I haven't tried it yet, but if you have both an iPad and an AppleTV, you can stream certain types of videos directly from your iPad to your TV using a feature called AirPlay. I've seen the icon for doing this appear on certain tube sites when watching an HTML5 video. If I could stream HD-quality video straight to my flat-screen (actually a 100" projection screen), I would pay for that.
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