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Hulu Question

scotttie — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 04:56:30 GMT

So we signed up for a free trial week of Hulu. Wanted to catch up on a tv series. I was very surprised to find that they interrupted the program often for commercials.

Is this just because I am doing a free trial or does Hulu always interrupt their programming with commercials?

Netflix doesn't do that.

Re: Hulu Question

Rabid1 — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 05:27:38 GMT

Both the free web based Hulu and Hulu + have commercials in the newer TV content. But the commercials vs broadcast TV commercials are a lot shorter.

Re: Hulu Question

feline groovy — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 06:11:17 GMT

Nope; they have ads regardless.

But they often ask you (upper left) if it's apropos or if you wish to swap it, as they're trying to get the most helpful ones for their customers.

Great customer service too, BTW.

Netflix does not have recent episodes of current series and specials. That's the biggest reasons why I have HuluPlus.

(+ Netflix & Amazon Instant Video)

Re: Hulu Question

feline groovy — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 06:11:59 GMT

On 12/28/2014 Rabid1 said:
Both the free web based Hulu and Hulu + have commercials in the newer TV content. But the commercials vs broadcast TV commercials are a lot shorter.

Yep! And there's much less of them.

Re: Hulu Question

pinkwblingplz — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 06:13:49 GMT

Yup, commercials on hulu. And they tend to play the same ones over & over. It's annoying but the shows are a lot more current and they have a lot more to pick from.

Re: Hulu Question

scotttie — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 06:23:44 GMT

Thanks everyone. AFter using Netflix I didn't like Hulu as well. I'm used to no commercials and the ffwd and reverse are very cumbersome. Very annoying.

Thanks for the information. I was hoping the commercials were just because it was a free trial.

Re: Hulu Question

jackthebear — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 14:08:55 GMT

Hulu+ is less/month and that is why they feature ads. They are not as frequent or as many as the free Hulu.

Re: Hulu Question

lovescats — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:53:45 GMT

To me it seems like hulu+ has less commercials that watching the shows on demand.