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I used Hulu to keep track of Battlestar Galatica for the early half of this past season. Originally, Hulu posted episodes the day after they aired and didn't i
by dominik 18y ago
I used Hulu to keep track of Battlestar Galatica for the early half of this past season. Originally, Hulu posted episodes the day after they aired and didn't include any commercials. However, as the end of the season approached, Hulu -- without warning or advance notice -- delayed posting episodes until 8 days after they aired. Only after folks complained did they put up a schedule of airdates.
I also had the chance to watch several movies on Hulu; once again I found the service started excellent and got progressively worse. Early on, movies downloaded quickly and had no ads. Towards the end of May, however, Hulu started interrupting movies with ads in seemingly random places -- not in natural transition points but right in the middle of an actor's words. Furthermore, as they apparently hadn't secured advertising yet, these "ads" were just 15 seconds of static white text on a black screen that read: "Brought to you by Hulu's advertisers" or some such. I found these pointless since they didn't even name the advertisers or feature their logos. Disgusted with these pointless interruptions, I've since swore off Hulu.
In short: They had a good thing going at the start, but have proceeded to muck it up.