It's hard to believe that 1080p would be feasible as a stream without a hardware codec. Otherwise, the processor would be tied up, and it's when I need that processing power for other programs that I'm watching content online. It would be a great step if the data format was conducive to shifting processing tasks to the video card through a standard. Perhaps this will occur as the technology matures. Otherwise, after getting past the "gee whiz" factor of HD such as that from http://www.hulu.com or http://series.airwolf.tv/episodes (so you can get your Airwolf fix, guys) plain old 525i should sufffice for casual viewing, particularly when sharing screen space with other programs.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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It's hard to believe that 1080p would be feasible as a stream without a hardware codec. Otherwise, the processor would be tied up, and it's when I need that processing power for other programs that I'm watching content online. It would be a great step if the data format was conducive to shifting processing tasks to the video card through a standard. Perhaps this will occur as the technology matures. Otherwise, after getting past the "gee whiz" factor of HD such as that from http://www.hulu.com or http://series.airwolf.tv/episodes (so you can get your Airwolf fix, guys) plain old 525i should sufffice for casual viewing, particularly when sharing screen space with other programs.