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If you are still struggling with getting Hulu on the big screen, stress no further. I have been runnin Hulu, CNN, Youtube, Netflicks on both my AppleTV Boxee, Xbox360, and AppleTV for over a year.

The solution is “upnp” which is a service you can run on your home pc. It acts as a relay server between your computer and any upnp compatibale device. Thus, any content available on your PC can be easily extended to your TV.

How it works

MediaMall’s PlayOn software is a UPnP digital media server and browser that pulls RSS feeds from content providers, and presents them to DLNA-compliant networked media devices. In plain English, this means you can use your game console or networked television to access content from providers like YouTube, Netflix and Hulu. The PC software pulls in the media streams, in the same way as your web browser, and then sends them directly over your home network to your device, even converting their formats on the fly to make sure the devices can play them. Simple as that.

PlayOn leverages the existing browser and UPnP functions of game consoles and networked televisions, and uses the PC in the middle to bring in the content from the Web, passing it over your home network to the device.