Comments on: Online Movie and TV Viewership has Doubled Since 2008

By: Rojas

Rojas — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:13:56 +0000

Why pay to watch TV shows at all.
Go to the networks website they are all streaming there shows in HD.
NBC,FOX,ABC……

By: Alan Smithee

Alan Smithee — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:23:44 +0000

Broadcast TV has been an unwatchable mess for over 10 years, even hi-def couldn’t save it- networks keep their logos on the screen through the whole show, plus they put up promo banners for upcoming shows on top of that, and they show TONS of commercials (in the 70s the average commercial break was ONE minute long!) I haven’t even bothered upgrading to digital TV, but I saw part of “Smallville” last week at my parents’ house and it was just ruined with the network logo, stuff popping up advertising other shows, and what seemed like 5-minute commercial breaks in between 7-minute segments of the show. Don’t even get me started on cable- they have even more on-screen crap and just as many commercials but you also get to PAY for the privilege of seeing them!

Right now Hulu just has ONE commercial per break (though I bet they’re planning on adding more as time goes on), and though they overlay network logos on that you can trick them into disappearing if you have Hulu Desktop. In fact, if you skip to the end of the show you can have it play all the commercials first then go back to the beginning and play the show uninterrupted.

By: Volcanicast

Volcanicast — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:57:26 +0000

I am one of these households. I dropped cable a year ago and have restricted myself to what Hulu provides ever since. If I could not get it on Hulu (I’m looking at YOU, Mentalist), I waited for the DVDs to come out and got them on Netflix. Hulu, Plus Netflix for streaming and older, obscure DVDs, plus new releases from Redbox, and I get more content than I can watch for less than $20/month, which is less than half of what I was paying for the cable I wasn’t watching.

Yes, I said wasn’t watching. Since dropping cable I’ve probably doubled how much I watch. Hulu is easier than DVR. Redbox always has what I want for new movies so what’s the use of premium channels? All the original programming, you say? Netflix gets me that eventually. And I have so much to watch in the meantime I don’t even notice it.

Regarding paying for Hulu: Sure. I think Hulu’s easily worth $20/month for unlimited. If I could get content for, say, $1/2hours I think I’d prefer a la carte, but I doubt they’d cut it that low. So put me down for $20/month.