lexipixel - 8:26 am on Apr 11, 2008 (gmt 0)

Adobe might be the only one who can really conquer unified platform standards

With 8.5" x 11" paper documents being replaced by .PDFs, and the huge market penetration of .SWF & .FLV for video and animation, plus all the standard HTML / web stuff like PhotoShop, DW, etc.., Adobe not only rules, but are guaranteed a royalty from anyone who even tries to step on their toes.

I have a full 47 minute episode of CSI: running on my laptop on a wireless connection --- I kicked it up to full screen mode -- very clear, clean, no stuttering while buffering -- sure it's got commercials, (and no "fast forward" button), but it's FREE. I can pause it like a DVD disc when I need to make a sandwich... Life is good.

it'd be great if one day they'll add avi, mov etc support (instead of just flv and fl4). Silly that you can't play SWF on it though. +_+

If you check the "Personal Videos" feature, you'll see you can save various formats of .MP4, .3Gp, and .MOV files and the Adobe Media Player will let you view them. Since this is v.1, I expect it will eventually handle many other formats -- if there are any left once Adobe owns all video media... :)