Thread: Virgin Media Player - why on earth Flash?
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Old 02-10-2010, 11:36   #11
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Re: Virgin Media Player - why on earth Flash?
Don't believe the Apple hype, HTML5 is still in its infancy and the standard isn't even finalised. The browser companies are still fighting over which HTML5 container to use.

There is also a issue with mobile rights, most of these streaming sites are only licensed to be used on a PC. See the recent problems Boxee ran into when they started offering Hulu on their box.

Also the VM player is still in beta, once out of beta I would imagine there will be a iPhone app version.

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Originally Posted by Andrewcrawford23 View Post
it comes to down to rights issues and why you want to watch it on iphoine??? it barely 4inch screen i really dnt get why people want ot watch from there phones
Try it sometime, I watch a lt of stuff on mine, I am a shift worker (or was will be joining the 9-5 crowd from Monday) and used tow catch stuff on my night shift on my breaks. Even when in bed I can stream any video stored on my PC to my iPhone. It may be small if it was 8 feet away but when only a few inches away it is good enough for most stuff, although I do leave all the big shows for the big TV.
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