YouTube rebrands TV web portal "YouTube XL"
Whether you call it ten-foot or lean back like Hulu Desktop , putting a TV-ready front end on your website is all the rage nowadays, and after six months of beta , YouTube is relaunching its Wii and PlayStation 3-aimed site as YouTube XL. Now accessible by any browser at www.youtube.com/xl , it's been stripped down to the basics (at the moment, that means no HD, or even HQ viewing option) to make YouTube work on the big screen, plus tweaks allowing control via Bluetooth remotes or some cellphones, like Android devices running Gmote. The HTPC crowd, those living without widgets and other direct access will surely find plenty to love, why not hit up the site right now to try it out? [Via TechCrunch ] Filed under: HDTV , Home Entertainment YouTube rebrands TV web portal "YouTube XL" originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments [...more]
