Hulu Plus announced

[Homerboy]

I quit watching tv besides the occassional sporting event and a few movies a month. I'd rather do something useful.

entertainment is not "useful"?
Do you watch movies? Listen to music? Read books?

Question on Hulu and NetFlix, do they have NEW, JUST broadcast stuff too? Or do I have to wait a week before I can see it on demand?

 

[Printer Bandit]

downloaded the hulu plus app on my iphone 4 and the videos in the free gallery look good.

 

[thepd7]

I wouldn't pay $120/year for this, especially when already paying for a DVR.

cut that in half and I might consider it, though.

It's probably really only a valid choice for those (like me) who have canceled their cable/satellite tv subscriptions.

exactly. If you have a DVR you shouldn't need hulu. I cancelled my cable so this service sounds great IF I can stream directly to my TV or Bluray player. I'll be keeping an eye out for when I buy a new TV in a the next year or so.

 

[AVAFREAK182]

A few sites to help those looking for good streaming titles:
http://www.streamingsoon.com/
http://instantwatcher.com/

Oh those look handy. thanks

 

[HydroSqueegee]

"Even though you're paying $10/month, you'll still need to sit through ads, which is pretty weak. Getting double-dipped makes one feel used."


meh... i'll stick with what ive got.

 

[darkswordsman17]

And people wonder why I didn't like comcast getting into ownership of universal. Funny how just a week after comcast announced concessions to the FCC to get the purchase approved, Hulu which comcast will own 32%, confirms paid subscriptions.

Yeah, because Hulu had almost certainly not been considering this from day one.

At minimum, I'm pretty sure there were reports of them considering a paid model before the Comcast/NBC-Universal merger happened.

entertainment is not "useful"?
Do you watch movies? Listen to music? Read books?

Question on Hulu and NetFlix, do they have NEW, JUST broadcast stuff too? Or do I have to wait a week before I can see it on demand?

Depends on the shows. Netflix generally doesn't get new shows, whereas Hulu was basically focused on that. Both have evolved some, but Netflix you generally won't get access to new shows very soon, and with Hulu you will (but you won't necessarily get access to anything but certain episodes). You tend to have a delay between the airing and when it shows up on Hulu so there is a delay, and it sounds like content providers are scared that Netflix could basically put them in a situation like Apple did, and so are intent on forcing delays on content there as well.

In fact, availability seems like it will be the new tier for entertainment, where the sooner it is to when it first comes out, the more you're probably going to pay to view it. Movie studios are supposedly considering releasing movies that are in theaters in homes as soon as a month after they open.

$10 isn't bad at all. If you have both Netflix and Hulu you could still get a ton of content for less than $20 per month.

 

[Ns1]

$10 isn't bad at all. If you have both Netflix and Hulu you could still get a ton of content for less than $20 per month.

this, + an antenna and you'll have assloads of content for a fraction of cable/dish

 

[Newbian]

Says nothing about no advertisements. Not worth it.

If you use adblock you can skip them if you do it right.

 

[StageLeft]

Won't bother unless they start to make regular hulu sh*t to encourage me in and I bet they will.

 

[Jeff7]

This might get interesting as more and more ISPs slap on low bandwidth caps.

Ditch cable, but ramp up your Internet consumption.

One way or another, the cable providers want to remove some money from your bank account, though you won't necessarily receive a better product in return.

 

[Pegun]

I don't understand it, half of the shows on there are on the air already so you can watch them there, few of the newest shows currently coming out are there and there are still commercials....someone explain why this is a better deal than Netflix.

 

[xSauronx]

f this

agreed.

 

[BUTCH1]

This might get interesting as more and more ISPs slap on low bandwidth caps.

Ditch cable, but ramp up your Internet consumption.

One way or another, the cable providers want to remove some money from your bank account, though you won't necessarily receive a better product in return.

Agreed, if cable co's see folks opting for high speed ISP service and nothing more you can bet your ass your gonna see a lot more caps on bandwidth, no way they will take this laying down..

 

[trmiv]

I don't understand it, half of the shows on there are on the air already so you can watch them there, few of the newest shows currently coming out are there and there are still commercials....someone explain why this is a better deal than Netflix.

I guess it depends what you want it for. I have Netflix, and I'm catching up on 30 Rock and The Office as well as some other shows, but since Netflix only has what's out on DVD they don't have the the most recent seasons. I'm almost to the end of season 3 of 30 Rock, but I'm out of luck on 4 and 5 because they aren't on Netflix. So I will probably get Hulu Plus for a month or so during the TV off season to catch me up on those shows and couple of others, and then cancel it.

 

[Jeff7]

Agreed, if cable co's see folks opting for high speed ISP service and nothing more you can bet your ass your gonna see a lot more caps on bandwidth, no way they will take this laying down..

Kind of like if they'd go to an "a la carte cable" system.
Your bill would not likely go down.

They'd do a study to determine how many channels the average household uses, and figure out the average monthly bill.
Your new price per channel = avg monthly bill / avg # of channels per household.
Your new monthly bill would likely be exactly the same, except you'd now have access to fewer channels.

Passing on the savings.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Still ads, dont want it

 

[Jeff7]

Still ads, dont want it

Yeah. What's not to love about it? Now you can get ads with your shows and pay money for them!

Just like cable TV I guess...though I dropped that service almost a year ago. It's especially nice when you come to realize that year after year, they keep pushing in more advertising, and less actual programming. If they play reruns of some old shows now, they have to be edited to allow sufficient time for commercials. A 1hr show at one time may have had 53 minutes of programming. Now it's closer to 42-44 minutes. So screw that, if I really think I'll like a show that much, and can preview it in some manner online, I'll buy the series on DVD.