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.
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.
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.
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.
Seriously - TVersity and/or PlayOn. There’s nothing illegal or complicated involved in getting these up and running.
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.
Ditto.
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.
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.
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.
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.