PlayOn DLNA Server - $15 - Yugster

This software is great.Using it on 2 360's. Had it on xbmc with some issues. Saved me $100 a month by kicking the cable companies out of the house.
 
Interesting. I wish it ran straight on the PS3, without the need for a PC as a middleman. How does this compare to boxee?
 
I have been using mine on my PS3 and it works wonders. I love watching NCIS reruns and Family guy on my tv whenever I want.
 
MurphNutz said:
Interesting. I wish it ran straight on the PS3, without the need for a PC as a middleman. How does this compare to boxee?
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It's not really the same thing. This just streams media to your media client. Boxee is a media client itself.
 
Grentz said:
It's not really the same thing. This just streams media to your media client. Boxee is a media client itself.
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Right. I use boxee, now, I was just wondering how it compared as far as user interface and features go.
 
I would still consider Boxee and PlayOn as two different beasts. Theres really no user interface (aside from the admin window). All this does is grab a stream from the internet, encodes on the fly and transmits to ps3 as a media server. Within the Ps3 you navigate like you would any other media on the PS3. You really cannot compare the two because boxee always wins, being a dedicated media client.

I would not pay more than $15-20 for this software anyway. There are constantly issues with it (not the developers fault) streaming internet feeds.Hulu/Netflix are always changing things around so that something becomes incompatible with this software. Now that there is a netflix disc for the PS3 the only thing this is really good for is hulu for me and last time I tried, it did not work well.
 
Have anyone of you that order playon last night have recieve the serial # or download link for playon??:confused:
 
I received my key and already registered my PlayOn with it, had 3 days of trial left so good timing, ordered yesterday early, and got it a few hours later. The page did say that the keys will be sent during business hours, so if you ordered late, probably get it today.
 
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This deal is dead for those that were interested and didn't jump on it.
 
I have been playing with it, and it works wonderfully with hulu on my 360. Worth the money for watching a few shows on the big screen ;)
 
Been using PlayOn for over a year. It's usually SO good that I even cancelled cable, so it's saved me a LOT of bread.

On the other hand, PlayOn is also very much a roller coaster ride. Sometimes it works flawlessly-other times it barely works at all, and there appears to be no particular rhyme nor reason as to why this is or ought to be.

I still recommend it, but my advice is: Don't expect perfection.
 
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