  BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Just to clarify before all the haters start posting. With shows still on the air Hulu has never offered more than the 5 current episodes. So the ability to get an entire season and past seasons is a plus in my book. Also content providers that would never put anything on Hulu before will now do so because they'll get a cut of this $10 fee. So MORE content is also a plus. If you don't think $10 is worth it then stick with free Hulu which will be the same as it has been. | |
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New York, NY | Re: Just to clarify Don't see why someone would pick hulu over netflix then. | |
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| | | | Re: Just to clarify said by glinc:Don't see why someone would pick hulu over netflix then. +1 ive got a few old tv series under my belt thanks to netflix, and i didnt have to pay an "additional $9.95" to hulu to do it. so if hulu does this, i see no insentive what so ever over netflix which i all ready have. | |
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join:2004-02-02
Los Angeles, CA
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| Re: Just to clarify said by thedragonmas:+1 ive got a few old tv series under my belt thanks to netflix, and i didnt have to pay an "additional $9.95" to hulu to do it. You don't pay for a subscription to Netflix? | |
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| | | | | | Re: Just to clarify said by Thaler:said by thedragonmas:+1 ive got a few old tv series under my belt thanks to netflix, and i didnt have to pay an "additional $9.95" to hulu to do it. You don't pay for a subscription to Netflix? in other words, yes, i pay for netflix, no i will not pay an ADDITIONAL fee to hulu to do the exact same thing i can do on netflix. sure i have to wait a bit longer. but thats fine by me. | |
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| |  cbrigante2Cubs 20??Premium
join:2002-11-22
North Aurora, IL | said by glinc:Don't see why someone would pick hulu over netflix then. I like both services, but Hulu has it's charms over Netflix when it comes to current season viewing. Netflix...you have to wait for the dvd to come out (after the season is over). | |
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join:2001-06-01
Outland
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said by cbrigante2:I like both services, but Hulu has it's charms over Netflix when it comes to current season viewing. Netflix...you have to wait for the dvd to come out (after the season is over). My TV supports Netflix as a yahoo widget, there is no support for Hulu. Seagate just released a new media player, it supports Netflix, youtube, and others, but not Hulu.
Maybe with a subscription model, Hulu will start to be more aggressive at getting it's content out on various media playing devices. Today even if I wanted Hulu on my IP boxes, it isn't supported.
The next question is how many $10 per month services do we need? Will any of them start to offer live streams or DVR like streams of basic cable / satellite? Currently I watch Fox News, Fox Business, some MSNBC, FSTV, CNN, and some New York stations. For $10 a month, something like Netflix that also let me watch any local basic cable station I'd record on my DVR would work.
The problem I have with Netflix, Hulu, and just about everything else offered via IP is there is no basic cable programming, and no method of storing a live stream from a basic cable channel into a DVR-like format. Until that happens, I can't replace my satellite and DVR's.
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join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Re: Just to clarify said by pandora:The problem I have with Netflix, Hulu, and just about everything else offered via IP is there is no basic cable programming, and no method of storing a live stream from a basic cable channel into a DVR-like format. Until that happens, I can't replace my satellite and DVR's. You can always install an antenna. | |
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| said by cbrigante2:said by glinc:Don't see why someone would pick hulu over netflix then. I like both services, but Hulu has it's charms over Netflix when it comes to current season viewing. Netflix...you have to wait for the dvd to come out (after the season is over). Depends on what you watch. Shows like Heroes and Legend Of The Seeker added new episodes weekly. My nieces watch the Disney shows Sonny With A Chance, Sweet Life On Deck and Wizards Of Waverly Place. They add new weekly episodes of these shows and they're all in HD.
If Hulu continues to have adds and doesn't offer an extensive catalog of HD content, I see no reason to even bother with the subscription.
Netflix has grown by leaps and bounds over the last year and I'm more than content with it. I honestly can't find time to watch most of what I've added to my Instant Watch queue since I subscribed a little over a year ago. Their deal with Stars also means you get some more recent movies the same time they debut on the Stars Channel. The added bonus of 1 dvd at a time by mail is nice too.
Who knows, maybe hulu will surprise me and give me a reason to subscribe. I can always use more movies/tv shows that I can't find time to watch but just have to add to my queue.
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|  r81984Fair and BalancedPremium
join:2001-11-14
Katy, TX | Torrents are still the free DVR. | |
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join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Re: Just to clarify said by r81984:Torrents are still the free DVR. Most people would like LEGAL and easy options. One day one of your torrents turns out to be a virus that screws up your PC. Then come back here tell us how great they are. Torrents? Yeah ok. Welcome to 2006. | |
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| | | | | Re: Just to clarify That's cool. Most who use torrents also know how to download the safe ones. Besides, we also know how to back up our data in just such an emergency. But thanks for the kind words....lol | |
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That said, I would gladly pay for a legal way of getting my stuff, but the entire entertainment industry seems to be stuck in providing less quality at a stupid price. Give me HD streaming including quality audio so my 7.1 system can get some real use and I am all aboard. | |
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| Re: Just to clarify sadly for that most people in the US don't have the internet speeds to handle this. While I agree any new streaming service should support HQ 720P streams, with 5.1 Audio. I waiting when I can get rid of my U-Verse TV in favor of a small al la-cart service. | |
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join:2004-02-02
Los Angeles, CA
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| said by BF69:One day one of your torrents turns out to be a virus that screws up your PC. If yon't run random mislabeled executables you find, and don't install random codecs, I'd find it pretty hard to get infected. Unless somehow something can turn a video feed file into an executable as you run it through your media player, I don't know how one picks up virii from P2P downloads.
Personally, without any format of digital video that's worth paying-to-own, nor a definitive way to convert the DVD/Blu-rays you own to non-borked file formats, P2P's the only way I see to manage a digital media collection. | |
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| | | r81984Fair and BalancedPremium
join:2001-11-14
Katy, TX Reviews:
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| said by BF69:said by r81984:Torrents are still the free DVR. Most people would like LEGAL and easy options. One day one of your torrents turns out to be a virus that screws up your PC. Then come back here tell us how great they are. Torrents? Yeah ok. Welcome to 2006. Only someone like you would download a virus.
2006??? wow, have fun with your itunes from 2001.
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join:2003-08-10
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1 edit | said by BF69:...[some] content providers that would never put anything on Hulu before will now do so because they'll get a cut of this $10 fee. Agreed. I think structurally Hulu needs to do it. A tipping issue, not mentioned here, is whether a pay model gets rid of the ads. I think uptake will be low if both must be suffered.
From a living space, minimalist stuff, technical PoV, I'm the kind of guy Hulu could snag if they do it right. Increasingly people seek only 1-3 programs and would dump conventional cable (and the conventional hardware to display it) if a seamless TVcontent-to-PC delivery option for their shows existed. For now convergence remains a technical, hardware purchase, living space commitment that many won't adopt.
I'd buy the odd, one-off show (specials, docus) but not a subscription as I've little interest in US-TV content. Not sure that's representative of many people though. Someday we'll be able to buy foreign TV content but until then it's p2p or nothing. | |
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join:2009-11-23
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| "More" comprehensive isn't going to cover it. Totally comprehensive will be what it takes to get people signed up. Put up all the past episodes plus new episodes the day after they air, in HD when available, and then they may have something worth buying...may.
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join:2003-08-10
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1 edit | Re: "More" comprehensive isn't going to cover it. said by Z80A:Totally comprehensive will be what it takes Bah. Where families are concerned I agree with you. But many people stuck in a 150 channels for 2-3 shows conundrum would live a hybrid of Hulu for a current series, DVD for whole-series of older TV content and movies. The whenever, where ever on any device flexibility of DVDs trumps time-of-release for almost everyone I know. They don't own the DVDs and would prefer ubiquitous USB flash storage but that's another topic. | |
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join:2001-06-06
Little Silver, NJ | Hulu *is* the content providers! I am sick of reading things like "As you can imagine, stumbling blocks remain in Hulu's negotiations with broadcasters". Hulu is the broadcasters!
It would be like Comcast complaining that Comcast SportsNet-Philly cost too much money.
Hulu is not some small time entity sticking up for the people against the big bad networks.
The reason that more episodes are not available for free and not available on mobile devices is because Hulu doesn't want them to be. Period. | |
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join:2009-07-08
New Orleans, LA | If put on XBox, would this mean that Gold members get it for free? | |
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| | | Re: If put on XBox, would this mean that no, its like the current netflixs method. You need gold to get access, but then you still pay Hulu 10$ a month | |
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Roku?