Hulu - am I missing something?

[thirsty moore]

What's so good about hulu? Most of the stuff they have are snippets of shows. Why does everyone swear by this?

[sweetcell]

you can watch entire shows - maybe you're looking at the wrong shows?  some shows have a mix of clips and complete episodes...

[kosmo vinyl]

If it's a current show they tend to only stream the five most recent episodes in their entirety

[chaz]

Good for when you miss an episode of something and the DVR screws up...

[sweetcell]

Good for when you miss an episode of something and the DVR screws up...

... or if you don't own a TV at all.  online offerings (first and foremost hulu's) are such that we can follow several shows without spending $$$ on a tv, cable/dtv, etc.

[azaghal1981]

They have all of Speed Racer up minus one or two episodes.

Does anymore have to be said?

[James Ford]

Good for when you miss an episode of something and the DVR screws up...

... or if you don't own a TV at all.  online offerings (first and foremost hulu's) are such that we can follow several shows without spending $$$ on a tv, cable/dtv, etc.

That's what we've been doing since losing our free cable.

Anyone know if they show the latest Mad Men online? My wife is going to be screaming for that when the next season starts.

[James Ford]

Also, does anybody know who still sell those converter thingies? I imagine with one of those, we can still watch "regular" tv without paying anything?

[walkonby]

just how do television companies (nbc/cbs/abc) make any money if they just give their shows away for free on the internet?

[James Ford]

just how do television companies (nbc/cbs/abc) make any money if they just give their shows away for free on the internet?

No doubt hulu pays fees to them.

I watch the shows on the abc/cbs/fox/tnt (don't have any nbc shows) websites and they all have commercials, albeit not as many as regular broadcasting.

[godsshoeshine]

i believe nbc owns hulu

sorry, its a joint venture between nbc/news corp (fox) and disney (abc)

[azaghal1981]

Weren't those converter boxes free for a while?

[eltee]

I don't get it either, it's just a central place to search (and view) for the show(s) you want. I've found most often the show you want to watch just sends you back to the particular network's / channel's web site for viewing.
I just use fastpasstv instead. I wish too that they kept more back episodes and a full length videos up. What I want is never there, and if I don't keep up week to week, it's gone.

[James Ford]

Weren't those converter boxes free for a while?

Yes, if you scored a government coupon. But at the time, I didn't think I was going to need one.

[ggw]

Do you burn your garbage in a barrel in your backyard to save the cost of a trash service?