# Anyone Using Hulu Plus? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-hulu-plus/637382 "2012-10-11T02:19:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NotBob13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19b73/32.png) [@NotBob13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotBob13)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-hulu-plus/637382/22 "2012-10-12T04:53:09Z")
I prefer Netflix, but I keep Hulu for Misfits, the Fox Sunday cartoons, and the Daily Show, and my daughter’s need for new South Park and Tosh.0. The most annoying thing about Hulu is, I can watch the Simpson’s on my computer, but not on my PS3. I think I may get a new PC, and plug the one I’m typing on now into my TV, pretty much just for the Simpson’s. Yeah, just for that, and not as an excuse to get a new computer, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![DeweyDecibel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DeweyDecibel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeweyDecibel)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-hulu-plus/637382/23 "2012-10-12T10:31:18Z")
I’m signing up for the trial for Hulu Plus. I’m not sure if I’ll keep it but it has current tv shows, which you can watch for free online, but only with plus on tv (through my apple tv). It also has plenty of Criterion Collection movies that Netflix lacks. I have Netflix, too. Also, there are some current shows that neither has, and I buy episodes through iTunes. So between netflix, hulu, and itunes episodes, I’m spending maybe $30/month on tv/movies at home, that I can watch and rewatch whenever. Much cheaper than cable, especially with a DVR which I would need due to my schedule. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-hulu-plus/637382/24 "2012-10-12T10:59:36Z")
We don’t have cable and we have Hulu Plus, Netflix, and Amazon Prime. Between the three, we’ve got enough programming to keep us all entertained for the next decade. (Airman typically goes out to watch his beloved Steelers, so I’m spared that.) I like Hulu Plus because they’ve got the new stuff the next day; I don’t have to wait for a season to come out or a week. I like Netflix for the movies, and I like Amazon just because. (We order enough from Amazon that Prime is worth it, so the videos are a nice bonus.) That said, I think part of the reason why Hulu Plus costs and plays commercials is because they have to negotiate multiple rights for the programming it shows, which probably means that they’re paying more to show a program on one platform than they do on others. :shrug: As long as I don’t have to pay a zillion dollars to Comcast every month, I’m happy. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-hulu-plus/637382/25 "2012-10-12T13:47:45Z")
So I’ve been watching Hulu for a long time, but only on my various computers since you have to have Hulu+ to stream over a PS3. Having been without cable for many years now (exclusively Netflix streaming and DVDs via my PS3), I must say that it’s been incredibly jarring to see commercials on my television. I know it’s not terribly logical, but I feel quite put off by the fact that I’m paying money for an ad-supported service. That is not the business model that the internet in general and Netflix specifically have made me accustomed to. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-hulu-plus/637382/26 "2012-10-12T13:58:35Z")
> [@NotBob13](#): > > The most annoying thing about Hulu is, I can watch the Simpson’s on my computer, but not on my PS3. > [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > So I’ve been watching Hulu for a long time, but only on my various computers since you have to have Hulu+ to stream over a PS3. Seriously - [TVersity](http://tversity.com/) and/or [PlayOn](http://www.playon.tv/playon). There’s nothing illegal or complicated involved in getting these up and running. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-hulu-plus/637382/27 "2012-10-12T14:13:23Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > They are in the middle, but it really isn’t that bad. First, the ads are short, usually 30 to 60 seconds. It is not ad after ad after ad for five minutes. Not even enough time to hit the rest room really. Second, the ads do not interrupt that often - maybe once every 10-12 minutes. Ads should be so nice on normal TV. > > I think there is also an option to pick among a selection of ad types at the start of a show: For instance do you prefer ads about cars or ads about food? > > Hulu Plus also has some pretty interesting Korean shows that I’ve been sucked into watching. Yeah, not so much. If they’d actually do a block in the middle, it might be OK. But interrupting and throwing me out of the show every few minutes? Fuck that shit. These days, I find it incredibly annoying to even have to FF thru commercials on the DVR. Spoiled, I’ve gotten. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-hulu-plus/637382/28 "2012-10-12T15:31:31Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I use Hulu Plus for current-season TV episodes, and Netflix for movies plus past-season TV episodes. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-hulu-plus/637382/29 "2012-10-14T07:51:31Z")
For those of you who have given up cable and are paying for Netflix and Hulu Plus, what are you using for your internet access? I gave up cable TV also, but I still have my Internet through them (Comcast). When I had my phone, TV, and Internet through Comcast, I was paying approximately $98 per month. Now I pay $8 for Netflix and $62 to Comcast for my Internet access, so at $70 per month I pay $28 less than my old cable bill, but that’s only because I also gave up my land line phone, which was also through Comcast and cost me $30 per month. If I’d kept my land line, I’d be paying just as much as when I had all three though the cable company. So are you guys actually saving money? ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-hulu-plus/637382/30 "2012-10-14T13:58:56Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > For those of you who have given up cable and are paying for Netflix and Hulu Plus, what are you using for your internet access? > > I gave up cable TV also, but I still have my Internet through them (Comcast). When I had my phone, TV, and Internet through Comcast, I was paying approximately $98 per month. Now I pay $8 for Netflix and $62 to Comcast for my Internet access, so at $70 per month I pay $28 less than my old cable bill, but that’s only because I also gave up my land line phone, which was also through Comcast and cost me $30 per month. If I’d kept my land line, I’d be paying just as much as when I had all three though the cable company. So are you guys actually saving money? Internet is a necessity. I would be getting internet whether I have cable or not. So sure it factors into the cost but I would be paying it on top of my cable package anyway. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-hulu-plus/637382/31 "2012-10-14T14:13:36Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > For those of you who have given up cable and are paying for Netflix and Hulu Plus, what are you using for your internet access? DSL is what I have, it tends to be cheaper than cable and I don’t have any complaints about speed even at 2 megabits. ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-hulu-plus/637382/32 "2012-10-14T17:24:44Z")
> [@Rollo\_Tomasi](#): > > So you have to both pay to subscribe to Hulu Plus and still watch commercials? That seems ridiculous to me. I understand that TV shows need to be profitable somehow, so I would be okay with either paying for the content _or_ watching commercials, but not both. Uh, you’re probably doing that now in the form of Cable TV. And at much, much higher rates. I’ve never understood this objection. ---
**Author:** ![DeweyDecibel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DeweyDecibel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeweyDecibel)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-hulu-plus/637382/33 "2012-10-14T18:35:04Z")
For my internet, I use cable. I see the irony (give up cable for Hulu etc but still pay Time Warner…), but it’s the best option in my area. You can buy just internet through them, though they try to sell “bundling”. They have 5 levels of speed and we use the 20mbps one one (third fastest out of 5). Could go slower and still have streaming work fine, but we need the speed for work stuff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-hulu-plus/637382.md?page=1)