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March 15, 2006 1:56 PM Subscribe
AOL launches in2tv. Why pay for Lost when you can be watching Wonder Woman for free? Maybe because you own a mac or hate streaming media. (Ok, so it's probably all over teh interwebs by now - but hey - free Wonder Woman!)
Wonder Woman is not very Firefox compatible. For me anyways.
posted by Balisong at 2:06 PM on March 15, 2006
posted by Balisong at 2:06 PM on March 15, 2006
I can only think of two good reasons to watch that show.
posted by Malor at 2:06 PM on March 15, 2006
posted by Malor at 2:06 PM on March 15, 2006
Generation X's suspended perpetual adolescence will eat itself. Come and knock on our door, indeed!
posted by shoepal at 2:07 PM on March 15, 2006
posted by shoepal at 2:07 PM on March 15, 2006
Are you kidding me? Wonder Woman? I'm watching Pinky and the Brain.
posted by tozturk at 2:08 PM on March 15, 2006
posted by tozturk at 2:08 PM on March 15, 2006
Internet Explorer 6.0? Windows Media Player 10?
next channel *click*
posted by Hanover Phist at 2:12 PM on March 15, 2006
next channel *click*
posted by Hanover Phist at 2:12 PM on March 15, 2006
Bondcliff, I don't know how old you were when V first aired (I was 13 or so), but it is significantly cheesier than you remember, I assure you. I saw bits of it recently on some cable station or other. It was so funny to me then that aliens would come to earth with big feathered mid-80's hair.
Awesome.
posted by dammitjim at 2:13 PM on March 15, 2006
Awesome.
posted by dammitjim at 2:13 PM on March 15, 2006
I'd like to watch some Pinky and the Brain, but I can't get their crappy interface to work.
posted by sonofsamiam at 2:15 PM on March 15, 2006
posted by sonofsamiam at 2:15 PM on March 15, 2006
> Select "Eight is Enough"
> Click "Play"
> Buffering...
> Select "Full Screen"
> Watch opening theme to completion.
> Full screen video disappears.
> Buffering...
> Buffering...
> (Switch windows, do other things)
> Actual episode comes back, takes over my screen.
Not quite my dream 2006 video experience, but damn I love them haircuts.
posted by VulcanMike at 3:22 PM on March 15, 2006
> Click "Play"
> Buffering...
> Select "Full Screen"
> Watch opening theme to completion.
> Full screen video disappears.
> Buffering...
> Buffering...
> (Switch windows, do other things)
> Actual episode comes back, takes over my screen.
Not quite my dream 2006 video experience, but damn I love them haircuts.
posted by VulcanMike at 3:22 PM on March 15, 2006
bondcliff - save your left nut, I'm sure it's worth more than $31.99 (free shipping) or even $10.99.
posted by PurplePorpoise at 3:24 PM on March 15, 2006
posted by PurplePorpoise at 3:24 PM on March 15, 2006
Oh wait...
> Watch first few minutes of episode.
> COMMERCIAL BREAK.
> Episode continues.
I've got my high-end TV and I've got my DVR. If I'm desperate, I'll rock this, but it sure wouldn't dissuade me in the least from grabbing these same videos from Bittorrent if they were available.
posted by VulcanMike at 3:25 PM on March 15, 2006
> Watch first few minutes of episode.
> COMMERCIAL BREAK.
> Episode continues.
I've got my high-end TV and I've got my DVR. If I'm desperate, I'll rock this, but it sure wouldn't dissuade me in the least from grabbing these same videos from Bittorrent if they were available.
posted by VulcanMike at 3:25 PM on March 15, 2006
VulcanMike: they put a commercial break in? Are you serious? or is it just the dead air where a commercial would go if there were any?
No Mac support = sucks, but hey, they're using DRM'd WMV files. (which will simply be cracked & dumped on bittorrent anyway)
posted by drstein at 3:27 PM on March 15, 2006
No Mac support = sucks, but hey, they're using DRM'd WMV files. (which will simply be cracked & dumped on bittorrent anyway)
posted by drstein at 3:27 PM on March 15, 2006
drstein: There was a commercial break after the first few minutes for a car. Dead air would have been fine. Second commercial break at 12 minutes -- an 18-second clip for a candy bar, and no ability to fast forward or skip. Third at 22 minutes -- different commercial for the same car. Kia Sedona.
Interestingly, if you hit "Next" while watching an actual show portion, you get stuck watching the commercial. As far as I can tell, there's no way to skip directly to a position later in the episode, meaning returning later to finish a show will be a unwieldy option.
posted by VulcanMike at 3:33 PM on March 15, 2006
Interestingly, if you hit "Next" while watching an actual show portion, you get stuck watching the commercial. As far as I can tell, there's no way to skip directly to a position later in the episode, meaning returning later to finish a show will be a unwieldy option.
posted by VulcanMike at 3:33 PM on March 15, 2006
Wow, Judge Nicholas Marshall. That's a piece of my early teens...
And V... well... that's a piece of my childhood. I remember how everyone at school (2nd or 3rd grade, can't remember) would be talking about "The first interspecies baby"...
posted by qvantamon at 3:35 PM on March 15, 2006
And V... well... that's a piece of my childhood. I remember how everyone at school (2nd or 3rd grade, can't remember) would be talking about "The first interspecies baby"...
posted by qvantamon at 3:35 PM on March 15, 2006
Oh great -- fourth break at 35 minutes -- same Kia commercial as the third. Fifth break at 44 -- minutes same 30-second Kia commercial as the first. It's one thing to insert commercials, but this is getting annoying.
posted by VulcanMike at 3:36 PM on March 15, 2006
posted by VulcanMike at 3:36 PM on March 15, 2006
Amazon and Netflix have V on DVD.
posted by kirkaracha at 3:47 PM on March 15, 2006
posted by kirkaracha at 3:47 PM on March 15, 2006
Bah. I like my video platform-agnostic, since I have no idea what kind of machine I'll be using from day to day.
When I want to watch video, I generally go to YouTube, which streams the video using the Flash plugin, which is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. If browser plugins aren't your thing, there's Real products (I'm not a fan, but it is an option), mpeg-encoding, and many other open source/proprietary formats out there.
In short: bah.
posted by davejay at 4:06 PM on March 15, 2006
When I want to watch video, I generally go to YouTube, which streams the video using the Flash plugin, which is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. If browser plugins aren't your thing, there's Real products (I'm not a fan, but it is an option), mpeg-encoding, and many other open source/proprietary formats out there.
In short: bah.
posted by davejay at 4:06 PM on March 15, 2006
From the AolTV website -- which by the way rendered perfectly and THEN switched to the vanilla screen with the "your comput0r suXX0rz" page:
You have received this page because you do not have the necessary software to watch video on In2TV -... blah blah blah
How to Upgrade
Find out more about the Windows XP operating system HERE!
They should add a few steps before the upgrade one for mac users, the first one being "go out and buy a new computer since yours isn't worthy of watching free 70s shows"
posted by illovich at 6:40 PM on March 15, 2006
You have received this page because you do not have the necessary software to watch video on In2TV -... blah blah blah
How to Upgrade
Find out more about the Windows XP operating system HERE!
They should add a few steps before the upgrade one for mac users, the first one being "go out and buy a new computer since yours isn't worthy of watching free 70s shows"
posted by illovich at 6:40 PM on March 15, 2006
Ah. I guess Microsoft must be providing them with some significant software discounts in return for the platform-dependency.
Double-bah!
posted by davejay at 6:47 PM on March 15, 2006
Double-bah!
posted by davejay at 6:47 PM on March 15, 2006
Lessee... tried it in IE7 Beta and Firefox. It'll show me commercials, then black screen.
"Licenced for United States only"??? TRIPLE-bah!
posted by evilcolonel at 8:11 PM on March 15, 2006
"Licenced for United States only"??? TRIPLE-bah!
posted by evilcolonel at 8:11 PM on March 15, 2006
Quadruple bah. The interface just sucks. And it keeps whispering at me.
posted by craven_morhead at 6:54 AM on March 16, 2006
posted by craven_morhead at 6:54 AM on March 16, 2006
What complete garbage.
I watched one episode of "Kung Fu". Commercial break right in the middle of a fight. Then another commercial break about 30 seconds before the natural commercial break. Then in the last 2 minutes of the show, two commercial breaks! Then the whole episode is going to be summed up at the end. Kwai Chang is being approached by the town's judge who wants to talk with him before he leaves town - nope - the video stops there.
BS
Total garbage. A bunch of crap. Ca-ca. Turd city.
Aren't all of these shows on DVD now anyway?
posted by redteam at 5:26 PM on March 16, 2006
I watched one episode of "Kung Fu". Commercial break right in the middle of a fight. Then another commercial break about 30 seconds before the natural commercial break. Then in the last 2 minutes of the show, two commercial breaks! Then the whole episode is going to be summed up at the end. Kwai Chang is being approached by the town's judge who wants to talk with him before he leaves town - nope - the video stops there.
BS
Total garbage. A bunch of crap. Ca-ca. Turd city.
Aren't all of these shows on DVD now anyway?
posted by redteam at 5:26 PM on March 16, 2006
I dunno, free is free. I don't bitch abuot commercials on TV, and I think if you want free tv/movies/etc there's going to be advertising.
The episode I watched of Kung Fu was great--I had never seen the pilot, and I really enjoyed seeing the show again.
posted by illovich at 1:53 PM on March 17, 2006
The episode I watched of Kung Fu was great--I had never seen the pilot, and I really enjoyed seeing the show again.
posted by illovich at 1:53 PM on March 17, 2006
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posted by bondcliff at 2:05 PM on March 15, 2006