YouTube XL: Optimized version for large screen
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Last January YouTube introduced video website especially for people who wanted to access YouTube videos through their Sony PS3 and Nintendo Wii game consoles. Just as there's a YouTube browser for mobile devices, the new YouTube XL is optimized for watching YouTube videos on any large screen.
Few days ago online video site Hulu launched a desktop application that makes it easy to find and view web videos on a television set, Now same kind of approach YouTube takes, New site designed to look good and be easy to navigate on any TV hooked up to a computer with a web browser.
And since it should work on any device with a web browser, you should be able to use YouTube XL with video game consoles that have web browsers, like the Nintendo Wii.
In addition to an all new design offering large text and simplified navigation, YouTube XL offers a continuous play feature, which lets you search for a topic on YouTube and then press "play" once to watch all of the videos sequentially on that topic. Also, getting from one video to the next takes just a few clicks, and you can control the action with a blue tooth enabled remote control, or even some mobile phones.
With millions of HD playbacks daily, YouTube is now bringing popular YouTube favorites vedios to the big screen in HD. It works out routines with the screen out of high-kick range, university lectures where you can read the blackboard, and home videos the whole family can watch together.