Internet TV is finally here!

OK, internet TV has been around for a while in some form or another, but at least from my perspective there hasn't been any well know and organized software to watch TV on your computer while connected to the internet. Now there is. Adobe has just released, what else Adobe TV on their new Adobe Media Player software, and just like the PDF viewer, the software is free for Windows and Mac OS!

The Adobe Media Player has a surprising number of channels available considering that this is now going to challenge major cable companies and satelite TV providers. I've only been checking the software and available programs for about the last 45 minutes. I've checked out some Paula Deen on Food Network (Dena misses watching Paula), watched today's Houston Weather Channel, and CSI: Miami. I've also noticed what looks to be the entire original Star Trek TV series. There are commercials, but it appears that there is only one where the normal commercial break would be. The CSI: Miami episode is only 45 minutes long, so that's a noticable reduction in commercials. There aren't a lot of well known programs yet, but I'd bet there will be.

How's the quality? I'm at a Quality Inn in Stavanger, Norway and the downloads are fast and the quality is plenty acceptable for watching on a 17" widescreen laptop. I'm watching on a HP 8710w which has a really nice Nvidia Quadro graphics card. I'm really looking forward to watching episodes on our projector when I get home.

Overall, Adobe Media Player rocks!!! It's going to be a big hit, and likely adopted very quickly. The difficult part may be how to organize everything so programs or channels can be found quickly. I'll try to do a follow up to this in a few weeks, and maybe Adobe will have posted how many downloads they've had.