Comments on: Hulu goes live

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By: Pirate's Cove

Pirate's Cove — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:53:10 +0000

Hulu!…

I remember hearing about Hulu a while back, and, finally online. Some interesting content from the big networks, licensed and legal! Clips and full length features (H/t Hot Air)

Check to see how it comes out. They are a bit wide for a lot of blogs at…

By: William Teach

William Teach — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:25:43 +0000

There is some interesting content, and better quality then one might get using Youtube or something similar. Plus, no chance of getting a cease and desist order for using it :)

Shame that the vids are so wide, though. They should have a few different sizes.

By: HockeyTemper

HockeyTemper — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:57:02 +0000

Mark it 8 Dude!

By: pocomoco

pocomoco — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:11:36 +0000

Never mind, it’s working now!

By: LimeyGeek

LimeyGeek — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:53:07 +0000

Fast forward 40 years… and the seasons seem to be 18 episodes, and only 42 or 43 minutes of air time.

darkpixel on March 12, 2008 at 6:16 PM

Buddy, in the UK, a season is 8 programs max, 30 mins each. Typically. Or at least it was when I lived there nearly a decade ago.

By: LimeyGeek

LimeyGeek — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:50:49 +0000

Thanks for the Lebowski link. One of my all-time favourite movies :)

By: pocomoco

pocomoco — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:48:29 +0000

Anyone having a problem using MicrosoftXP wth HULU.

I’ve made two attempts, but the video will not stream. I get only bits and pieces at a time.

Any suggestions???

By: LegendHasIt

LegendHasIt — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:49:17 +0000

Well, for a guy that watches maybe two hours of entertainment TV (Other than news and some Discovery educational type shows) a week, looks like I’m going to be watching the computer a lot. They have several full series from back when there WAS good stuff on the networks.

Hooray, HULU.

By: sulla

sulla — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:41:06 +0000

I’ve enjoyed Hulu during the beta.

openhulu.com has also been nice.

The lack of a variety of sponsors makes a full-length feature a bit annoying – the same ad, over and over, throughout an episode? Gah! – but I still like the streaming, the full-screen capability, and the fact that I don’t have to give Steve Jobs another two bucks every time I forget to set the TiVo.

By: Bobnormal

Bobnormal — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:33:19 +0000

Very Cool “Master and Commander” worked perfect,commercials were quite bearable,
Bob

By: darkpixel

darkpixel — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:16:31 +0000

I almost forgot: This site also shows how much the TV industry has changed…. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea had over 30 episodes in it’s first season. And the episodes are over 50 minutes. Fast forward 40 years… and the seasons seem to be 18 episodes, and only 42 or 43 minutes of air time.

By: darkpixel

darkpixel — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:08:06 +0000

This is seriously cool. Sadly, the PS3 browser does not yet support this site (it does work for youtube…). I will now get even less done around the house. Thank God I did my taxes all ready!

ABC’s online HiDef shows a better glimpse of where things headed. It stream/caches 2GB to your hard drive for 720p over the internet. That’s impressive.

So far any streamed HD is still ‘hd-lite’… as far as I have seen – however I haven’t scouted ABC’s site yet. It will be a very, very long time before I stop using Blu-Ray discs.

George Ou of zdnet has a great rundown.

Checkout the table that shows the comparable bit rates…

By: Weebork

Weebork — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:58:01 +0000

I started watching Benson recently on Hulu. Funny.

By: Agrippa2k

Agrippa2k — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:47:11 +0000

I’m not really impressed.

ABC’s online HiDef shows a better glimpse of where things headed. It stream/caches 2GB to your hard drive for 720p over the internet. That’s impressive.

But… Firefly online is nice. Check out Original Star Trek on CBS’s site.

By: otcconan

otcconan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:02:22 +0000

Oh, and thanks a lot, Allah. I just watched the whole thing. Never had seen it all the way through, and didn’t really get it until now.

Dude…that movie is heavy.

By: otcconan

otcconan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:01:29 +0000

I wonder if the launch of hulu had anything to do with the end of the writer’s strike. You know, that was all about the proceeds from online content.

By: Alden Pyle

Alden Pyle — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:10:01 +0000

Just watched the Girl Next Door, the chick looked good in her silkies and frillies. Lots of Comercials, pretty good clarity. Buffered pretty quickly.

By: wearyman

wearyman — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:13:45 +0000

Aaaaand the IT security group at my work ALREADY has Hulu filtered out for being a high-bandwidth site. That didn’t take long.

By: OneGyT

OneGyT — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:05:50 +0000

Great, another youtube-ish site. I barely get enough work done as it is.

Geronimo on March 12, 2008 at 1:48 PM

Indeed. :-/

By: MirCat

MirCat — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:56:18 +0000

William Gibson could have seen this coming.

- The Cat

By: Neo

Neo — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:50:54 +0000

Filled with commercials, can’t watch it on my 42″ plasma TV via AppleTV, can’t watch it without an internet connection and can’t watch it on my iPhone. Hu cares about this crap.

By: Neo

Neo — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:49:28 +0000

Hu Cares?

By: SeoulMan

SeoulMan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:22:25 +0000

Not available in my area, either. Granted, that would be South Korea, but even the guy from my homeland (Canada) is banned? Sucks. We don't even have copyright laws in Korea, from what I can tell from my 5-for-$10 bootlegs and bars named everything from Starbucks to Cheers to Bill Cosby's. Are lame-ass SNL skits too subversive for non-Americans? Hulu = uh.... Hu-luh-hell-are-you-foreigners? Hu-luh-stank?

By: darii

darii — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:16:58 +0000

I’ve been part of the beta. It’s great!