HuluPlus = SadPanda
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So Hulu can now be accessed on PS3 and other devices (XBox360, iPhone, etc.)... for $9.99 a month....
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372476,00.asp
part of me can see where they are coming from on charging a fee. the other part of me sees this similar to newspapers wanting to charge for reading the news online, but this is almost worse. almost worse because it's TV, a service that you are most likely already paying for, and with their ad sponsorship not even disappearing through their "Plus" service, they're already getting paid in my eyes.
this can be an alternative to those that don't have DVR or digital services, and the fact that you can grab it on your iPhone to watch stuff anywhere you want is pretty slick, but for a service that is available as free over the web to now charge for access through alternative devices instead of your home PC seems slightly absurd to me. they say you will have access to a broader/deeper access to their catalog of shows, but what does that mean? is it really worth that extra $9.99 a month?
though i must admit, the simple fact that PSN makes you pay $3.00+ for one TV show is highway robbery.
maybe i'm just cheap.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372476,00.asp
part of me can see where they are coming from on charging a fee. the other part of me sees this similar to newspapers wanting to charge for reading the news online, but this is almost worse. almost worse because it's TV, a service that you are most likely already paying for, and with their ad sponsorship not even disappearing through their "Plus" service, they're already getting paid in my eyes.
this can be an alternative to those that don't have DVR or digital services, and the fact that you can grab it on your iPhone to watch stuff anywhere you want is pretty slick, but for a service that is available as free over the web to now charge for access through alternative devices instead of your home PC seems slightly absurd to me. they say you will have access to a broader/deeper access to their catalog of shows, but what does that mean? is it really worth that extra $9.99 a month?
though i must admit, the simple fact that PSN makes you pay $3.00+ for one TV show is highway robbery.
maybe i'm just cheap.
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If they ever get their act together they could give cable a run for their money. Considering Cable providers have deep deep pockets I don't see that happening any time soon.
If you can broadcast a show, paid for entirely with commercials on the TV, then why can't you do the same on the web?
In fact, on the web you can stop them from fast-forwarding through commercials! It should be even better for the owners of the shows.
But no. Fuck that. If you are charging me. I demand no commercials. If Hulu becomes a pay only service with commercials. Then its back to torrents or no TV for me.
If Hulu gets their head out of the advertisers ass and realizes there is a market for users whom would pay for commercial free...
I won't pay for commercial free, but I'll watch commercials for free TV.
^^This^^
I stopped watching tv a while back, cause the shows are pretty lame, and the commercials are insulting. I picked up watching hulu cause there WAS one commercial per break, and like 2-3 breaks total. Then the breaks got more often, and the one 15 second ad turned to 30 seconds to a minute, and I knew it was only gonna get worse from there (not saying what they had was bad, just a sign of things to come).
TV's just not worth paying for as far as I am concerned. I watch 3-4 shows a week, hardly worth $50+ for basic cable, let alone satellite.
Looking at the $10 a month Netflix stuff, though. I guess they have tv shows as well?
But yeah Hulu's novelty wore off fast for me too. First it was like maybe 3 or 4 15second ads during an hour show, then they offered a like a min and a half ad at the start and thats it which was cool, then it became like 5 to 6 ads per hour ep then those became 30 seconds each and it was like ok fuck this shit.
^this.
I've started getting REALLY into justin.tv because well... its sort of community driven and its rad to sit and watch all the Indiana Jones movies while doing art and then talking to other fans in the chat rooms. But then justin.tv turned into hulu...what turned to one commercial at the start turned to THE SAME FUCKING COMMERCIAL every 20 minutes. I get it, Bing.com.. you wanna be google. But for the love of god make commercials without annoying girls trying to sing annoying songs. It got to the point where I was saying their lines outloud in synch. That's scary.