Wednesday, March 26, 2008

hulu.com

In the ongoing evolution of digital mediums there are watershed moments when you instinctively know that entertainment has changed. The CD burner comes to mind. Napster. itunes. Tivo. youtube. hulu.com is destined to be one of those. Here’s the deal: pretty much any show on NBC or Fox and a lot of shows on their subsidiary cable channels are available to watch in their entirety on the day after they air. While there are some advertisements, it’s less than on TV. The video quality is pretty high on a computer, much higher than youtube, and you can watch any episode that’s come before of a lot of shows. So, you can watch the first two seasons of 30 Rock. Or the The Office. Or Heroes, Friday Night Flights, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Conan, or Saturday Night Live (broken down by skit, not episode). There are also older shows like Arrested Development and Doogie Howser, M.D. There are also about 200 movies, uncut. Many are older or smaller, but a number are good films (The Usual Suspects, October Sky, Mulholland Drive).

1 comment:

Doctor said...

Thanks, priest. I caught a Simpsons episode I missed a couple of weeks ago. If you haven't seen the original version of Bedazzled (1967) with Dudley Moore, you'd probably like it. Lots of religious debate. It's on hulu page 2 (bottom left) of the movie section.