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HULU PLUS OR NETFLIX?

Posted on 12/27/2013 5:11:03 PM PST by 7thson

Good evening all. I am thinking of either signing up for Hulu Plus or Netflix. Can someone tell me what the difference is between the two? Advantages and disadvantages? Thank you in advance for your replies.


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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Get Amazon Prime and Netflix.

I agree... Amazon Prime has the added benefit of free 2-day shipping for things you buy on Amazon. But, it's the BEST combination of programming.

61 posted on 12/27/2013 7:01:35 PM PST by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!)
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To: 7thson

Hulu Plus has commercials and Netflix does not.


62 posted on 12/27/2013 7:07:15 PM PST by murron (Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
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To: Maringa

i have both. I don’t use hulu plus much, but watching entire series is pretty kool.


63 posted on 12/27/2013 7:08:44 PM PST by genghis
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

A lot of old TV shows are available on YouTube, which I can get through my Blue Ray player on my TV. I watch old shows like Amos & Andy, The Odd Couple, Highway Patrol, Lou Grant and many others.


64 posted on 12/27/2013 7:10:29 PM PST by murron (Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
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To: usconservative

Just got a Sony BDP-S3100 Blu-ray Disc player (wireless) for Christmas. The initial testing is going great! Next step is to call my cable provider and tell them that they and A&E can kissoff...


65 posted on 12/27/2013 7:17:34 PM PST by Dubh_Ghlase (Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.)
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To: Maringa
If you live in a large metro area, and your had antenna doesn’t work, try Aereo....$8/month on Roku.

Nope, don't live in Metro area. Pretty far from anything considered "metro."

I can get my news from FreeRepublic.

I do, too, but my wife doesn't. So, if she ain't happy, nobody's happy here.
66 posted on 12/27/2013 7:18:16 PM PST by Thorliveshere (Minnesota Survivor)
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To: gorush
Have you had trouble lately with the mailing side, with Netflix having long waits on a lot of their movies? I have 14 movies in my queue, and 10 of them have a wait time. 7 of the 10, a very long wait.

I never used to have this problem, but now everything I put in there seems to have a long wait. If it doesn't improve, I will drop the discs and just use their streaming.

67 posted on 12/27/2013 8:02:32 PM PST by Ray54
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To: bgill

Past. Project free tv. Anything and everything almost immediately. Totally free and I have the computer hooked up to my tv as a second screen.


68 posted on 12/27/2013 8:02:50 PM PST by sheana
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To: Ouderkirk
I like Lillyhammer

Ah another fan! I love that series. It really exposes the stupidity of bureaucracies and bureaucrats besides being a great show. Only thing, Frank is still Silvio to me.

69 posted on 12/27/2013 8:40:35 PM PST by Wilum (Never loaded a nuke I didn't like)
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To: 7thson; All

Do any of them already have the entire 2014 series of Downton Abbey?

I watched them all last month.

And “HOmeland”

And The Paradise; Revolution, Hell on Wheels ets etc -

This European site is the best and easiest to use EVER.

Juat DO NOT ‘download” - just ‘watch”

VERY easy to get back to next episode...and simple list of programs - no hunting all over heck and gone.

http://www.couchtuner.eu/watch-downton-abbey-online/


70 posted on 12/27/2013 8:49:14 PM PST by maine-iac7 (Christian is as Christian does - by their fruits)
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To: 7thson

Both.


71 posted on 12/28/2013 5:57:19 AM PST by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: Ray54

Of the 125 titles in my queue, nineteen show a wait and most of those are short waits...and they are mostly way down the list which I won’t get to for a month or so. I haven’t noticed an uptick in those for which I must wait.


72 posted on 12/28/2013 5:57:50 AM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: Wilum

Lillyhammer is a fun romp in poking at the liberal establishment of socialism, multiculturalism, and the idiots who man the bureaucracy of a state constructed on those premises, how the black market flourishes in spite of/ because of them.

I agree Van Zant is still Silvio, and Tony Sirico is still Paulie.

They have signed on for a third season. Hope that it doesn’t jump the shark.


73 posted on 12/28/2013 6:07:57 AM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

This was a web rumor that I googled to death and found where TCM had thought about setting up internet streaming ROKU could access, but their agreements with cable & satellite seemingly stopped it. Then another place said TCM was still perusing it, and probably cost about 5 bucks.

I see it coming. Warner IMO does not have nearly the content TCM does, but I might take their free trial to see if they are worth $10 a month. I also enjoy TCM’s commentary about each classic they show. I would definitely pay $10 for TCM considering we paid cable $79 per month and watched mostly TCM.

It’s so refreshing to watch movies of yesteryear when codes prohibited certain content. Lefty actors, excessive sex, fags, and plotless blood & brain spattering violence rules out so much of todays films. I just cannot see what a fully nude sex scene or gory violence does for a film.


74 posted on 12/28/2013 6:19:39 AM PST by redfreedom (All it takes for evil to win is for good people to do nothing - that's how the left took over.)
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To: usconservative

Weird, does it run hot? I’m still using ps3 and laptop. I’ve had some Sony receivers that had short lifetimes because of heat.


75 posted on 12/28/2013 7:42:12 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Nope, it doesn't run hot. I checked a bunch of the Roku chat boards and that seems to be the #1 cause of them locking up and rebooting. This one doesn't run hot.

I even did a factory reset and pulled down the latest & greatest firmware update thinking something got gooped up in all the updates this thing has received in the last 18 months.

That seemed to solve the problem for about a week, then we went right back to the lock up and reboot problem in the middle of a movie.

I'm wondering if this thing is getting a bad update, or if I really need to pull it apart and re-work the heat dissipation on it to see if that corrects the issue. I'll probably take a look at that today as soon as I finish installing the water coolers in the gaming PC's here.

76 posted on 12/28/2013 7:58:42 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: usconservative

Water cooled PC’s. My plumbing skills would lead to fireworks.

Microsoft released a document about a year ago, and 90% if their problem logs were from overclocked CPU’s.


77 posted on 12/28/2013 8:07:45 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

I’m not over-clocking. The problem with Gaming PC’s is they tend to run the CPU at or near 100% for extended periods of time. That drives the core temperature up. All I’m looking to do is keep the core temp down in a reasonable range (40-50c) so the cpu’s don’t shut down during a game or worse fry themselves.


78 posted on 12/28/2013 9:24:29 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: 7thson

We have Netflix and run it to TV via our Wii console.. Our 8 year old watches it all the time..


79 posted on 12/28/2013 9:27:48 AM PST by pnz1
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To: 7thson

We have Netflix and run it to TV via our Wii console.. Our 8 year old watches it all the time..


80 posted on 12/28/2013 9:27:49 AM PST by pnz1
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