Aug. 22, 2008

Giant Baby Steps

Beta testers are brave souls! We can't thank you guys enough, especially those who have been willing to install, test, uninstall, reboot, install, test, uninstall, reboot... you know the Windows drill. Things are looking pretty good, and we should be pushing yet another release within 24 hours, with some more bug fixes. At the same time, our coders are cranking away on Netflix (we can't tell you how excited we are to get this out).

But, being this is a beta, and in its infant stages, there are still plenty of known (and unknown) issues, so we remind you to be patient.

A few of you have written in saying that you've had luck using PlayOn with other devices besides the PS3, Xbox 360, and HP MediaSmart. Cool! We're happy to hear that, and appreciate hearing about any glitches, as well as successes. (Incidentally, the next release should remedy the HP MediaSmart issue where titles weren't showing up.)

We're still tweaking the new website too. Make sure to check out the new support page, which has a few tips for best wrangling technical problems, as well as our new FAQ.

It's also comforting to know that our trials are appreciated. Thanks again Richard Lawler, at Engadget, for your encouraging cheers from the sidelines.

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What is PlayOn?
PlayOn is software that you install on your Windows PC. It allows you to use your Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iPhone, Android phone or another supported device to access movies and shows from content providers like Hulu, Netflix, Comedy Central, CBS, YouTube, MLB.tv, your personal media, and many more. PlayOn is both browser and media server software, built into one. It browses content from various online providers, and displays that content directly on your TV, iPhone or Android phone.
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PlayOn runs in the background on your PC over your home network. It uses standards called UPnP and DLNA to communicate with networked gaming consoles,TVs, and mobile phones working both as an internet browser to access online media and as a UPnP media server to serve videos to UPnP compliant devices. Learn more
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