Hulu Plus

[irishjayhawk]

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.

[Skyy God]

Originally Posted by irishjayhawk

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

$10/month
Works with PS3, 360, Blu-ray players, wifi-TVs, iPhone, and iTouch Senior Citizen Edition.

So much for Hulu not working on the iTouch Senior Citizen Edition.

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.

Plus - HD

Minus - Launch article only mentions Samsung players. And they're rolling it out on the PS3 before the 360.

http://blog.hulu.com/2010/06/29/intr...ver-than-ever/

[Fish]

That's actually quite tempting.

I'm at the brink of deciding to ditch cable TV and go strictly internet anyway. That could be the deciding factor...

[Reaper16]

Between this and the ESPN3 coming to consoles, I may not need cable TV soon.

[Fish]

I have a feeling cable TV providers are going to start losing even more customers if they don't dramatically reduce rates soon. They've been persistently raising rates for some time while ignoring that there are very viable alternatives now that are vastly cheaper. I know a lot of people who are dropping cable and going internet only.

[dirk digler]

It will be interesting to see how cable companies and ISP's handle all this traffic. You know bandwidth caps are coming which will severely limit streaming.

[Silock]

So, are there still ads with this monthly payment?

[AustinChief]

wow that is gonna SUCK for new iphone/att users who constantly hit their b/w cap... but for pre-existing users it's a good deal..

[Skyy God]

Originally Posted by KC Fish

I have a feeling cable TV providers are going to start losing even more customers if they don't dramatically reduce rates soon. They've been persistently raising rates for some time while ignoring that there are very viable alternatives now that are vastly cheaper. I know a lot of people who are dropping cable and going internet only.

I cancelled cable like 6-7 months ago and could easily get by on Netflix, Hulu Plus, ESPN3, OTA, and torrents.

The new Iphone app is pretty sweet, btw.

[Skyy God]

Originally Posted by Silock

So, are there still ads with this monthly payment?

Yup, which is odd.

[AustinChief]

Originally Posted by Pittsie

Yup, which is odd.

basically, you just get HD video and more access to older shows... otherwise it's the same as watching Hulu via flash... but for $10 it drastically increases iOS's viability... still would be useless for someone like me, but I'm a minority.

[Skyy God]

Originally Posted by AustinChief

basically, you just get HD video and more access to older shows... otherwise it's the same as watching Hulu via flash... but for $10 it drastically increases iOS's viability... still would be useless for someone like me, but I'm a minority.

HD is big, though. SD Hulu streamed on my 360 looks like garbage.

[Silock]

Originally Posted by Pittsie

Yup, which is odd.

Money-grubbing, not odd.

**** that. If I'm paying $10/mo, it better be for ad-free stuff.

PAAAAAAAAAAAASS

Evo is looking better every day.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Silock

Money-grubbing, not odd.

**** that. If I'm paying $10/mo, it better be for ad-free stuff.

PAAAAAAAAAAAASS

Evo is looking better every day.

Meh... I pay a lot more for cable, and I'm stuck with ads there too. Much more ads in fact. Commercials take up damn near 1/4 of the programming. I don't mind sitting through a 15/30sec add in hulu.

[|Zach|]

I would consider it. They have a pretty good selection of shows I like. Being able to catch up with a whole season would be big for me.