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>> I then installed Firefox to try it with the Moonlight plugin, which
>> works. But then you have the same as when you use the Silverlight
>> plugin for Firefox in Windows. Fail to see the advantages it has over
>> Flash though. And it uses a lot of memory. Why does MS not just
>> support the<video>  thing in HTML5 for their future browsers?
>
> My conclusion: no Silverlight crap on my PC for now. And probably not ever even.

Well, can't you just watch all of that stuff on Dutch television?

>> I think what they mean is that you can play it with the Windows Media
>> or Quicktime plugins. If, without using Moonlight or Firefox, I click
>> on one of the channels and go to Instellingen, I can choose from those
>> two players. It then goes on stating that I don't have those plugins
>> however. If I look in the source code of the page I don't see a direct
>> link to the video file either. But maybe it serves me a different page
>> since I don't have any of the plugins. If you do, maybe the server
>> will send you one? You can try it by selecting the Windows Media
>> format, provided you have that plugin, and then search for an .asf
>> file in the source of the page. If there is one, you should be able to
>> copy and paste it into VLC.
>
> Weird. Journaal24 works straight in Firefox with the Windows Media Player link. 
> There's an asx link, http://www.omroep.nl/live/thema/nos_journaal24-bb.asx 
> Quality isn't all that great, but it works. Not every channel has a play in WMP 
> link. As a matter of fact not every link to the same channel ends up with a WMP 
> option. So far I've only located news and politics. The culture network doesn't 
> even seem to have that Silverlight stuff.

What about a Real link then? Or do they not provide an option at all?

> A lot of those cheap HTPC boxes don't have Blu Ray or equivalent quality going 
> on. As a matter of fact anything over 720p would stutter. Going with lower 
> quality would look rather silly on an expensive big screen TV. I've seen 1080p 
> upscaling media player boxes that could run stuff off any USB drive. It even had 
> LAN, bun not wireless, for around 70 - 80 euro's. Now if it did have wireless, 
> I'd know a few people who'd be interested. But lugging around drives or even 
> USB-keys with their media or a wired LAN looks like too cumbersome for most people.
>
> The fact that most don't play blu-ray also means they're not quite future-proof. 
> They may not have the money for expensive blu-ray now, but that may change. 
> Blu-ray discs already are getting cheaper (I've seen some for 10 euro's). 
> Besides, somewhere along the line home burned blu-ray will become as abundant as 
> DVD's. Unless it gets overtaken by USB, SD, flashcard or even cloud storage.

What makes you think blu-ray will become popular though? I have never 
even seen a blu-ray disk in my entire life. These days you can get a 
HD quality movie on the internet in just a few hours.

> MacOS is something I don't recommend. For one you're not supposed to make a 
> Hackintosh and buying straight from Apple is just way too expensive. Second, a 
> lot of stuff - mainly games - just don't work on Apple. It can be very 
> frustrating to find a PC game under the Christmas tree that does just what it 
> promises: it runs on a PC. Not a Mac. And then you have to explain a Apple is a 
> computer, but not a personal computer. Also a lot of school stuff has the same 
> problem. It'll work on a PC, but not an Apple.

People should stop celebrating Christmas then! Or stop playing PC 
games! I believe there are Nintendo's and Xboxes for games.

> Oddly it is easier to explain to people that Linux, though it runs on a PC, is 
> NOT Windows compatible. Switching from Linux to Windows than from Apple to 
> Windows also seems to have a lower threshold. Which is logical. If you've spent 
> 2000 euro's on an Apple, you don't want to spend another 100 or more to put 
> Windows on it. If you buy a 300 euro Linux box, 'upgrading' to Windows doesn't 
> seem like such a disaster.

Why would you want to switch to Windows from Linux? It is insanity!!!!

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