FireFly Mini & Hulu Desktop
June 30th, 2009 at 10:34 am by Melissa
Hulu is probably the best thing since sliced bread. Okay, okay maybe not, but it sure is a pretty ingenious idea. I mean you are able to watch all of your favorite TV shows and movies free of charge right from your computer. It really hits on the convenience factor, which I greatly appreciate. The only down side is that it never really gave me the “I’m hanging out on my couch watching my favorite show” feeling, it was more of the “I’m awkwardly sitting in front of my computer screen watching my favorite show” feeling.
So, when Hulu announced they were releasing their own desktop application I was pretty excited. After downloading the desktop application, and playing around with it I thought to myself, “You know what would be really amazing? A remote control!” You know to give me the relaxing watching TV feeling. Having Beyond TV setup at home I decided to see if maybe my FireFly Mini Remote could fill this role. And guess what? It did! Victory is mine! Now off to test the capabilities of the FireFly Mini Remote with Hulu. As far as functionality, I really just need to navigate the surprisingly simple Hulu interface. It only requires Up, Down, Left, Right, Enter and Back.
Test: Using the arrows I cruise on over to Burn Notice (Scrolling. Check.). I click OK and choose the latest episode. Click OK again and it starts playing (Able to play. Check). My phone rings and I hit OK again (It pauses. Check.). What did he just say? Hold the left arrow down to backtrack. (It rewinds/forwards. Check.) In the end, being able to use the FireFly Mini Remote with my Hulu Desktop Application is useful and amazing!