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YouTube Gets Supersized for TV

By Alexander Grundner | June 4th, 2009 Interest Level: HIGH


Youtube XL Screenshot

YouTube has quietly rolled out a made-for-TV UI for their video portal called YouTube XL. Thankfully, users can access it directly from any web browser that supports Flash. After a quick run-through, I found that YouTube XL worked fairly well. The design is not the most attractive thing I’ve seen, but it works. In fact, I’ve heard that XL’s UI, with its large buttons, works surprisingly well on devices with a touchscreen interface. Another nice touch… YouTube XL offers a continuous play feature that will auto-play all videos related to a searched topic in sequential order. It will be interesting to see which CE manufactures end up taking advantage of this native interface for their devices.

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Alexander Grundner is the Editor & Publisher of eHomeUpgrade. He has been following "Digital Home" developments since 2003. He's also a fan of cross-platform, open development software and industry standards related to media, networking, and the web. You can catch his daily tech musings on Twitter: @agrundner.
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