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Hulu to Charge by 2010

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Re: Hulu to Charge by 2010

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i'd pay for a live version of hulu with all of the archives available.

i canceled my directv subscription a while back and just download the few shows i care about that come through torrent rss feeds. if i could watch them live via something like hulu, but then also access them whenever i wanted after that point, i'd be a customer.

Re: Hulu to Charge by 2010

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Good - I hope that means they will stay around and continue to grow. I certainly don't mind paying a modest monthly fee for quality programming on demand. It couldn't be near as much as DirecTV was charging me before I switched to Hulu.

Re: Hulu to Charge by 2010

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post #2

i'd pay for a live version of hulu with all of the archives available. i canceled my directv subscription a while back and just download the few shows i care about that come through torrent rss feeds. if i could watch them live via something like hulu, but then also access them whenever i wanted after that point, i'd be a customer.

Sounds like you need usenet. Well worth the subscription price.

Re: Hulu to Charge by 2010

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Hulu's CEO spoke at my school about a week ago. From what I understood, they will charge for shows like Entourage which he said could never be offered free.

Re: Hulu to Charge by 2010

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Wow, maybe I'm just getting old and cantankerous, but the word freetard is seeming more and more apropos every day.

I've pretty much abandoned Hulu as Netflix's streaming library grows. $14/month or whatever is a tiny amount to pay for that amount and quality of on-demand commercial-free content.

Re: Hulu to Charge by 2010

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post #4

Good. The fact that it's free means I almost never look there first for content, because I know what I want won't be there.

Just like the public library. Or Hacker News. Or... Sorry, but I find your argument fallacious.

Re: Hulu to Charge by 2010

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The crunchyroll model is nice - free with horribly annoying ads and a week delay on new releases, or pay a monthly fee for increased res, no ads, and same-day viewing of things aired on TV.

Re: Hulu to Charge by 2010

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post #7

Wow, maybe I'm just getting old and cantankerous, but the word freetard is seeming more and more apropos every day. I've pretty much abandoned Hulu as Netflix's streaming library grows. $14/month or whatever is a tiny amount to pay for that amount and quality of on-demand commercial-free content.

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