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Anyone tried PlayOn?

Jim HollandJim Holland Registered User new member
edited September 2009 in PAX Archive
I got a $19.99 coupon for PlayOn outside the expo and tried it out this week. It's pretty awesome on the Wii, still beta and obviously so, but still...pretty cool to watch Hulu on a Wii. You need the coupon code to get the $19.99 price. You can get all that at pax.playon.tv

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  • FritoFrito Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I saw the buttons everywhere but I never found the actual booth :P

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  • PunkJrPunkJr Decepticon Infiltrator Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    My roommate & I use PlayOn with our 360 & it works like a charm. I really like it!

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  • tr0tskytr0tsky Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    i would use it if I weren't canadian...no netflix, no hulu...blargh

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  • SetralSetral Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Anyone have an extra code they won't be using?

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  • ScootaScoota Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Does the Wii one require that you load something on the Wii, as an app? If so, how does that actually work? Do they give you something to copy to a memory card?

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  • spydeyspydey Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I've been using PlayOn for almost a year now and love it.

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  • Slipstream0Slipstream0 Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    tr0tsky wrote: »
    i would use it if I weren't canadian...no netflix, no hulu...blargh

    PlayOn is just a program on your computer, so if you have access to netflix.com or hulu.com it should work fine. Iv had it for about 6 months and love it!

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  • JeTmAnJeTmAn Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Can you have it installed on more than one system? I've got a Wii upstairs and a PS3 downstairs I wouldn't mind having it on.

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  • FritoFrito Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Hey, anyone have an extra code? And also, is there a monthly charge or is a one time thing?

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  • mrbernzmrbernz Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Scoota wrote: »
    Does the Wii one require that you load something on the Wii, as an app? If so, how does that actually work? Do they give you something to copy to a memory card?

    Nope, you use the Wii's web browser.

    Anyone who is looking for a code, all the information to get it for $19.99 is @ http://pax.playon.tv

    I highly recommend this program, there are also third party plugins that allow streaming from HGTV, food network, adultswim and more.

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  • Slipstream0Slipstream0 Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    JeTmAn wrote: »
    Can you have it installed on more than one system? I've got a Wii upstairs and a PS3 downstairs I wouldn't mind having it on.

    Its installed on your computer and then your consoles access it from there, so you could have all 3 consoles accessing it (assuming your computer and connection could handle that).


    And no, its a one-time fee. Get it -- its great :D

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  • tr0tskytr0tsky Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Slipstream0 wrote: »
    tr0tsky wrote: »
    i would use it if I weren't canadian...no netflix, no hulu...blargh

    so if you have access to netflix.com or hulu.com it should work fine

    netflix - not available in canada
    hulu - can't stream in canada (without proxies, etc, which playon doesn't support)
    cbs - ^
    most other networks - ^

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  • FritoFrito Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    tr0tsky wrote: »
    Slipstream0 wrote: »
    tr0tsky wrote: »
    i would use it if I weren't canadian...no netflix, no hulu...blargh

    so if you have access to netflix.com or hulu.com it should work fine

    netflix - not available in canada
    hulu - can't stream in canada (without proxies, etc, which playon doesn't support)
    cbs - ^
    most other networks - ^


    Then give me your code! :D

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  • JeTmAnJeTmAn Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Slipstream0 wrote: »
    JeTmAn wrote: »
    Can you have it installed on more than one system? I've got a Wii upstairs and a PS3 downstairs I wouldn't mind having it on.

    Its installed on your computer and then your consoles access it from there, so you could have all 3 consoles accessing it (assuming your computer and connection could handle that).


    And no, its a one-time fee. Get it -- its great :D

    Sounds good. I will have to check out the trial.

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  • tr0tskytr0tsky Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Frito wrote: »
    Then give me your code! :D

    There is no code, just go to pax.playon.tv It has everything you need to know there.

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  • SetralSetral Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    hehe.. what tr0tsky said.

    I went there and checked, and the "coupon code" is on the page.

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  • Slipstream0Slipstream0 Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    tr0tsky wrote: »
    Slipstream0 wrote: »
    tr0tsky wrote: »
    i would use it if I weren't canadian...no netflix, no hulu...blargh

    so if you have access to netflix.com or hulu.com it should work fine

    netflix - not available in canada
    hulu - can't stream in canada (without proxies, etc, which playon doesn't support)
    cbs - ^
    most other networks - ^

    Ah, was unaware Hulu denied service like that. :( If I could code at all i would work up a proxy plugin for hulu, alas, i cannot.

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  • trickycooljtrickycoolj Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Thanks for the tip! I must have avoided the flyer outside the expo, I've gotten used to avoid anyone with papers on the streets downtown. I've definitely been wondering about PlayOn for my 360 for some time just never pulled the trigger or had time to really test it during the two week trial. Well, thanks to paxpox I have plenty of time and I'm impressed. I could tell it was streaming content but it still looked fairly good on my TV. Now I won't worry so bad about Comcast pulling the plug on those extra channels my digital TV has been picking up for the last two years.

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