Adobe has released their own software HD TV player -- the Adobe Media Player.

Did we need another one?

Apparently so. At least the wise guys at Adobe think so.

Maybe this one will be different. It is frustrating to get crap signal designed for a laptop screen and to try to put it on a large screen HD TV. This one looks like it will actually do real, usable HDTV. There aren't many of those. So "yay" for that.

Then there's the library that Adobe has lined up. It's already pretty huge and growing. It looks like Adobe has put themselves into the internet TV business -- like the TV networks of old. They've built the player -- like the diamond in the "Field of Dreams" -- and the HD content owners are coming to them. Adobe is taking a piece of the advertising revenue. Smart for them and good for us. More HD TV that you can actually use! Yay!