Sep. 20, 2008

What's the deal?

Hey all you PlayOn testers! Looks like we've neglected to post the latest news on our blog here. Sorry about that. We are still cranking away on all kinds of goodies.

We've largely spent the past month working on two main projects: 1) fixing problems with Hulu for the majority of our users, and 2) getting Netflix ready for beta release!

We have been working hard to accommodate changes that Hulu has been making in their service recently. If Hulu service issues have been frustrating for you, keep these two things in mind:

  • We are absolutely, positively committed to bringing Hulu to our PlayOn users. We have simply been having some technical issues.
  • It's still a beta, so there are still bugs, that are causing both hiccups with Hulu, as well as other problems in general with PlayOn. We won't make this product a general release until all this stuff is resolved. We don't feel comfortable taking your money for a half-baked product. Your satisfaction with PlayOn translates directly to our success as a company.

Now, Netflix! Yes, it is soooo close to being ready for release. We're literally a few days away. And by golly, it's cool. We've been testing it for a couple of weeks now, and the video quality is tremendous (thanks to Netflix making higher resolution streams available). If you plan on trying it out, make sure you set up an account with Netflix first and add movies to your "Instant Queue" (this can't be done through PlayOn, of course). We will post again once Netflix is ready for beta testing.

OK, that's it for now. Contact us if you have questions, comments, or concerns.

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