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'Hulu Plus' Unveiled With Support for iOS Devices: $9.99 Per Month
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I believe that is actually a "Sort of". I looked into this recently and, if my info is still correct, Hulu blocks Boxee.
You can get Boxee to work if you set up a Proxy server that makes it look like the request is coming from a Firefox browser instead of the Boxee browser. But that requires having a dedicated computer. In a house with only two laptops, it's not guarenteed that one will be on at all times.
If you know of updated info of getting Hulu through Boxee I'd be very interested.
The reason why you do it for your cable service is licensing fees. Hulu wasn't paying them before. I guarantee you they aren't seeing all $10 that comes to them, rather a large chunk will be paid to the content companies as fees so that Hulu can continue to show the tv shows.
Not jazzed about 10 bucks / month with advertisements... but, I'll experiment with and support any cable alternative for at least 30 days.
I'd prefer to own all my content, but for casual viewing, this could be decent.
Update: Not only does the app not support fast switching, but after it reloads, and drops back into the episode I was watching, it forgets where you left off. How inconvenient.
I'd prefer to own all my content, but for casual viewing, this could be decent.
Update: Not only does the app not support fast switching, but after it reloads, and drops back into the episode I was watching, it forgets where you left off. How inconvenient.
App Looks Great on the iPhone 4
I'm trying the free app now on my iPhone 4 via 3g and it looks incredible. Watching 30 Rock for free!
I'm trying the free app now on my iPhone 4 via 3g and it looks incredible. Watching 30 Rock for free!
If I have to pay for stuff that has been free but it looks the same, WITH ADS, then no sale! 
Murdock has jump off the deep end and gone very greedy! As others have said this is more expensive that Netflix!
I sure hope this goes down in flames!
Murdock has jump off the deep end and gone very greedy! As others have said this is more expensive that Netflix!
I sure hope this goes down in flames!
I wholeheartedly agree. I just canceled Directv last month - basic service with a DVR was 85/month. I could skip commercials of course with the DVR but it wasn't worth it to me to pay that much. I have an iPad and can't watch Hulu at the moment so we do Netflix. Netflix doesn't have the same amount of tv programming. So I may or may not shell out another $10/month but it sounds reasonable to me. It's way cheaper than cable or satellite.
Everyone wants something for nothin'. Freakin' crybabies.
SD video files are SMALLER then 720p video files, 720p video files are smaller then 1080p video files.
Thats what i was getting at. and if each video file is using the same codec. Even if you was to add in a single sound file it would be the same, SD takes less bandwidth to stream then HD content does.
For those who state that your cable bill goes entirely to the cable co's infrastructure, you could not be more wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television_in_the_United_States#Subscriber_Fees
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television_in_the_United_States#Subscriber_Fees
Hulu for me is a place to watch shows I missed via the subscriptions feature for free. I don't need shows 5 season back, I just need the last 2 epsiodes. What they should have done was make two verisions of Hulu, Hulu Free and Hulu Plus.
Hulu Free should give you more ads and only the last 2 episodes of each show.
Hulu Plus should give you more episodes of each show and less ads.
Hulu Free should give you more ads and only the last 2 episodes of each show.
Hulu Plus should give you more episodes of each show and less ads.
They still offer the same content for free with ads. The $10 gets you the old episodes (instead of the last 5 episodes currently available on free hulu). If you want free you've got it.
I am making an assumption, have yet to download an HD movie and am not sure what the difference would be but I am sure there would be one.. both Cars and Monsters were SD.
Plus I am not figuring in the amount of data exchange from browsing the web, email, and buying music. I don't have a source on the number or amount of data a typical person accumulates in a mount.
What also needs to be taken into consideration is the number of people in the household and the number of devices in use. So I still say that reaching the 250GB data cap in a month is possible if a someone/household was to just only rely on internet streaming for TV.
Well I downloaded the app for iPhone 4 and requested a code (I was a Hulu beta tester first go round, hope that means something now). It plays videos just like youtube, just with commercials.
As far as the $10 per month, I liken it to cable TV. Even the Cable Networks show ads. It is just part of the business, and Hulu's ads are normally just one product, unlike TV where you have two minutes worth of stuff at every break.
I think this can work, but I will reserve full comment until I get a chance to experience it.
As far as the $10 per month, I liken it to cable TV. Even the Cable Networks show ads. It is just part of the business, and Hulu's ads are normally just one product, unlike TV where you have two minutes worth of stuff at every break.
I think this can work, but I will reserve full comment until I get a chance to experience it.
If I have to pay for stuff that has been free but it looks the same, WITH ADS, then no sale!
Murdock has jump off the deep end and gone very greedy! As others have said this is more expensive that Netflix!
I sure hope this goes down in flames!
Everything that was free, is still free. None of the current TV shows that are available for free oin Hulu are available on Netflix.
I think this would have worked if this was the beginning of the streaming video revolution. I see it not catching on too much, not without all the shows (CBS, Comedy Central, maybe CW).
The thing that sticks with me is that dumb Hollywood and the old cronies with their busniess models have DRM'd us and limited us so much (legally) on what and when we can watch it, that I have adapted. I only watch free Hulu and catch the episodes most recent before they go away. CBS streams from CBS. Netflix is for netflix, etc.
So now that they finally introduce something for a subscription price that has "everything" it really doesn't fit into my DRM/limit lifestyle. Now if for the pay service you got CBS, Comedy Central, Viacom, etc.. then that would be a bonus that might be worth considering possibly.
The thing that sticks with me is that dumb Hollywood and the old cronies with their busniess models have DRM'd us and limited us so much (legally) on what and when we can watch it, that I have adapted. I only watch free Hulu and catch the episodes most recent before they go away. CBS streams from CBS. Netflix is for netflix, etc.
So now that they finally introduce something for a subscription price that has "everything" it really doesn't fit into my DRM/limit lifestyle. Now if for the pay service you got CBS, Comedy Central, Viacom, etc.. then that would be a bonus that might be worth considering possibly.
Sure, when you actually do the math.. hehe.. Thanks for taking the time to break that down for me
I see my flaw.But still.. what if there are two people in the household.. that gets us to 210 GD of TV watched leaving only 40 GB of data for regular internet. So there could still be an issue for people/households that move to internet streaming TV only. Either way, I am sure Comcat will cry poor and put their hands out for more money.