today's alternatives

[snoopy]

I have not yet watched a full show on the internet but understand that there are multiple options today. I have SageTV running SageMC that I haven't reloaded in quite some time. We need to redo our SageTV so that we can bring it up-to-date for hulu.com among other things that might be available today.

SageTV doesn't appear take full advantage of internet television today. What are my options today? Is SageTV + SageMC still the best way to watch TV?

[MitchSchaft]

Have you not seen the PlayOn plugin? You can watch Hulu in sage with it.

[Naylia]

If you're running an HTPC rather than an extender you can also just launch Hulu Desktop and use Event Ghost to send it remote control commands.

SageTV + SageMC is still the best!

[Fuzzy]

Some of us prefer JUST SageTV... ;-) While I do have Hulu Desktop installed, and it works great from my remote, via Girder, I VERY rarely ever fire it up. I've got more than enough recorded content I still ahve to watch to ever need to delve into the online stuff.

[snoopy]

Great stuff!!
1. SageTV v6.2.2 + SageMC + Play-on
2. Hulu Desktop + Event Ghost

What a dream. Thanks guys.

[SWKerr]

Last time I tried Playon the quality of the picture did not match What I could get on the PC directly. (To Xbox360) Is this still the case?

I tend to reserve some series and accumulate episodes to watch after reruns start but eventually I will run thin on decent choices before the new season starts. I don't use hulu or Netflix much now but last year it got some use over the summer. Mostly checking out shows I didn't follow when they came out.

Also: I find it useful for checking out something new. Can can usually check it out and catch up on older episodes of something I just found out about. Going forward I would set it up as a favorite.

[chrisc983]

For the longest it was but after the last play on update I did, the picture quality is a lot better.