Boxee vs. Zinc vs. Hulu

For those with a Windows PC and some time for TV, DeviceGuru writes "Which is the best Internet media streaming application for a media-center PC? Boxee, Zinc, or the new Hulu Desktop? A post at DeviceGuru.com reviews these three media streaming platforms and draws some interesting conclusions. Key pros and cons are tabulated and numerous screenshots are included. Interestingly, despite lots of Boxee hype, Zinc already has a number of valuable features that Boxee is scrambling to add to its next version, due out in the fall. On the other hand, Boxee boasts far more third-party content-access applications support."

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[Anonymous Coward]

Since stupid rights managements mean they're only usable in one country.

Fixed

[rodrigoandrade]

"For those US residents with a Windows PC and some time for TV"

There, fixed.

As a non-US resident, Mininova is still the best bang for the buck to me.

Re:Fixed

[nsebban]

And yet, those big corporations keep wondering how they could make those silly non-american people pay for their content.

For some it doesn't matter

[paziek]

For some it doesn't matter. For example, if u are on linux, then it boils down to Boxee and... Boxee. (Assuming that crappy table in "conclusions" switched OS Support columns)
If you are outside US, then again, it limits your choice.
So, this might be relevant, but only for people living in US and using Windows.

Also, there are Linux only solutions, like for example MythTV, can't say about selection of videos there thou... I guess its small.

Re:MythTV

[Dan667]

If you think you are breaking the law watching content you record you are a victim of propaganda.

Re:Was that really necessary?

[hairyfeet]

Dude, it is "Vietnam II". Accept it and move on. You can't win a religious war unless you are willing to go full genocide. Sorry, that is just the way it is. You DO realize the Shia and Sunni have been killing themselves for ...what? 800 years now? They have been killing each other for longer than the USA has been a country, and you think you can stop that?

The ONLY way Saddam was able to keep those three groups in line was by digging mass graves and putting anyone who looked at him funny in them. You could stay there for 100 years, blowing cash that we don't have like a hooker with a stolen CC and racking up dead Americans and Iraqs and in the end? They'll just keep on coming. And five minutes after you finally accept it is "Vietnam II" and pull out the Shia and Sunni will go right back to killing each other as they have for centuries. It was and is nothing but a waste of American lives and money. Where have we seen this before? Oh yeah, Vietnam. Except in Vietnam we actually had a better chance of winning than we do now. Give it up already.