Hulu.com

[RyanUTAustin]

Just ran across this site, pretty cool.
Streaming video of any show you want to watch.
Thought I would share.

Link

 

[netslave]

I've been using it for a few months. It works pretty well, but if you want current shows, you have to view them within a few weeks of the air date.

The best part is that the site is perfectly legal.

 

[YChang]

I like the concept but I don't understand why they'll have complete season 1, skips a season and continue with season 3.

 

[bevo_daddy]

I like to use it at work because you can make the screen really tiny and just put it in the corner while you work

 

[Endust]

season 1 of "it's always sunny in philadelphia" is all that needs to be said.

 

[Creed]

I really think that it's the future of television. Once they integrate it with media center software (so that you can access all the shows with a remote control) then it could be some people's primary source for television. It would also tremendously increase the value of an HTPC.

 

[ProdigalHorn]

If I'm not mistaken, I think Hulu takes video feeds that are available online from other sites and basically consolidates them. At least, I know that's what they do on some of the shows, and I'm thinking that the only way for them to get around copyright issues would be to do that. You're probably not going to see a show on there that you can't see on another site (at least I havent' seen it yet), but it's very cool to have it all in one location.

 

[RyanUTAustin]

bumpidy bumpidy

 

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[Creed]

I have the greenbutton thread bookmarked. I'm hoping that guy gets it working soon, it's the only thing stopping me from using hulu all the time.

 

[Back to Texas]

This probably is the future of watching TV shows and movies - video over your broadband connection. Needless to say, the broadband infrastructure in this country - including the telcos' DSL access lines - is not exactly ready for everyone to be pushing 10s of hours a week of HD video over their pipes in addition to the regular traffic growth. It is going to be an interesting in the future whether the telcos and cable guys are able to change from the all you can eat / fixed price plans that we all have. At some point, people are going to realize that their connection speed sucks because their neighbor's kid is downloading 30 hours of HD video a week and this may enable the pricing change.

I mention this because that issue - over the top video - and the digital rights management issue if solved will probably enable an even greater and faster explosion of broadband video.

It's going to be even cooler when the big wireless guys roll out 4G cellular networks in the coming years and you can watch Hulu HD on your laptop sitting in the park.

 

[BA93]

Cable TV is still the best delivery option when it comes to video, especially when it has the ability for on demand viewing.