Movies and TV Hulu Plus - Page 3

irishjayhawk · 06-29-2010, 02:14 PM

http://www.hulu.com/plus/devices

$10/month
Works with PS3, 360, Blu-ray players, wifi-TVs, iPhone, and iPad.

So much for Hulu not working on the iPad.

I'm wondering if it's actually worth $10 a month when Netflix is increasing their streaming library fast and has most of the shows already. Season pass, though, might be the dealbreaker, though.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 06-29-2010, 08:15 PM

Who do you have in KC? Time Warner? Listen, all cable companies are the devil, but Comcast is ****ing INFINITELY better than the shit hole known as, Time Warner. Welcome to getting the NFL Network for starters.

**Reaper16** · 06-29-2010, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

Who do you have in KC? Time Warner? Listen, all cable companies are the devil, but Comcast is ****ing INFINITELY better than the shit hole known as, Time Warner. Welcome to getting the NFL Network for starters.

I live in Excelsior Springs (I know you know where, and how small, that community is). We have one cable option - Mediacom.

**dirk digler** · 06-29-2010, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by irishjayhawk

This is what I fear. Sad, too, because it was their game to lose.

Caps stifle innovation. Period.

Yep kind of like the music industry not caring about selling music online until it was too late.

Silock · 06-29-2010, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by KC Fish

Unless you have 30 second skip, it's basically the same amount of time. 30 second Hulu commercial vs. fast forwarding through 3 minutes of cable commercials which takes you 30 seconds...

Nan. Comcast's DVR goes forward at a max pace of 1 min/sec. Takes about 5 seconds to get through the commercials. Not long.

It is more about the principle of the matter, anyway. Why should I have to pay a monthly fee for something I can watch for free over the air, or through my cable provider, or on my computer, and THEN have to deal with ads on top of that? **** that noise.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 06-29-2010, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

I live in Excelsior Springs (I know you know where, and how small, that community is). We have one cable option - Mediacom.

Oh ****. That's right! A fellow Excelsior homey. Yeah, I don't know then. I've never heard of Mediacom.

**Buck** · 06-29-2010, 09:05 PM

This is unrelated to most everything in this thread, but If you lice in San Diego county you only get one cable company option too. Pretty crazy considering how big it is.

**Reaper16** · 06-29-2010, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

Oh ****. That's right! A fellow Excelsior homey. Yeah, I don't know then. I've never heard of Mediacom.

The following are the only HD channels that Mediacom provides to Excelsior Springs, MO:

local FOX affiliate
local CBS affiliate
local PBS affiliate
local ABC affiliate
local NBC affiliate
WGN

That's it. It blows.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 06-29-2010, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

The following are the only HD channels that Mediacom provides to Excelsior Springs, MO:

local FOX affiliate
local CBS affiliate
local PBS affiliate
local ABC affiliate
local NBC affiliate
WGN

That's it. It blows.

Oh, ****. Comcast has TONS of HD channels. Take a flat screen with you.

**Reaper16** · 06-29-2010, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

Oh, ****. Comcast has TONS of HD channels. Take a flat screen with you.

No doubt. When I visited Tuscaloosa back in March I was drooling that people had ESPN2 in HD. And by drooling, I mean fapping.

**Buck** · 06-29-2010, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

The following are the only HD channels that Mediacom provides to Excelsior Springs, MO:

local FOX affiliate
local CBS affiliate
local PBS affiliate
local ABC affiliate
local NBC affiliate
WGN

That's it. It blows.

He watches Breaking Bad in SD you guys...

**CrazyPhuD** · 06-29-2010, 09:17 PM

So everyone knew this was coming. I have to subscribe for business reasons. Potentially good, BUT, there will be big caveats I'm guessing you'll be restricted till the day after the show again. The HD will be mostly marginal. It's only 720P and will be significantly compressed

But considering it's kinda a mix between regular and expanded cable it's not really a bad deal for $10 a month if you have no cable. And yes, sooner ore later you're going to see bandwidth caps from every major service provider. It's just a requirement there's no way to get around it once streaming video becomes popular enough.

Consider 'basic' quality of 1.5Mb/s which is nothing to write home about. At that level you're using ~700MB per hour or around 5.5GB per day if you use the general 8hrs per household per day. At 20 days per month of watching that's 100GB per month of bandwidth. Now you put 720p and the minimum bit rate is going to probably be 3-4.5Mb/s or 200-300GB per month. Get enough people doing it and it starts to add up big time.

It sucks but it's also a massive bandwidth consumer. Of course this doesn't even touch 1080p bandwidth requirements. If you want bluray quality you need 30-40Mb/s

Fish · 06-29-2010, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Silock

Nan. Comcast's DVR goes forward at a max pace of 1 min/sec. Takes about 5 seconds to get through the commercials. Not long.

It is more about the principle of the matter, anyway. Why should I have to pay a monthly fee for something I can watch for free over the air, or through my cable provider, or on my computer, and THEN have to deal with ads on top of that? **** that noise.

Nice. Gotta admit that would make a difference then.

For me, it's all financial. I can pay $90 extra for cable HD and DVR. Or pay $10 and still get 98% of what I want to see through hulu and OTA
.

**Reaper16** · 06-29-2010, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Buck

He watches Breaking Bad in SD you guys...

Yeah, and it doesn't in any way obscure the show's quality. Still, I own the first two seasons on Blu-ray and I will purchase the 3rd season on Blu-ray on release day.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 06-29-2010, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

No doubt. When I visited Tuscaloosa back in March I was drooling that people had ESPN2 in HD. And by drooling, I mean fapping.

I've found that if I don't drool while I fap, then I chafe.

Silock · 06-29-2010, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by KC Fish

Nice. Gotta admit that would make a difference then.

For me, it's all financial. I can pay $90 extra for cable HD and DVR. Or pay $10 and still get 98% of what I want to see through hulu and OTA
.

Yeah... or you could just torrent everything, which is EXACTLY what I would do if I went away from television services.

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CrazyPhuD Meow Join Date: Jun 2005 Casino cash: $10005050	So everyone knew this was coming. I have to subscribe for business reasons. Potentially good, BUT, there will be big caveats I'm guessing you'll be restricted till the day after the show again. The HD will be mostly marginal. It's only 720P and will be significantly compressed But considering it's kinda a mix between regular and expanded cable it's not really a bad deal for $10 a month if you have no cable. And yes, sooner ore later you're going to see bandwidth caps from every major service provider. It's just a requirement there's no way to get around it once streaming video becomes popular enough. Consider 'basic' quality of 1.5Mb/s which is nothing to write home about. At that level you're using ~700MB per hour or around 5.5GB per day if you use the general 8hrs per household per day. At 20 days per month of watching that's 100GB per month of bandwidth. Now you put 720p and the minimum bit rate is going to probably be 3-4.5Mb/s or 200-300GB per month. Get enough people doing it and it starts to add up big time. It sucks but it's also a massive bandwidth consumer. Of course this doesn't even touch 1080p bandwidth requirements. If you want bluray quality you need 30-40Mb/s __________________ "Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t*rd by the clean end"
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