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lonnie · 03-20-2008

I've been looking for somewhere (good) to catch back up on The Office season 4 since I can't buy it from iTunes anymore. I found Hulu.com today and it seems very promising. Anyone here use it? Does anyone know what the benefit of signing up are? It's free to sign-up but I can already watch the videos without signing-up.

Now, if I could only get them on my iPod.

Galley · 03-20-2008

I've used it a couple of times. I saw that you can subscribe to shows, but as far as I can tell it doesn't actually do anything. I want to be notified when new episodes are posted. I do most of my viewing at Fox on Demand.

**baseballboy828** · 03-20-2008

I've used hulu a little. I also use Fox on Demand and NBC's similar service. I like hulu because there seems to be fewer ads. Even with Fox and NBC, you only see 3-4 minutes of ads per episode compared with more like 7-8 on regular TV. I guess I'm just less tolerant to ads when in front of my computer.

**Yuiichi** · 03-20-2008

Boo. Being in Canada, much of the content is unavailable. It's all about SideReel for me

studioprisoner · 03-21-2008

same with me, being in australia, i haven't found anything that i can watch. lol

philbowell · 03-21-2008

I'm one of those people who can't watch as well! Stupid UK. I can watch iPlayer though which is pretty good. No Prison Break or LOST though!

houltmac · 03-21-2008

I'm the same as Phil. iPlayer is great, but the only thing I can see on there is Top Gear... Am I missing something?

TV should so be an international thing so we could all share these services.

**Yuiichi** · 03-21-2008

We all get these shows on actual TV, why can't we all watch them online? It's the same with any video from MTV (don't worry - only videos about games from Stephen Totilo) and a lot of music on iTunes. Copyright law and IPR legislation is difficult stuff.

Ginamos · 03-27-2008

Hotspot Shield gets round the geographical location checking that Hulu uses (proxy server's in the US). I just tried watching a random Simpsons episode and it seems to work. So whoopee...until Hulu close that loophole.

Couldn't get it to work on ABC.com, but I think that may be my setup, I think I need to try a different machine.

**Raven** · 04-02-2008

I use it, but I can't see any of the benefits of registering. (I will note that I have, but I was in the beta, so I had to.) I do love it though. I just wish they'd get House updated, or add anything from CBS. I need The Big Bang Theory; that show rocks my socks.

03-20-2008	#1 (permalink)
lonnie Personal Shopping Specialist Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: -TeXaS- Posts: 284	I've been looking for somewhere (good) to catch back up on The Office season 4 since I can't buy it from iTunes anymore. I found Hulu.com today and it seems very promising. Anyone here use it? Does anyone know what the benefit of signing up are? It's free to sign-up but I can already watch the videos without signing-up. Now, if I could only get them on my iPod. __________________ 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 20" new slim black back iMac with 4 GB RAM \| McKinleyBrown

03-20-2008	#3 (permalink)
baseballboy828 Assistant Store Manager Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,252	I've used hulu a little. I also use Fox on Demand and NBC's similar service. I like hulu because there seems to be fewer ads. Even with Fox and NBC, you only see 3-4 minutes of ads per episode compared with more like 7-8 on regular TV. I guess I'm just less tolerant to ads when in front of my computer. __________________ iMac Intel Core Duo 17" 1.83Ghz, 2GB Crucial RAM ::Twitter : Ben Drucker Photography: Professional Photography Services :: Interested in a free trial Smugmug account?

03-20-2008	#4 (permalink)
Yuiichi Assistant Store Manager Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,021	Boo. Being in Canada, much of the content is unavailable. It's all about SideReel for me __________________ My Mac(s): MacBook, white - 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 80 GB HDD Cake for you? The Macversity - Mac + School = Love.

03-21-2008	#6 (permalink)
philbowell Mac Genius Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Over the road from the Queen, UK Posts: 952	I'm one of those people who can't watch as well! Stupid UK. I can watch iPlayer though which is pretty good. No Prison Break or LOST though! __________________ My Mac's: 20" iMac Core Duo with 2gb RAM; 14" iBook G4 My Blog

03-21-2008	#8 (permalink)
Yuiichi Assistant Store Manager Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,021	We all get these shows on actual TV, why can't we all watch them online? It's the same with any video from MTV (don't worry - only videos about games from Stephen Totilo) and a lot of music on iTunes. Copyright law and IPR legislation is difficult stuff. __________________ My Mac(s): MacBook, white - 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 80 GB HDD Cake for you? The Macversity - Mac + School = Love.

03-20-2008	#2 (permalink)
Galley Personal Shopping Specialist Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 223	I've used it a couple of times. I saw that you can subscribe to shows, but as far as I can tell it doesn't actually do anything. I want to be notified when new episodes are posted. I do most of my viewing at Fox on Demand.

03-21-2008	#5 (permalink)
studioprisoner Mac Specialist Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 382	same with me, being in australia, i haven't found anything that i can watch. lol

03-21-2008	#7 (permalink)
houltmac Mac Genius Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,121	I'm the same as Phil. iPlayer is great, but the only thing I can see on there is Top Gear... Am I missing something? TV should so be an international thing so we could all share these services.

03-27-2008	#9 (permalink)
Ginamos Personal Shopping Specialist Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 260	Hotspot Shield gets round the geographical location checking that Hulu uses (proxy server's in the US). I just tried watching a random Simpsons episode and it seems to work. So whoopee...until Hulu close that loophole. Couldn't get it to work on ABC.com, but I think that may be my setup, I think I need to try a different machine.

04-02-2008	#10 (permalink)
Raven TAB Author Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Greater Bostonia Posts: 522	I use it, but I can't see any of the benefits of registering. (I will note that I have, but I was in the beta, so I had to.) I do love it though. I just wish they'd get House updated, or add anything from CBS. I need The Big Bang Theory; that show rocks my socks. __________________ PowerMac DualG5 2 Ghz, 4GB RAM, 820 GB hard drives 15'' MacBook Pro, 2.16 Ghz, 2 GB RAM - oh, and the Apple IIe

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