Hulu
I have been using Hulu a bit lately, more for the experience than anything else. However, after watching the first episode of the new Knight Rider and a couple other random things that I really don’t need to see any more of, I saw the first episode of 24. The interface is pretty slick, and the ads really aren’t that bad (5 ads for an entire TV show? Pretty ok IMO.) So I decided I would give it a spin and see if this is something that I really need to integrate into my life. I was going to watch the entire first season of 24 in Hulu. Well, just after I saw the third episode they decided, in their infinite wisdom, that they were no longer going to offer the first season. The last line of this article says it all. OK, people. I know you are control freaks, but please if you are going to offer something in online only format, LEAVE IT UP LONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO WACH IT!
I guess I’ll still prefer the iTMS.
Wow, I tried Hulu just two days ago. My goal was to catch up with the Terminator TV show, and it was a horrible failure — just like the NBC site, they’re only showing the two latest episodes now. Very sad.
(Netflix will have to be my savior once again.)
I’ve bought a couple items of iTMS, but I don’t really like paying quite that much for something that I have to watch in crappy video and sound. Online is almost there, but not quite yet for me apparently. I prefer to buy the DVD and rip it for my lossy viewing pleasure. (I hear BluRay will come with the lossy videos already on, so you don’t have to do the rip/encode yourself. That will be awesome if true.) Oh cool, it looks like they are going to have some on DVDs as well. That is awesome! Talk about incentive to get the hardware!