VIZIO INTERNET APPS (VIA) Enabled LCD's Thread - Page 14

Originally Posted by darkjedi09

I think a lot of us VIA owners are waiting for the Hulu app. On a previous posting it was mentioned that the app will be for the paid version of Hulu though.

Originally Posted by obi1234

I am playing with Flingo right now. I'll try to post my progress.

Went to flingo.org - website flung video showed up in Web Video app but played sound only + black screen. Trying to exit app crashed TV required unplug+replug to recover.

Downloading Flingo windows pc app and attempting to fling a video from my laptop. Not sure anything I have is properly encoded...will see. Will make separate post with video requirements from Flingo.org forums post.

Edit: Same result as above, possibly due to firmware identifying tv as 422 not 552 as it should..calling CS to correct now.

UPDATE: CS helped me fix the issue with Model number and I tried to play "Big Buck Bunny" video that flingo has up as a test, same result.
Sound only. Black Screen with a "play" arrow in the far right corner and no control of set - requires unplugging/replugging before I can even turn the set back on.

Update 2: Fling video from the website still plays sound only and no video - then locks up TV requiring reboot. After this behavior happens then no videos on Web Video will play.
I deleted the widget and re-added it and was able to play the video's already there, but trying to fling the Big Buck Bunny video from the flingo.org website seems to add the video multiple times (like 5+) in the queue. If I try to play it...same deal, lock up. So no progress.
Either our firmware update or some glitch on the flingo.org website/player seems to be the culprit.

Originally Posted by obi1234

Has anyone else experimented with Flingo?

Originally Posted by mniswonger

Yes, I have used it. I found that if you try flinging anything from your desktop (PC) and it isn't on your C: volume it won't play. Rather than moving all of the files I want to sling I used the mklink command to create a junction point. The one video I flung from the web worked fine.

Originally Posted by ftboomer

Looks like VIZIO succeeded where Google TV failed. In an official press release, the availability of Hulu Plus subscription and Blockbuster on demand have been announced for the VIZIO Internet Apps (VIA) platform. This means that consumers can download watch their favorite shows off Hulu Plus and movies from Blockbuster on their VIZIO TV sets. VIZIO looks like they're set to dominate the TV scene, especially with a lot of big name apps coming out for the VIA platform. With the massive collection of TV shows from Hulu and all the latest and classic movies from Blockbuster, you pretty much never need to purchase cable or a DVD player again. With apps like Skype and Vimeo coming to the platform, and staples such as Facebook, Twitter, Wiki TV and Netflix, it eliminates the need for you to have a computer as well. It sure looks like the computer is slowly getting replaced - first by smartphones and tablets, and now TVs.


http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/01/hul...internet-apps/

Originally Posted by 8traxrule

Vudu HDX won't work with my internet service- it plays a few seconds then keeps stopping to buffer. HD usually works, the picture seems more detailed than a standard DVD but there are more visible compression artifacts. I usually watch the daily 99-cent movie if it's one I don't already have. Regular prices are a bit high, and I prefer to buy discs and keep them anyways. I'm still mad at Wal-Mart taking away the naughty stuff they used to have, but at least they haven't dumped any of the NC-17 movies, so that still makes them better than Blockbuster.