@wes:
the difference is that having a big tv at home is awesome, whereas wearing glasses to watch tv all the time will suck ass.

um, sure you could just use playon, if you're not interested in hd streaming, and if you somehow think setting up streaming, and paying a larger electric bill, is somehow easier than putting a free disc in the ps3...

@broo:
so, the answer then is no, the popcorn hour c-200 does not stream hulu (dlna streaming through tversity, playon et. al. does not equal direct streaming).

when the charging cradle on my logitech mouse stopped, well, charging the mouse, i actually hobbled that together out of some old audio l/r cable i had laying around. i made this little thing that fit around the bottom of the mouse, and then when the battery ran out, i just put this little thing around my mouse, and it would charge and i could still use it. i looked everywhere for a wireless mouse that did this, and i couldn't find a single one. seems pretty obvious to me, i mean, if the ps3 controllers can do it...

@bozters:
how does watching hulu through the ps3 browser affect hulu's ad revenue in any way that is different from watching it through a normal computer browser?

answer: it doesn't. hulu is trying to block it's content from appearing on a television.

what are you talking about? first of all, aside from wishing for more hd content, i never made a qualitative judgement about sd vs hd. i said the 480p videos were unwatchable on the ps3 browser, which they are. they play at about one frame every two seconds. the lower res. hulu vids even stutter. this isn't a bash on the ps3 (i love my ps3, it's the only console i own out of the current gen), but it's obviously a result of a lack of optimization and prioritization of ps3 resources, which is why i wish there would be a dedicated app for either hulu or netflix or the like that was programmed to take advantage of the ps3.

incoming: qualitative statement regarding sd vs hd - if you think the "low quality youtube videos" look decent when zoomed in, you are absolutely blind. disregarding the snake-oil remedy that is video upscaling, those low quality youtube videos don't even look good at their native resolution. i mean, the fact of the low quality (i.e. high compression, low resolution) of those videos has essentially infiltrated our collective unconscious.

in conclusion, your long winded comment makes absolutely no sense and has almost nothing to do with my comment. you look foolish and uninformed. also, do you not know how to reply?

that's really lame, although to be fair, hulu (and flash video in general) ran like crap through the ps3 browser. the 480p setting was unwatchable, and the regular setting stuttered so much that watching it was little more than a novelty. for a while i've been hoping the ps3 would get some sort of official hulu support, much like netflix on the 360 (oh, i want that on my ps3 too)...

it's a shame really, about 6 months ago hulu looked like it was on the cusp of revolutionizing the way we watch tv, or at least getting the wheels rolling. now, though, it's increasingly becoming inconsequential and mediocre (limited-and-getting-worse accessibility, almost no hd content anymore...)

@Martin: exactly this. this is part of the problem with cable at the moment. not only is the distribution method broken, but the prices are going up (at least with comcast) while the ads become even more intrusive. i'm not willing to pay it anymore so i cancelled comcast. at this point the only thing that could persuade me to pay for television is an a-la-carte model. make my money through advertisements like it was done for decades. someone else up above mentioned hulu utilizing targeted advertising, which is a brilliant solution.

it is possible in the us, at least as far as the technology is concerned, especially after the digital transition. from my (limited) understanding, it might not make economic sense, because americans, at least in the u.s., generally go with a cable company like comcast, as opposed to getting ota broadcasting. the people here that do get ota generally aren't the same people who would have a ps3. although with the current recession, this may be changing, as cable tv seems to be one of the first things to be cut out of a tight family budget (i know we just got rid of comcast in favor of free ota). personally i'm hopeful that this will make it to the u.s., as i'd like to have an almost one stop shop for all my media/games.

i wish this thing would come out in the u.s. i just ditched comcast and it would be nice to use one device to control all my media, play games, and watch/record hd ota.