YouTube for TV on PS3 wastes your time
YouTube recently implemented a new feature called “YouTube for Television” which is currently available on the PS3 and Wii. This feature streamlines all of the benefits of YouTube and optimizes it for the TV. As I delved into the new feature on my PS3 I realized how much of a time waster it really was.
Two days ago I received an email from Sony’s usual PR distribution telling me to check out “YouTube for Television.” At first I thought it was just YouTube with a fullscreen option. However, after ignoring this feature for a couple days, one of my colleagues recently pinged me and told me to check out this new service.
I decided to check it out to see what all the hoopla was and to my surprise the whole interface for YouTube was reworked to work seamlessly with my PS3. When I entered the YouTube for TV, the box letter browser transformed into a widescreen interface which looks more like a PS3 application than an Internet browser.
The whole experience was streamlined for TV use with a universal navigation system. All of the buttons you would ever need were present on the screen at all times unless you were in fullscreen mode. The “relevant” and “most viewed” buttons are there as well so that you can easily get hooked onto the next video.
The YouTube team did a great job implementing the features to work seamlessly with the PS3. They have managed to not only get me to waste a great deal of time on my computer looking at random videos, but they have now gotten me to literally spend a couple hours watching various videos in-front of my TV in my living room.
I started watching some political comedy shows, such as John Stewart’s The Daily Show, which somehow led me to videos of news anchors flipping out on national TV, like Bill O’Reilly. The one major takeaway from the YouTube for TV feature is that it will suck away hours of your time subtly without you even realizing it. Do we need to become zombies in-front of our TVs despite being one in-front of our PCs?
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January 17th, 2009
you deserve a fucking prize just for using that picture of Papa Bear…
I usually have my laptop near me when Im using my PS3… dont really use the PS3 to stream videos… I will try out this feature though.. thanks for the info…
January 18th, 2009
“Do we need to become zombies in-front of our TVs despite being one in-front of our PCs?”
I think this might have already happened before.
January 18th, 2009
Talk about spoiling a good thing.
What did you put a pic of that nasty boorish c**t O’Reilly up for?
January 18th, 2009
I think he explained it in the last paragraph Happyhockum.
January 18th, 2009
How about Youtube optimize Youtube for watching on an actual PC?
The new widescreen look just doesn’t work IMO.
January 18th, 2009
Awesome, now I can show peeps 911 videos without jumpin on the PC, kind a, inside korn on the cob baby!
January 18th, 2009
I like it!
Hmmm….X360 users left behind by AII and PS3….again!
January 18th, 2009
DavidB,
Hmmm… PS3 is a YouTube streaming powerhouse!
… 360 users everywhere are so jealous that they return to gaming on their game console… again!
January 18th, 2009
hehe CarlB. While I am killing zombies and trying to co-ordinate with my other teammates on Left 4 Dead I sometimes think to myself ‘Gee I wish I could view Youtube on this thing’.
January 18th, 2009
YES!! I got a 10 kill streak and called the dogs twice…
what?? what is everyone talking about??
Bourne… need some help getting the blue ribbon…
also… veteran is fucking hard… I died so many times withing the first 20 seconds of the game…
January 19th, 2009
You’re genetically superior DWH!! ALPHA baby!! That’s how we roll!!
January 19th, 2009
DWH,
What’s your best kill streak. Also, what is your kill/death ratio. Just curious about how bad I suck.