hulu plus has more current TV shows
Netflix has a download side and a mailing side. We have the mailing side (which has many more movies available than the download side). We love it. We stopped TV reception 6 years ago and would never go back. We pick the movies we want to watch, no commercials. great service.
Unless they have changed, Hulu Plus still inserts short commercials in their programs, even though they are a subscription service.
Netfix does not.
Current TV shows may be in Hulu quicker. Netflix usually does not have them until long after the DVD has been out.
I prefer Netflix.
Check Crackle.com. It insert sort commercials in, but it has no subscription fee. It is a Sony service. It has some pretty good movies and short programs.
Netflix by a long shot.
Netflix: Dumps shows on per season, so for the next season of say Psych have to wait. Commercial free.
Hulu: Gets shows on a per episode basis, but is NOT commercial free, even if you pay for Hulu Plus.
Neither has all shows of course but I picked Netflix because I refuse to pay for something, then get fed commercial breaks. I wouldn’t mind so much if there was just one or two at the beginning of the show, but they utilize every standard network commercial break.
...we don’t have the download speeds required for decent streaming so are completely ignorant of Hulu...but we have no complaints at all with Netflix mail service.
We have Netflix. I like Lillyhammer(a Sopranos like comedy and is very good) and House of Cards (extremely compelling and very well done) as Netflix original programming.
Netflix has less current programming, and a mixed bag for movies.
I like that the series’ like Lillyhammer and HoC is “dumped” all at once, so they put up 10 episodes and you can watch them all at once or take your time.
Do some searching. Iirc netflix will soon get out of the mailing biz. Can u afford to start with both
Netflix has some good original stuff. Not so familiar with hulu.
Get Amazon Prime and Netflix. HuluPlus is overrated, unless you like TV shows.
I have used Netflix as 90% of my viewing for a couple of years.
Other free channels on my Roku which I use too include PBS mostly for some UK content. There is some overlap, where older seasons may be on Netflix, and newer ones on free PBS.
And free Smithsonian, for a few of their programs.
Another channel I just discovered is free Viewster, which has some international content, since it is Swiss based.
Hulu+ gets TV shows faster than Netflix, but Hulu+ has only a few crappy B movies (and trailers for current movies).
Netflix has better movies and no commercials.
I’m cancelling my Hulu+ this month.
Netflix is the better of the two by far.
Hulu has commercials, I had lots of streaming problems with Hulu, I couldn’t wait to cancel Hulu.
Crackle has become unwatchable with ads shown over and over in a half hour tv show.
We use Hulu Plus to watch favorite current season TV shows that we missed.
Netflix is for movies and older shows/reruns that aren't current year.
The only drawback to either Hulu or Netflix is a lack of sports programming, particularly NASCAR but also other sports. That’s a deal breaker.
Books.
Ping for reading later.
For current tv shows, many channels have them on their sites the next day. Of course, those are full of commercials but it’s free.
Acorn.tv- UK shows $4.99/month no commercials
We have Netflix - it came on our TV. I am currently watching Breaking Bad on Netflix - they have all 5 seasons. They had a lot of current TV shows, one that comes to mind is the Sherlock series.