Hulu - am I missing something?

Sugartastic wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

Sugartastic wrote:

thirsty wrote:
Sorry folks. This site is useless.

This is what I've been trying to say!

is there some major functionality missing for you?  are you disappointed that you can only watch a certain number of shows on demand?  does your hardware, software and/or internet connection not allow for decent performance?

sweetie, lately I think your name should be changed to "judgecell".
My  performance is just fine thank you.;)

both you and thirsty make a grandiose & vague claim, "this site is useless", and provide NO detail or backing.  so i asked, why is it useless? 

do we get an answer?  nope, i get called names instead.  well done.

sweetcell wrote:
here, let me help you:

http://www.hulu.com/chuck
http://www.hulu.com/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart
http://www.hulu.com/the-colbert-report
http://www.hulu.com/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia
http://www.hulu.com/family-guy
http://www.hulu.com/lost
http://www.hulu.com/the-simpsons
http://www.hulu.com/the-office-uk

Phew! Thank you for verifying my suspicion that I'm missing nothing whatsoever by not having a functioning digital tv set or cable!

Hulu does not have Trailer Park Boys nor The Wire but they do offer other schlock that I avoid. Okay, maybe about 2 shows I don't mind like The Office and Kitchen Confidential, though I rarely bother with them.

Hulu sucks ass! There are times when I use it but mostly for movies. All in all, their selection pretty much sucks ass too. The majority of what they have on offer is so bad that they should pay people to watch that less than B-movie grade crap. The filmmakers are lucky if anyone even bothers to watch. Guess that's why I only wander in there every so many months.

I will give them credit for one thing: their download time beats the heck out of most other free movie sites. Some will take hours. Then there are those Megavideo movies that break after about an hour or so and you have to wait another hour, and redownload, to finish the film. Plus they remember your watched time so you don't start over at 0 with each new start. You could break 20 minutes in and then have to start all over again. The trick is knowing how to remember where you are and then advance, wait for download to catch up and then watch; otherwise, you'd never see a whole feature film.

Yeah, it's not accurate to say Hulu is "totally useless."  If it doesn't have the shows you want, then it's totally useless *for you*.

As far as movies – it's not free, but so far my experience with Netflix's streaming video has been great.  At the most basic level, one DVD at a time, you can watch unlimited streaming videos for $8.99 a month. 

I think between Hulu, Netflix, various websites, and good ole fashioned broadcast television, you can probably get very well without cable unless you're a serious TV junkie.  I'm certainly never going back to sending $80 a month to Comcast. 

For premier shows like "The Wire" you've just gotta shift your viewing habits – ie, wait for the last season to come out on Netflix.  So worth it though, when you consider what cable costs.

sweetcell wrote:

Sugartastic wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

Sugartastic wrote:

thirsty wrote:
Sorry folks. This site is useless.

This is what I've been trying to say!

is there some major functionality missing for you?  are you disappointed that you can only watch a certain number of shows on demand?  does your hardware, software and/or internet connection not allow for decent performance?

sweetie, lately I think your name should be changed to "judgecell".
My  performance is just fine thank you.;)

both you and thirsty make a grandiose & vague claim, "this site is useless", and provide NO detail or backing.  so i asked, why is it useless? 

do we get an answer?  nope, i get called names instead.  well done.

Sweetie, I'm teasing you! Sorry if it was taken as name calling. I was trying to lighten the mood around here, as I do think that everything is a debate around here lately. I wasn't trying to be vague, I didn't feel the need to elaborate since I generally said what I thought [before]. I don't understand why one can't go to another site or the main network site to watch TV shows b/c that is where Hulu is routing a viewer anyway. Therefore, Hulu doesn't have a lot of full episodes and when they do, they remove them before I can watch (due to network's pulling or expiring content).
Group hug? C'mon, we're bigger than a debate about Hulu.

Let it be known that I didn't call him a name, I just called him out on his obsession with Sabrina The Teenage Witch.

Sugartastic wrote:
Group hug?

yes pweaze.

sorry about that, T, t'was late…

thirsty wrote:
Let it be known that I didn't call him a name, I just called him out on his obsession with Sabrina The Teenage Witch.

that's what hurt the most.

Is it really $80 a month?

What if you already have DSL and landline phone, how much extra does it cost to have cable added to the package?

Personally, I'm with you. I get my share of packaged entertainment via Hulu, Netflix, and other websites. And if I can't get it right away, I wait until I can.

But my wife is a bit more of a junkie, and she argues that getting her fix will actually SAVE us money for awhile, then the cost of cable won't be more than $40 extra when piggybacking with DSL and landline. Anybody have numbers that confirm or refute this?

Doctor wrote:
Yeah, it's not accurate to say Hulu is "totally useless."  If it doesn't have the shows you want, then it's totally useless *for you*.

As far as movies – it's not free, but so far my experience with Netflix's streaming video has been great.  At the most basic level, one DVD at a time, you can watch unlimited streaming videos for $8.99 a month. 

I think between Hulu, Netflix, various websites, and good ole fashioned broadcast television, you can probably get very well without cable unless you're a serious TV junkie.  I'm certainly never going back to sending $80 a month to Comcast.   

For premier shows like "The Wire" you've just gotta shift your viewing habits – ie, wait for the last season to come out on Netflix.   So worth it though, when you consider what cable costs.

James wrote:
Personally, I'm with you. I get my share of packaged entertainment via Hulu, Netflix, and other websites. And if I can't get it right away, I wait until I can.

You would, considering your favorite show is Major Dad.

thirsty wrote:

James wrote:
Personally, I'm with you. I get my share of packaged entertainment via Hulu, Netflix, and other websites. And if I can't get it right away, I wait until I can.

You would, considering your favorite show is Major Dad.

Did I ever tell you guys about the time I was standing outside the sold out Gerald McRaney celebrity bowling event in Biloxi, Mississippi back in 1991 and this green teethed girl came up to me out of the blue and offerered me free tickets, backstage passes, and a tub of nachos?

One of the most underappreciated actors of his generation, or any generation for that matter. And a Christian. Too! Though I actually preferred Simon and Simon to Major Dad. Not many people know this, but Gerald actually tried out for the role of Luke Duke. Damn shame he was turned down.

He played a mean SOB in Deadwood. Didn't know he tried out for Luke Duke.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/194766/report_hulu_to_offer_10permonth_subscription.html

Hulu to offer $10/mth subscription

James wrote:
Did I ever tell you guys about the time I was standing outside the sold out Gerald McRaney celebrity bowling event in Biloxi, Mississippi back in 1991 and this green teethed girl came up to me out of the blue and offerered me free tickets, backstage passes, and a tub of nachos?

Nope, but my old friend Rhett Miller once did.

I don't know what it costs to bundle cable with everything else.  I do know it's still a lot of money, and the prices you'll be quoted are introductory costs that eventually go up.  I suppose you could just keep canceling and re-upping, although there's also a startup fee.

The last piece of my TV setup is in place – I have hooked a Hauppaage USB TV receiver to my PC, which now acts as a PVR, and I can access live and recorded TV, internet video, and Netflix all through the same interface (Microsoft Media Center, which is pretty good).      At this point I'm not missing cable at all.

 

And the number of manhours you spent rigging the whole gig up is equivalent to paying for three years of cable for those with real jobs…

Doctor wrote:
I don't know what it costs to bundle cable with everything else.  I do know it's still a lot of money, and the prices you'll be quoted are introductory costs that eventually go up.  I suppose you could just keep canceling and re-upping, although there's also a startup fee.

The last piece of my TV setup is in place – I have hooked a Hauppaage USB TV receiver to my PC, which now acts as a PVR, and I can access live and recorded TV, internet video, and Netflix all through the same interface (Microsoft Media Center, which is pretty good).      At this point I'm not missing cable at all.

   

Although it took me some time to decide how I wanted to set this up, the actual setup time for all of it was probably under an hour.  And using it is easy.    I can see how it might take longer though if you're not very bright.

James wrote:
And the number of manhours you spent rigging the whole gig up is equivalent to paying for three years of cable for those with real jobs…

wow, you must have really, really cheap cable.  i'm paying about $50/month for cable on top of internet.  no way teh doomz paid $1,800 for his set-up.

He is assuming my time is valued at hundreds of dollars per hour, which I wish my employer agreed with.  :D