Re: Excessive cable charges and alternates?

2010-01-05 Thread brettallica
That is fantastic! I wonder if there are certain hardware minimums to ensure a smooth playback when using G4 Macs. I did find this article, for those interested in doing this: http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/3707/mac-os-x-install-silverlight-2-on-non-intel-systems-ie-powerpc-or-osx86-installs/ At

Re: Excessive cable charges and alternates?

2010-01-05 Thread Ricardo Sevilla
Yup I had just tried it. Although I did not wait to see if the app crashed or hung up, I did check to see if it actually opened up and displayed audio and video. And it did!!! On Jan 5, 2010, at 7:41 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: I'll have to give it a try on my dual 1ghz MDD. I would assum

Re: Excessive cable charges and alternates?

2010-01-05 Thread Chance Reecher
I'll have to give it a try on my dual 1ghz MDD. I would assume it would work, considering web-browser Hulu works fine. On Jan 5, 2010, at 5:33 PM, Ricardo Sevilla wrote: This is kinda getting off topic. I have a Sawtooth G4 with an upgraded owc chip in it. I just downloaded the hulu deskto

Re: Excessive cable charges and alternates?

2010-01-05 Thread Kasey Smith
On Jan 5, 2010, at 5:33 PM, Ricardo Sevilla wrote: This is kinda getting off topic. I have a Sawtooth G4 with an upgraded owc chip in it. I just downloaded the hulu desktop for "Intel" chips and it is functional on my G4. I wonder what gives. I am running Leopard 10.5.8 Actually this is

Re: Excessive cable charges and alternates?

2010-01-05 Thread Ricardo Sevilla
This is kinda getting off topic. I have a Sawtooth G4 with an upgraded owc chip in it. I just downloaded the hulu desktop for "Intel" chips and it is functional on my G4. I wonder what gives. I am running Leopard 10.5.8 On Jan 5, 2010, at 4:07 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Kasey Smith wrote: O

Re: Excessive cable charges and alternates?

2010-01-05 Thread Clark Martin
Kasey Smith wrote: On Jan 5, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Online Netflix is also an idea. It requires an intel mac though. -Jonas Erm, its a flash site that shouldn't require anything other then a computer that can display flash video... No it's not. Netflix uses Microsoft's S

Re: Excessive cable charges and alternates?

2010-01-05 Thread brettallica
Irrational John is correct. Non-Intel Macs cannot display the Netflix online viewing. Believe me, I've been there/done that. Silverlight needs an Intel cpu to run (or even install, if I remember correctly). On Jan 5, 3:03 pm, John Martz wrote: > Last time I looked ... which admittedly was a few m

Re: Excessive cable charges and alternates?

2010-01-05 Thread John Martz
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Kasey Smith wrote: > > On Jan 5, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: >> Online Netflix is also an idea. It requires an intel mac though. > > Erm, its a flash site that shouldn't require anything other then a computer > that can display flash video... Last time I

Re: Excessive cable charges and alternates?

2010-01-05 Thread Kasey Smith
On Jan 5, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Online Netflix is also an idea. It requires an intel mac though. -Jonas Erm, its a flash site that shouldn't require anything other then a computer that can display flash video... -- You received this message because you are a member of G-

Re: Excessive cable charges and alternates?

2010-01-05 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Online Netflix is also an idea. It requires an intel mac though. -Jonas On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 12:30 PM, brettallica wrote: > Have you tried (or considered trying) Hulu? Many current television > programs can be watched on that site for free. You can also download/ > stream TV shows from the iT

Re: Excessive cable charges and alternates?

2010-01-05 Thread brettallica
Have you tried (or considered trying) Hulu? Many current television programs can be watched on that site for free. You can also download/ stream TV shows from the iTunes Store via iTunes. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desk

Excessive cable charges and alternates?

2010-01-05 Thread John Callahan
This topic may be inappropriate for this forum, if it is my apologies and please delete. My cable costs have increased to the point where I can no longer afford them however I do have internet access for a reasonable sum. My question has to do with accessing television programs through my c