Blinkx Helps With Missed TV Shows
(Credit: CNET Networks)Tired of searching YouTube for clips of TV shows only to find it barren of your favorite show? Well if it's a Viacom program you're out of luck anyway, but for most everything else search tool Blinkx rolled out a new service yesterday called Blinkx Remote--a search engine for full length TV shows. Blinkx sorts through clips and full length programs, putting direct links to off site sources where you can watch the entire episode.
In the case of CBS' Jericho, Blinkx sent me off to CBS' Innertube service where I had to install a Real Player plugin to get the video to work. Alternately, if I knew the episode I wanted, I was able to pull up Flash versions at other video providers like Dailymotion and MySpace Videos. For other popular shows like Heros and The Office, I was simply redirected to NBC's Rewind service.
One big thing missing with Blinkx Remote is an easy way to find older programs. For many of the popular shows, you're lucky enough to simply visit the network's Web site. Where search engines like this come in handy is for shows fall out of syndication like Seinfeld, Friends, and Cheers. For that you're better off excercising patience and using Netflix.
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