I'm sorry if I wasn't been clear, I changed some things and then didn't re-read for clarity.
It's hard to compare the Hulu Plus and Netflix because they don't offer the exact same things.
I'm thinking about buying something very expensive. Maybe an antelope.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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askye - Jul 13, 2011 3:18:25 pm PDT #15385 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Rayne - Jul 13, 2011 3:23:49 pm PDT #15386 of 30000
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
There is a free one week trial for Hulu Plus (or a month if you have a .edu email). I just tried it and hated it. The commercials were a big issue for me. Not just because there were commercials, but because they seemed to play at the drop of a hat. I rewound a show a bit because I'd missed something and had to sit through the same commercials again. As far as I could tell, it also didn't save your progress like Netflix does. So if I stopped an episode midway through, it didn't remember where I was, so when I went to play it again, I had to sit through the commercials AGAIN and then fast forward to where I was. Hulu Plus also paused a lot more often than Netflix does (we were watching through our PS3). Several times it just stopped altogether and I had to restart my system and try again. (Which of course led to more commercials).
I was also really disappointed in the selection. It's just not big enough. I think there were less than 600 complete tv series available, which may sound like a lot, but it's really not. I was hoping for that last season of Community. Nope. Only 5 episodes available. I thought I'd give Cougar Town a try. Too bad, only season 2 was available. They did have Spaced, but no IT Crowd. And the movies weren't even worth looking at. I browsed a bit and then quickly stopped because I didn't recognize any of them.
We cancelled before the free week was up (after we burned through season 3 of Parks and Recreation).
I'm not thrilled with Netflix for the huge price increase, so we'll probably be cancelling our live streaming. (And if Blockbuster lowered it's prices, I'd switch to them in a heartbeat). I figure if there's a bunch of stuff we want to watch on live streaming, we can activate it for a month, burn through everything, then cancel again.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 13, 2011 3:47:24 pm PDT #15387 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
So now there will be three remakes of The Evil Dead in a four-movie franchise?
As is right and should be, given the history.
Tom Scola - Jul 14, 2011 6:38:08 am PDT #15388 of 30000
hwæt
John Carter trailer. Looks surprisingly faithful to the books. I had heard that they were going to make John Carter a present-day soldier.
le nubian - Jul 14, 2011 7:03:11 am PDT #15389 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
megan walker - Jul 14, 2011 7:33:13 am PDT #15390 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
more on the netflix price hike.
Well, my price is being lowered, so I'm not sure how this action is going to push me to want streaming, especially when far less than half of my queue is available instantly.
ETA: Actually, only 1/4 of my queue is available instantly.
tommyrot - Jul 14, 2011 8:07:39 am PDT #15391 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Polter-Cow - Jul 14, 2011 8:22:32 am PDT #15392 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Awesome!
Laga - Jul 14, 2011 9:58:25 am PDT #15393 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm watching DH1 and trying to decide how long I want to wait on line today. I went by the theatre and there were already two people there.
wtf Hermione uses Obliviate on her parents? Isn't that irreversible?
sumi - Jul 14, 2011 10:02:06 am PDT #15394 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
That's why it's heartbreaking.