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Adobe Aggressively, Officially Promoting Flash For HDTVs, DVRs

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Morgan Breden
04/20/09

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I honestly have nothing but disdain for flash. Not only is it so unsecure, but everything it does can be handled better by other programs. Games are done better with java, audio is handled better by client-side plugins and flash video streaming is a joke to anyone who doesn't have cable, or at least high-speed DSL, and client-side media players that can read from a stream are better at that anyways. Don't even get me started on asinine websites made entirely with flash. And let's not forget the most annoying and obtrusive ads on the internet are written in flash. The only good use I've ever seen for flash is an amateur animation platform. The less I see of flash, the better, and I certainly don't want the crap in my TV.
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John Herrman
04/20/09

@Morgan Breden: It is kind of a strange thing, isn't it. Flash video succeeded because the plugin was already ubiquitous on computers, but now it's being forced into ubiquity on TVs because so many services have been built around it.

I'll agree that it's not the most technically satisfying solution for VOD service on TVs, but it'll do for now.
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