Hulu plus, worth it?

In my opinion, no. It still has commercials so anything i pay for that still can give advertisement is against why i pay for the object.
 
I don't think it is. I had it for awhile and almost never used it. It never seemed to have content that was not available on Netflix and/or Amazon (subscribe to both) and searching for full episodes or movies while excluding the shorts, intros, trailers, fan fiction, PSAs, commentary, etc seems arduous. Still having commercials inserted at random (not necessarily at the commercial edit points) puts it firmly over the fail line. The commercials aren't even interesting, and tend to be the same one over, and over, and over, and over again.
I think it really does come down to personal preference, it just wasn't for me.
 
One streaming service will have a show that you want and the other won't and vice versa. You are never going to subscribe to one service and it has everything you want.
 
sychosly said:
One streaming service will have a show that you want and the other won't and vice versa. You are never going to subscribe to one service and it has everything you want.
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This. At the end of the day it's a cat and mouse game rigged exactly like this because the content media conglomerates are trying to stifle Netflix. One of the reasons why Netflix is constantly having shows/movies here one day, gone the next because they are getting jerked around. It's amazing they've managed to stay alive and grow for as long as this has been happening on behalf of multiple multi-billion dollar corporations.

You're better off with iTunes or Amazon Prime when the time comes if Netflix doesn't have what you're looking for, although those can add up and become expensive overtime. At least you'll also own that episode. I would go above and beyond to do anything to not support Hulu at this point. Their business model is atrocious that I'm amazed they even have 2 million subscribers, probably because they feel its the only way to get the content locked on their service. Bad businesses don't deserve to be rewarded.
 
No. I hated the trial. Commercials and adds before my video! I didn't PAY for THAT.

No wonder everyone still torrents...:rolleyes:
 
I borrowed my moms account so I could watch Modern Family and must say I hated it. Ended up just downloading a high def quality season bundle from the Internet. Hulu+ had crappy content / slow UI / and commercials. I have no idea what you're paying for...
 
No.

Only worth it if you like crappy shows and/or crappy anime and love paying for commercials.
 
We had Hulu+ for awhile and disliked it for all the reasons mentioned above. Now we have Amazon Prime (mostly for the expedited shipping, but the video is a nice bonus) and Netflix. We also have DirecTV.

For those complaining about commercials with a paid service: cable and satellite are paid services that have commercials...
 
<--cord-cutter. No cable/dish subscription.

The *only* reasons I keep Hulu Plus:

South Park
Colbert Report
Criterion Collection
And I've also used H+ to keep current on some OTA TV shows like Revolution and Go On if my WMC computer missed the recording.

But you have to withstand the ads. My problem with the ads isn't that they exist...my complaint with the ads is repetition and placement. It's not uncommon for me to see the same indian-gaming-casino spot 2-3 times in a single show.

But placement is the worst offender. In movies, you never know when the ads pop-up. . Sometimes they're inserted in between scenes. Some I've seen appear right in the middle of dialog. In TV shows, you can expect ads during the natural commercial breaks, but they'll also appear in unnatural points too.

To the OP, Hulu Plus is worth it only if you're cord-cut.
 
gangolfus said:
For those complaining about commercials with a paid service: cable and satellite are paid services that have commercials...
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True, but there are some big differences in the services you get with your TV v.s Internet Streaming. The first one is you are buying the entire network in your package that you can't choose. The idea behind Internet services is you pick and choose which shows/services are important to you and sadly we're only half way there because the major networks lock down half the content on their service or by cutting out their competition. So when you're paying for Cable TV you're paying for the entire network whether you watch it or not, hence why ad revenue is necessary to keep those going as the contract with Cable Co's isn't enough to keep the networks going by themselves.

Another thing is with Cable TV these days you have the ability (available to the majority now) to use a DVR to record multiple shows and even skip commercials, one of the things royally pissing off the Networks/Cable Co's. So technically if you wanted to wait a little longer you could bypass that crap for any TV show.

Most importantly, when your service is as much or more than the competition and you're the only one forcing ads on your subscribers, that's a bad business model and so far it has proven to be so for Hulu. They have a fraction, percent wise, of what Amazon Prime, iTunes, and Netflix have. If you want to be taken seriously you have to compete whether you like it or not. Still pretending you don't need to just shows how much they are still fighting the new content delivery systems thinking they have full control over it now that they finally have an online presence.

If people are using iTunes, Amazon Prime, and Netflix paying for content and they are pirating content that can only be found on Hulu+, I would not shame them one bit. They're trying to do the right thing, while not supporting a bastard corporation run by the same bastards who ruined the television experience forcing everyone to jump ship in the first place or pirate their content.

It's the never ending circle of cause and effect and something has to give on their side because they are the only ones holding everyone back. It ain't piracy, it isn't their competition that has tried to work with them, it's SOLELY their fault.
 
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