With the PlayBook built in flash on the browser now you get the full web experience including streaming media from different websites. Hulu kicked the PlayBook out of its content but I was more interested in streaming live TV from sites like, Just.tv, ustream.tv, and even youtube movies. Usually flash slows down my pc if I open several websites that are heavy on flash but I was able to open about 5 streaming websites and the PlayBook didn’t slow down at all.
Streaming video from different websites like Justin.tv, or ustream.tv is really easy. Some videos may take a little while to load and the websites are not as friendly for touch devices. When it comes to streaming videos from them was not much of a problem. You can easily go to full screen or to the small screen within the browser. I did not get to film espn3 on there because they did not have a live stream available but it worked pretty good also. The first time I loaded espn3 it took a little while but the second time was much faster. I was also able to zoom in and out of there but it lags more than other streaming websites.
What other sites have you tested the PlayBook and worked? Or share some of your favorites.
Nikolaus Walch ( View Profile) - Posts: 602
Posted: April 22, 2011 at 11:24 AM EST from my BlackBerry PlayBook | OS 1.0.0
I tried Justin.tv to watch sports on my playbook and it crashed the browser
MrSimmonsSr ( View Profile) - Posts: 9
Posted: April 22, 2011 at 11:38 AM EST
Hm.. just cranked up the full screen CNN stream and it worked like a champ..
Luis Merlos ( View Profile) - Posts: 1312
Posted: April 22, 2011 at 11:39 AM EST from my BlackBerry 9800 | OS 6.0.0.486
Really, not sure why that is had 7 tabs open last night the 8th one espn3 didn’t work that well but no crash
Fubaz ( View Profile) - Posts: 839
Posted: April 22, 2011 at 11:51 AM EST
ive used justin.tv for a long time on my laptops… great to see that it works on the PB.
domi994 ( View Profile) - Posts: 231
Posted: April 23, 2011 at 1:34 AM EST
will try when i get mine..
has anyone try FB games ? does it run the FB games? my wife ask me this… she is all in to this games