How do you watch your Channel 9 Videos?

Having been severely 'bandwidth challenged' in the past I would have to download them overnight and watch them on my laptop the next day. 

I just did a blog post about viewing them on TV via a plug in for Media Center - it's a way better way to watch!

http://rd3d2.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/video-podcasts-on-tv/.

I thought the answer to your topic question was pants, or no pants.

I personally way them at work(with pants) on my TabletPC, then I can still do work on my work PC and still watch Laura try to hit the camera with the C9 guy. Otherwise I watch them at home outside(no pants) when it's quiet. Also good to watch the Khan Academy videos too, been getting into those 

On my PC fullscreen using the Silverlight stream (now that it works). Back when the SL stream didn't work I would just click on the HD WMV and stream just fine it on my 20mbit cable connection which I guess I'm lucky to have compared to people in other parts of the world.

With ever increasing excitement and fear.

Usually in the C9 page in the browser either at work or at home (using smooth-streaming).

Watching them in WMC would be nice. I'm reading the blog post now, Ian.

I watch them through Zune C9 Podcast so I can increase the screen size without having to go full screen like you have to when viewing from a browser.

@spivonious:It's a great way to watch - let me know if you get any problems - setup was pretty straight forward  (although I suspect that my Media browser add-on is a little out of date).

Might update the post with more detailed instructions if needed.

Another advantage is XBOX Media Center based viewing (assuming you have an XBOX somewhere else in your house).

Watch them on my WP7 during office hours, next to my laptop when coding.

I have a HD7 with a very handy stand, so it's very convienent.

no pants, usually streaming the hq wmv version

99.9% of the time I download the video (almost always the hq wmv, unless it's just talking heads in which case I use the medium wmv).  I don't stream anything at work because the bandwidth is way too bad/inconsistent most of the time for decent streaming.  At home I use the Silverlight streaming player more often, but still tend to download and watch later.  Watching on TV would be nice, but I won't be set up for that any time soon.

It must be an IT thing to come home after work, take off the khaki pants, and start watching channel nine in your under garments. Guilty as charged. But I do it in increments of 45 seconds to three minutes, before I am prodded with magic markers or requested to take out the trash or change the laundry.

-Josh

I watch them on my WP7 HTC Surround phone or my BlackBerry PlayBook device (where I have several dozen chan9 videos waiting for me to watch). The problem with using the PlayBook is I always lose my place of where I left off. I take a screen shot with the minutes played showing so I can remember where I left off, but the Windows Phone is the best, except for its much smaller resolution, which is fine for all but the code example videos. My phone however needs much more than its tiny 16GB of storage. My 64GB PlayBook currently has 44 chan9 or microsoft provided dev vids, and a dozen movies and tv series.

I would use my desktop more often to watch, but its summer time, and my computer produces a lot of heat causing me much discomfort, and wearing my headphones makes it even worse.

I use Media Center to record TV shows, then I convert them and copy them to the PlayBook, or sometimes sync to the phone to watch. Rarely do I watch TV anymore on an actual TV or desktop computer, except for the news.

@Proton2: Wich app do you use?

Maddus Mattus wrote

@Proton2: Wich app do you use?

To do what?

I use Windows Live Movie Maker to convert Media Center recorded TV if I want to watch them on the PlayBook. Then just copy them over. I could sync, then BlackBerry Desktop will convert (can turn this off) them to .mp4, unless the file ends up larger than 4GB, then the file gets corrupted and won't play by any software let alone the PlayBook.

I use Zune desktop to download the chan9 content and also to watch when on the desktop.

@Proton2: To watch Channel9 on your phone?

Because, you know, I've a small vested interest in one

4 minutes ago,Maddus Mattus wrote

@Proton2: To watch Channel9 on your phone?

Because, you know, I've a small vested interest in one

Zune on the phone. I subscribe on the desktop, but with the Mango update, you can subscribe on the phone.

Usually I watch them on my home PC on the second monitor. Usually streamed now, although I used to download the full HQ videos.

What I would like is a Channel 9 channel on my XBox, then I can watch the videos in the comfort of my living room.

@Michael Butler:If you use the XBOX as a Media Centre extender then this works really well.