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Comment on Fancast – Another Hulu Challenger by Erica

Erica — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:45:05 +0000

As of December 2010 Fancast’s video quality and buffering is far superior to that of Hulu. While Hulu videos are constantly pausing and stuttering, Fancast’s videos are of consistently high quality with fewer commercials and minimal pauses. Fancast Rocks!

Comment on Cable TV – Do I really need it? by Anxiety Depression Support Site

Anxiety Depression Support Site — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:11:01 +0000

cable companies are also offering broadband internet these days and the cost is cheap too ~.;

Comment on Cable TV – Do I really need it? by Marine Paint :

Marine Paint : — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 19:57:14 +0000

Cable companies are already offering bundled internet and cable tv services at a cheap price ”

Comment on Cable Companies losing customers to OTA and Online TV options (from Fox News) by French Women :

French Women : — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:49:51 +0000

i am always comedy and science fiction TV shows at home and at work ;;

Comment on Another World Record for Macci by Slappa

Slappa — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:50:16 +0000

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Comment on Fancast – Another Hulu Challenger by carl tacker

carl tacker — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:41:29 +0000

dear robin it seem to stop working after about five minutes,is there anything that i am doing wrong? a stutter and then a freeze and then CBS.

Comment on Cable TV – Do I really need it? by Anton

Anton — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:22:25 +0000

Cool!

Comment on Cable TV – Do I really need it? by John

John — Tue, 26 May 2009 06:26:36 +0000

Samsung LN52A650
This TV is the top recommendation from Consumer Reviews (for its value and quality). I agree and I also used the recommended settings found online at tweaktv.com. I use it with Vista Media Center and it works very nicely. I use the screen zoom feature found in VMC to accommodate the various aspect ratios found in broadcast and movie sources and leave the TV set to 16:9. Make sure to adjust the resolution and any overscan settings (e.g. using the video card settings) so that you get the full benefit of the size and resolution (Nvidia does a great job of providing the proper software for this).
The only big issue I have come across is the excessive interference with the VMC IR receiver. This TV will flood the room with IR noise when certain settings are being used (I am pretty sure its the energy saver settings). This IR noise makes the VMC remote virtually useless. I found some posts regarding these settings and corrected the issue. Now, I am happily viewing with full control of my systems.
It is an impressive TV and I am happy with it so far. As for size and weight, I can see how even at 52″, I will eventually be interested in something larger but will likely go to a projector system. I think this unit weighs perhaps a few lbs less than my 27″ Sony Trinitron (and it is sooo much better)!
I have been viewing analog signals on it at SDTV resolutions…this leaves something to be desired. Switching to a digital signal and hopefully higher resolutions (for normal broadcast/cable programming) will greatly improve the quality of the image.
BTW, the 120Hz settings make a movie look like it was shot on video (very sharp image with little inertial smoothing). This is great for sports type programming but not to my liking for feature films.

Comment on Veoh – Online TV and Video Service by Tac Anderson

Tac Anderson — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:24:54 +0000

Thanks for the review. I’ve been a long time user of Hulu (since the closed Beta) and have been using Netflix streaming since it’s public launch but for some reason I never tried Veoh. I guess I always thought they were just another “also ran” video site.

But having just moved to a new job and a new state ahead of my family I don’t have my media server or HP dv6 I usually watch them on. I just have my old Dell laptop I’m running Ubuntu on and I don’t want to try and download Silverlight so I’m just stuck with Hulu.

I guess this is a long way of saying I’ve been looking for other flash based options with more variety. Since I’m on an old Dell running Linux I’m not going to match the amazing quality I got on my HP dv6 (which rocked an AMD of course) so quality isn’t as big of a concern right now, I’m just looking for selection.

Veoh sounds like it’ll be a good fit. Thanks.

Comment on Fancast – Another Hulu Challenger by Richard

Richard — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:24:59 +0000

All FanCast streaming that I get seems to be 512×288 resolution, which I think is the lowest bandwidth FLV format (about 480KBPS, non-H.264). There doesn’t seem to be any way to set a different preference. My DSL download speed clocks at 1.5MBPS or better when I test it.

I am able to get higher resolution streaming at other sites without problems.