ABC Full Episode Streaming - Soon in HD, Now on Vista
ABC Full Episode Streaming has been available for some time now, but the specialized high-quality streaming ActiveX component installation was not available for Windows Vista users.
ABC’s streaming is, dare I say, best in the industry at the moment. It offers highest quality video (try it in Big size, or even Full Screen!), via the ActiveX component technology that they licensed from Move Networks.
The good news is that Windows Vista is now finally supported. I tried it out this weekend, and it’s working as advertised. I did run into a minor quirk with the initial installation of Player in my Vista. After install, while the player worked flawlessly, other IE Tabs started having some behavioral issues, including inability to download or run files from the Internet. But, quick Vista restart resolved these issues, so even though officially restart isn’t required, I highly recommended it.
In related news, ABC’s Full Episode Streaming is promising to bring us High Definition streaming quality, hopefully in time for their Fall Season. This is really exciting, and I am looking forward to that, and will keep you posted.
Oh, and you do have to be physically located in the USA to make it work, as far as I know. So, if you are, and you are on Vista or XP, or even Mac, launch your ABC Player and catch up on your favorite shows, including May’s blockbuster Season Finales.
ABC, WebTV, streaming video, HDTV
June 11th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Wow, this is great! ABC really does have the best picture quality for its episodes, I watched the entire season of Brothers & Sisters there a few weeks ago when I was sick in bed. Great stuff!
June 12th, 2007 at 5:03 am
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June 12th, 2007 at 6:11 am
That;s great news–both about Vista and the upcoming HD. ABC’s streaming is fantastic–I’ve gotten everyone in my office into it, actually. We catch up on shows over our lunchbreaks.
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