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 Have you had a look at the [trial release of HDX MediaStream for Flash|http://www.citrix.com/English/ss/downloads/details.asp?downloadId=1690021] yet? Early feedback has been very positive. [Jason Langone|http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jason-langone/5/68b/3a8] of Infinite Group / Systems ArchiTECH.com wrote that his experience with HDX MediaStream for Flash has been similar to what [Michel Buis|http://www.linkedin.com/in/michelb] posted on YouTube comparing Windows Media Player on XenDesktop with HDX MediaStream versus VMware View. "The first time I walked by a XenDesktop virtual instance playing a video on YouTube I had NO idea it was a virtual desktop. Yes, it's that good." Check it out. The benefits of HDX are clear:
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  Have you had a look at the [trial release of HDX MediaStream for Flash|http://www.citrix.com/English/ss/downloads/details.asp?downloadId=1690021] yet? Early feedback has been very positive. [Jason Langone|http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jason-langone/5/68b/3a8] of Infinite Group / Systems ArchiTECH.com wrote this of his experience with HDX MediaStream for Flash: "The first time I walked by a XenDesktop virtual instance playing a video on YouTube I had NO idea it was a virtual desktop. Yes, it's that good." Check it out\! The benefits of HDX are clear.
  
 Here are some of the comments we've received so far from folks evaluating HDX MediaStream for Flash:
 * "It works great \-\- just like watching it on the desktop."
 * "Very impressive\!"
 * "Wow, quality looks great\!"
 * "It works really well. I have compared performance with and without it, and it is pretty impressive."
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 So give it a try and let us know what you think\!
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 Derek Thorslund
 Product Strategist, HDX Multimedia Virtualization
  
 _\[May 20: This post originally contained the_ _[_video_|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIHrO6tUFcM]_ _by_ _[_Michel Buis_|http://www.linkedin.com/in/michelb]_ _that is referenced in_ _[_Jason Langone's recent article_|http://www.systemsarchitech.com/en/article/169/virtual-desktops-battle-of-adobe-flash-performance-vmware-view-versus-citrix-xendesktop-with-hdx]_ _as being "indicative" of the results he experienced with HDX MediaStream for Flash, but since Michel's video shows Windows Media Player rather than Flash, that created some confusion and I have removed it. I'll write a new post shortly with a video of HDX MediaStream for Flash playing YouTube content, which is the experience that Jason wrote about. Meanwhile, you can see this technology playing a high definition Flash video in my_ _[_earlier blog post with David Stone_|http://community.citrix.com/blogs/citrite/derekt/2008/09/10/HD+Flash+Video+Delivered+with+RAVE]__.\]_