Fans of online television streaming will be thrilled to hear that ABC launched their HD streaming player yesterday. The player, which is powered by Movie Networks, allows you to watch several ABC shows at a high definition resolution of 1280 x 720. To check out the service, go to this page and click on “Launch the Player”. You’ll need to install the ABC HD player and then select the HD streaming link to get the shows being made available in HD. The HD player does have some minimum requirements that you’ll need to bear in mind. You’ll need a fast Internet connection (2 Mbps or more) and of course a pretty fast computer. A dual core processor with a 128MB graphics card and a large display is highly recommended by ABC.

Current shows available in HD include Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, and Ugly Betty. I have to admit – I’m really impressed with ABC’s SD and HD online content. You have to give them props for being the first television network to make their HD content available online.

I took a quick look at Ugly Betty in HD and I must say the quality is quite good for streaming content. It takes a few seconds for the entire video stream to reach it’s full throughput potential but the video quality upgrades gracefully as you pick up the throughput.

You can read more about this on their development blog.

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