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Net…(work) TV
Posted by Jonathan | Filed under Culture, Websites
This September, Nikki and I started watching NBC’s “The Office” starting with season 1 which we rented from Netflix. We zipped through the first 3 seasons and were left wanting…. You see we don’t have a tv to watch the new episodes as they air. So all we had was the anticipation of season 4 on dvd in 1 year. However, the idea popped into my head that maybe in our new fangled age of the internet maybe they aired the episodes online. I was in luck. NBC Video Rewind allows fans watch most of their shows repeatedly online using a flash player. And without most of the annoying advertisements. They do typically advertise one product per episode during the regularly scheduled break. It’s typically 30 secs and can be muted. You can also resize the player inside your browser to normal, large or full screen. However, the full screen option typically locks up my entire system and forces me to close my browser and reload the page.
After gloriously finding a way to watch “The Office” season 4 without having to wait an entire year, I began wondering how many of the tv networks offered replays of their programming. All of the tv network websites allow you to view some if not all of their programming online. And some networks have created web-only programs for their net savvy viewers. After trying all of the different flash players used by the networks I found that NBC Video Rewind was the easiest to use. The Fox Network has a very snazzy flash player, but it requires you to download and install a file for it to run. Andy of Absoblogginlutely had trouble running NBC Video Rewind through Internet Explorer. It apparently made it through half and episode and then froze. He also noticed that running it through Firefox he was able to skip the commercials (limited as they may be). Unfortunately, I use Firefox as well, but experienced the ads. I’m wondering if he uses an ad blocker extension for firefox that blocks the advertisements. I’ll have to investigate. If you experience any further issues or notice any new features while watching tv online I woul love to hear about them.
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