This is a paste from my post on a similiar thread. Please ignore Kodiak. He has absolutely NO hands-on experience with Playon (as evident from the other thread), so his input is purely manufactured.
from my previous post regarding playon...
"...there seems to be some confusion in the last few posts. Perhaps I can clear that up. Playon is a windows program that is a media server. It is NOT an android app. It does the following 2 things:
1. re-routes internet media to other devices, such as a PS3/Xbox/Wii/Roku/iPad/iPhone/ and sort of Android. So for instance you can watch Hulu on your xbox via playon.
2. streams local media files from the PC to those other devices .This is certainly nothing new as windows can do this all on it but it is convenient for devices that cannot connect to the windows media server features.
The recent activity on this thread is stating that it is now possible to stream media to Android via the device's web browser. The mention of an app is related to the future app for android yet to be released by playon. That app would replace the browsers method and instead have structured way of connecting the playon media. That is currently how it is done on the iPad. (EDIT: the playon app was indeed released yesterday and it works fine)
The windows program costs $39/year or $79 forever. Again this is a media server program, and cannot be compared to a 99 cent app.
Why is this important? neither Netflix or hulu have yet to release their android apps, but playon users can watch both... right now, in addition to lots of other stuff. Also, if anyone has experience with hulu plus, which is required for most non-PC based hulu viewing, there is a great deal of content that is still not available via hulu plus on anything but a PC. For instance, sometimes if your try to watch a show on hulu plus using your PS3, you may see a message that the particular program is "web only" meaning you can only watch is from a PC. Playon users don't have this limitation, because as far as hulu is concerned, your PC is the thing pulling the content down. Then playon redirects it to whatever you are using to watch it from."
There also is a substantial user community that writes plugins and scripts for pulling even more channels into playon, that aren't available natively or via hulu.
The question of worth is truly up to you. And the value must be perceived beyond the android. Because while I am an avid playon user, I would not have deployed it into my entertainment model just to use hulu on my phone. I chose playon to help me get hulu on to my Xbox360, along with netflix and all the other goodies. So it has a lot of value to me. The side benefit is that I can now watch all that same programming on my phone while I'm on the commuter train to NY.
Lastly, if you are a regular hulu user, then I would pay special attention to my statement above about "web only" videos. I personally find this to be a big deal. I am really confused why I am paying for hulu plus when only a fraction of the content I want is available to anything but a web browser. Playon solves this problem. And I'll admit I chuckle happily to myself every time it happens.
