, and skip the DRM, commercials, and AOL hype?
Since they want to give them away free on the net, torrents would only be too hapy to oblige. This will keep dupes away from the aol-time-warner sucking machine, aimed at your wallet. Free isn't free, when ads permeate the thing. | |
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amungus
Premium
join:2004-11-26
America
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| we're sorry..... what a joke.... my "computer" is just fine, but I get a screen saying that my 'computer' doesn't meet requirements. why do so many people think that IE is the only browser on earth? and further, why can't this work just as well on ANY operating system? Really getting sick of being forced to use Windows' phone home, ugly, clunky, generic "media" player software for so many things. Why shun linux/mac users?
AOHell can keep it. | |
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CatSnak
RIP Splashy - We miss you
Premium
join:2001-05-06
Lakeside, CA | Re: we're sorry..... Worked perfectly for me on my laptop in IE 6. Ran the Babylon 5 pilot episode without any issues albight I didn't try the H-Q feed. | |
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ArchAngel21x
MacFan Pro
Premium
join:2001-10-28
Lincoln, NE | Free Streaming TV Huh..... Sounds like a good way to stress test their bandwidth capability. | |
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Fishie
join:2003-01-14
Riverside, CA
1 edit | It seems to work I tried F-Troop. It played without any problems. I even tried the Hi-Q (with active X plugin) and that played just fine too. However, It doesn't seem to show where it's downloading the file too. Also, by default, it starts when windows starts. | |
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hopeflicker
Capitalism breeds greed
Premium
join:2003-04-03
Long Beach, CA | Re: It seems to work I heard about this on the radio this morning on my way to work. They said that the shows have commericials in them. Is this true? | |
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join:2003-01-14
Riverside, CA
1 edit | Re: It seems to work I played about 25% of the low quality flash video. It had one commercial at the beginning. When I switched to the high quality active X video, I didn't see any commercials. I just started watching Wonder Woman in Hi-Q. I haven't seen any commercials yet.
P.S. This stuff is so corny. It's hard to believe that this was once 'prime-time.' ROFL. | |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| Re: It seems to work said by Fishie  :I played about 25% of the low quality flash video. It had one commercial at the beginning. When I switched to the high quality active X video, I didn't see any commercials. I just started watching Wonder Woman in Hi-Q. I haven't seen any commercials yet. P.S. This stuff is so corny. It's hard to believe that this was once 'prime-time.' ROFL. of course there was no ads in the HQ version. the content provider probably gets paid via the scumware company that puts the activeX control out.
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hopeflicker
Capitalism breeds greed
Premium
join:2003-04-03
Long Beach, CA | Re: It seems to work Ya know, DVD536 just might be on to something. He/she is probably right. | |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | F Troop!!!! I haven't seen this show in decades looks like I will roll over and get out of bed:D | |
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lordfly
join:2000-10-12
Homestead, FL | Worked on my Firefox but... I had to use the IE Tab extension because as already explained, it only likes Bill Gate's products.
I will play with it later at home, once I get away from the full T1 I am using here at work. | |
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lordfly
join:2000-10-12
Homestead, FL | Re: Worked on my Firefox but... I take that back, now it doesn't work, it keeps on asking for a plugin. Switching to IE...
I just watched the Pilot for Welcome Back Kotter. It was very smooth, even in full screen. Hopefully this will stay up for a while. | |
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pokesph
It Is Almost Fast
Premium
join:2001-06-25
Sacramento, CA
clubs: | BBTV ...and this is why these kinds of things will never fully take off and be popular. | |
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Ploww
| No NSV? I am pretty suprised they are not using Nullsoft video since it is AOL.
I didnt get any error messages either. | |
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bogey780
join:2004-03-19
Here | The first What about DaveTv? Is this anything like it? | |
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| RayDogg
Raydogg
join:2000-07-16
Dayton, OH | Re: The first Worked fine for me with IE7 beta. | |
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nipseyrussel
Nipsey Russell, yo
join:2002-02-22
Philadelphia, PA | programs la femme nikita!! best....show...ever!
have to decide if i want to f-up my computer installing all this crap now | |
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| wfgarnett3
join:2002-05-22
Feasterville Trevose, PA
| Re: programs La Femme Nikita was my favorite too when it was out!!!
Then 24 came out, and that became my favorite. And of course the guys who created 24 worked on La Femme Nikita. They must know what they are doing 
Unfortunately, I have Windows Me and can't play these episodes My perfect Comcast connection now won't be able to help me watch La Femme Nikita | |
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Trill
join:2003-12-18
Crestview, FL | DRM Can't play Hi-Q video. Keep getting license expired message. WMP is setup to retrieve license for content so I don't know why I can't get it to play. | |
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G_Poobah
join:2004-01-17
Schenectady, NY
| WM Recorder works with it Just tested with WM Recorder 10 Pro. It worked fine recording the first episode of Bablyon 5. The software lets you space shift and time shift the content to a hard drive (fair use), so you can view the video if your internet connection is offline, or you are using a free wireless access point. No quality loss, but the quality isn't anything to write home about anyway.
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
 ·Comcast
1 edit | Not too bad Seeing as this is via 802.11b wireless, it's doing alright!
Already have Kontiki anyways, Download.com delivery manager...
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hopeflicker
Capitalism breeds greed
Premium
join:2003-04-03
Long Beach, CA | Re: Not too bad Let me guess. I bet none of these shows are available on DVD or they will never be made available on DVD.
Were any of these shows even Hit's? | |
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tapeloop
1959. I try to kick the ball. I miss.
Premium
join:2004-06-27
Airstrip One
1 edit | Re: Not too bad Cult classics yes. I know at least V and Babylon 5 were released on DVD. Hits? One or two here, but you're probably too young to remember them. 
Worked fine for me in IE.
Being able to watch 80's sci-fi, Bruce Campbell or Lynda Carter's rack for free while at work? Ehhh, why not? | |
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hopeflicker
Capitalism breeds greed
Premium
join:2003-04-03
Long Beach, CA
| Re: Not too bad said by tapeloop :but you're probably too young to remember them. I wish you were right. Im not that young anymore. Pushin 35:o | |
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join:2004-08-17
Evansville, IN
| Dude!! Perfect Strangers ROCKS!!!
Seriously though. I enjoyed that show way back when and it's nice to be able to watch a few episodes on demand. TV Land showed it a couple years ago for a few months and there was talk of a 'TV Favorites' release on DVD; however, as it's no longer shown on TV and the DVD release has been delayed indefinitely, I think it's awesome to be able to watch such a cute show again...
Oh well, to each their own...
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peerimpact
join:2005-11-07
Londonderry, VT
| Beware of AOL HI-Q and Contiki Wonder how much the Telcos and Cable companies will bitch about Time Warner using peer to peer to distribute content .
I think this a great step forward in IPTV and p2p content distribution but be careful of the AOL HI-Qplugin that uses Kontikis p2p content distribution platform because Kontiki uses stealth install techniques to stay on your PC .
Here's more info on how Kontiki tries to embed itself on your PC and there's links to Kontiki removal tools .
»www.pcdoctor-guide.com/wordpress/?p=2452
As long as you can remove Kontiki in a safe manner it is pretty benign | |
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| grandpinaple
join:2006-01-03
New York, NY | Re: Beware of AOL HI-Q and Contiki Wow that would be dumb. At least their google arguments sounds halfway sane. With this one it'll be Time Warner is so evil, they are using our pipes to give users free content. ***Bitch MOAN*** | |
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JamesDax
join:2001-02-24
Philadelphia, PA | Works great for me. Watched the Bab5 pilot in Hi-Q and it ran flawless. They've got alot of good stuff on there that I'm sure to watch. Never thougth I'd say this but good job AOL.
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| ldisimino
join:2004-08-17 | Re: Works great for me. Anyone getting script errors when trying to play HiQ videos? I can download them, but everytime I try playing a video I either get a script error or a popup window thats blank. | |
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join:2003-10-10
Amarillo, TX
| Re: Works great for me. Did anyone really read the fine print on this?
I understand the whole P2P filesharing thing but:
3. STORAGE & SHARING OF VIDEO ASSETS. You understand and agree that as part of the Service: (a) Video Assets that you request from an AOL website may be delivered to you from the computers of other participants in the Service, (b) such Video Assets will be stored on your personal computer until deleted by you or the automatic operation of the Plug-in, and (c) the Plug-in may access the Video Assets stored on your computer and reproduce portions of or an entire Video Asset in order to distribute it to others who request delivery of such Video Asset from an AOL website. The Plug-in can only deliver the Video Assets to and from your computer. No other content from your computer will be accessed or transferred by the Plug-in.
Everything you download and watch can, and probably will, waste your upload bandwith so other users can watch it from your hard drive, coincidentally increasing the strain on your PC hardware.
When that strain was only mp3 files and small stuff like that, it wasn't such a big deal, but try serving up an entire DVD quality video to some stranger thousands of miles away over your broadband upload connection. I don't know about most everyone else, but my upload is only 384, and I run a simple server on that already. Even our local cable company which advertises a max upload of 768 on their internet service would feel the strain of such file sharing. On a side note, I just want to point out that the 768 upload on cable is shared with everyone in your neighborhood, it is NOT dedicated to only your use, and plugging that upload bandwidth with a bunch of DVD quality videos could get your service disconnected. Couple that with the storage requirements for that size of video, and it's too much for me.
Then there is the issue with viruses and trojans. If there is a virus or trojan stored on someone else's pc that replicates and embeds into other files and you elect to watch a movie that is stored on that persons' pc, you open yourself up to the virus or trojan.
The idea sounds pretty cool, but I'll wait.
I will note that in the Oklahoma panhandle there is a company Called PTSI/PTCI that had offered TV over IP for well over 2 years now. It works fine there, because everything uses fiber-optic cable, and the community is small. Doing that over existing copper and cable broadband is just asking for disaster. | |
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join:2004-08-26
Lindenhurst, NY | Re: Works great for me. I didnt have any problems. I didnt have to install anything either . hmmm
Anyway these are pretty cool | |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| Not to worry friend, you are not going to be uploading the entire video file by yourself... just helping out with bits and pieces of that file.
Kinda like BT works, when you download a file, it's coming from MANY people and reassembled on your machine. when someone else requests that file, you help out where ever it's needed... not pounding the whole file!
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| rayrobintx
join:2003-10-10
Amarillo, TX
| I've used BT in the past as well, but I hope this AOLTV is not as bad as it sounds in the fine print. I will specify that that was the fine print for Hi-Q with the plug-in.
(c) the Plug-in may access the Video Assets stored on your computer and reproduce portions of or an entire Video Asset in order to distribute it to others who request delivery of such Video Asset from an AOL website. For Firefox, I did have to use IETab to get it to work right. | |
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