I think you guys should have named your service “Hulu Plus For PC” since you can’t view anything worthwhile on any other device. You got one month out of me I guess before I figured it out, so congrats on that I suppose.

Like most people I was astonished by how terrible the “plus” content is. I can’t watch The Simpsons on my PS3, the stuttering during streaming was constant, and the content is non-existent. I will absolutely be cancelling after my trial.
If these companies ever want to beat torrent sites, then they’re going to have to stop being so greedy and offer a real product at a good price. I’m not going to pay for this sub-par content and commercials.

the Free trial charged my account 4 bucks.. not so free?

So I just signed on with hulu plus for the 1 week trial and have been browsing through it. Well like everyone else, most everything i watch is web only. Needless to say i will discontinue hulu plus at the end of my trial. Sorry hulu, its just not worth it. Come back to your customers when you really have content to offer.

I too was lured by the free trial (that I actually have to provide credit card info for) and have been massively disappointed. I can’t believe I’m actually expected to pay $8 a month for content with ads (just like the FREE web content) and am constantly being told that a very large portion of the content is “web only”, which frequently means I could be watching it on my computer for FREE anyway. This just screams rip-off, and fills me with disappointment. :(

Hulu has got to get with it on the “Web-Only” stuff! I mean for real, you can’t hardly buy a tv these days that doesn’t have a pc input. All we have to do is hook our laptops up to our tv’s, but that’s a drag since my xbox and roku are already hooked up. If this isn’t fixed soon im dropping HULU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I signed up for Huluplus 2 weeks ago after cancelling my cable service and spending $ money on streaming internet media players for the TVs in my house. Really dissapointed that most of my favorite programs seem to be only available on the Web. If I have to watch my programs on my PC instead of my TVs, then I guess I will cancel Huluplus as I can easily search the net from my PC for free.

Note that Hulu has chosen not to respond to any of the criticism about web-only content because there is no reasonable response. Anything that is available on a laptop should be available on any other “mobile” device. If there is any difference in licensing between smartphones/tablets and laptops it’s only because the idiots writing these agreements wish to extract more revenue from customers by nickel and diming them on access privileges.

I signed up for the 7 day trial to use the service on my iPad. I now plan to end the subscription before the trial expires. There’s absolutely no point in a service that offers a large percentage of “web only” content that can be viewed on a laptop, yet not on other equally mobile devices such as tablets.

i love it

HULU’s PROS and CONS

PROS:
They have the TV shows you like.

CONS:
They have the TV shows you like “WEB ONLY”
You’re already paying so much with Hulu+ and yet, there are still ads!

Netflix is waaaaaay better than Hulu+.
NO ADS and all the shows are available to any devices, even over 3G!

This may be one of the most useless services I’ve ever seen. I had about 6 particular shows in mind when I signed up for my week trial, and was very open minded to cancelling my Netflix account if everything with Hulu Plus checked out to be what it was ADVERTISED to be. Well, lo and behold, EVERY show I had in mind was either “web only” or just not there at all. After searching for another few minutes for some “backup” shows, which brought me the same results (or lack thereof), I cancelled immediately so I didn’t flush $7.99 down the proverbial toilet. I seriously can’t think of ONE reason someone would leave Netflix for this service, and I will be telling every Netflix user that I personally know the same thing.

bla bla bla !!! hulu fucking sucks period…. 7.99 for web content only lololo!!!! yo huluu did u knew theres something called youtube? and its free!! lol @ Hulu ahahaha shitty service….

Hi Sean,

To answer your question about why we can’t have past seasons on some shows, or more than five episodes on others, it’s simply just a function of the agreements that were made. We have to come to terms with each content provider will be providing us with, how much they will be providing, and what the benefits and risks of providing that are.

Each content provider has their own things to consider, but thankfully we’ve been able to come to agreements for what we feel is a great set of content. But we’re not stopping there, we want it all. Our content acquisition team works hard every day. Recently you’ve seen the great additions of Viacom, South Park, Miramax, and the Criterion Collection and you’ll continue to see more making it a greater and greater value.

Maybe we don’t have the content you personally desire right now. Check back later and maybe we’ll have it then. Not every service is for everyone, but Hulu Plus is a great value to a great many users. Thanks for giving it a chance.

Thanks,
James
Hulu Support

Hmmm, Netflix seems to have more content than Hulu for the same price with NO ads! All the shows I want to see on Hulu are web only and there are only 5 episodes. Give me one good reason why all the seasons can’t be streamed with a paid subscription. Tell me again why I’m paying for both? I think Hulu is going to be losing my 7.99+tax each month. This is absolutely ridiculous. It’s 2011 folks, let’s get with the program!

im with everyone else on this matter. i have netflix and i loved it but it sucked not being able to watch new episodes so i bought hulu plus so i could watch season 7 of the office. I decently satisfied because i got to see the hilarious episodes i missed. And then I go and try to find other shows i like and they’re all “web only” -_- once im done watching the season i will be ending my subscription until they fix this.

I have been a Hulu plus member since Sep 03, 2010 back when it was announced that plus would be on xbox. I was looking forward to watching Always sunny, In Plain Sight, Chuck, The League, Louie, Eureka, Warehouse 13, Haven and White Collar on my xbox… but to my dismay after paying for 10 months. EVERY ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS IS WEB ONLY?!?!?!? What am I paying for?

So the comments on this thread are 95% about the “web only” xbox issue and there is no response from hulu staff. I am also frustrated by this issue and will not pay for it for this reason. Anyone at hulu that has a pair dare post a response?

If it was not for “Web Only” I would pay for this. Will probably cancel before my free week is up.

As I run out of my favorite TV series through my netflix on XBOX I resort to sitting in my computer chair on watching them on the pc. I learn about hulu plus on XBOX and am estatic. I put it all my credit card information and get ready for the TV series’s to begin. All of the sudden “WEB ONLY!!!!”. I wanted to puke. What a jest get it right or pay the price hulu way to fail hardcore. Free trial then I am out. LATA!

Yea, have to agree with everyone else and say the “web only” content is lame. I won’t be keeping it.

Web Only? That’s all I see on xbox. That and Buffering….I remember watching all shows and all the episodes for free. I don’t mind paying for it, But the only reason to subscribe is to watch on the xbox. Not the web. Get it together HULU or I’m walkin’ and I’m taking my friends with me. Peace Off!

Hulu plus for xbox was obviously released before it was ready. The CONSTANT buffering and “network conditions have changed – 0801″ errors make it almost un-usable. The problem is definitely the hulu-xbox app, as I have no problem watching hulu on laptop or netflix on xbox.

Now that software updates can be distributed quickly and automatically, it seems like there is no longer a “beta test” period. I’m really sick and tired of being a beta tester for not-ready-for-primetime products, AND paying for the privilege. I’ll be calling Hulu support and asking them to continuing making my plus subscription free, until the product I’m purchasing actually works.

Regarding the “web-only” content: I’m sure that will be my next frustration. But seeing as how I can’t even watch the xbox-available content most of the time, it hasn’t really hit me hard yet.

When my currently prepaid six months are up, I will be cancelling. The web only content is a deal breaker for me. It is unfortunate that so many of the things I want to watch are available for free on your website, but not to those who would support your company on the device of their choice.

The title of this article is: “Stream Your Favorite TV Shows”…only I can’t. All of MY favorite TV shows are “web only”. Every. Single. One.

I have been waiting for Hulu Plus to come to Xbox for nearly a year. I am NOT a cable TV customer. So let me share a little basic business sense with you:
Don’t promise your target market (i.e. people who won’t pay for crappy cable) something and then blatently say FU once they have paid. The basic rule is if someone likes something they will tell 7 people, and if they don’t like it they will tell 23. If that’s 23 comments on blogs, then think of how many MILLIONS of potential customers you just chased away.

Brilliant as a lump of clay.

I agree with everyone else. I was extremely excited that Xbox began streaming Hulu and I intended to sign up after the trial. However, the majority of the shows I want to watch are ‘Web-Only’. Dealbreaker

I didn’t realize there were some web browser only shows, but I have been watching Hulu on my TV since I can remember (PC connection. I watched on Xbox Live for the first time last night and the picture quality is amazing. I had been waiting to sign up for Hulu+ until the Xbox app was released and based on picture quality alone, it’s worth it. I hope they figure out this web only nonsense. There are ads anyway, so why does it matter if I’m watching them on my PC or on my Xbox? Clickability?

The number of Web only shows ruins this experience, most of the shows I wanted to watch are not available. Not likely to pay for this, but would have paid more to have more shows available.

I agree the mob. I can’t watch most of the shows I want unless I watch them on the web. What’s the point? Im not paying for limited access. HULU plus is a very misleading name. Where is the plus or even plain hulu?

would not pay for hulu plus on xbox because of the “web only content” if im going to pay i want it all!!!! also what happens when the trial runs out will i still be able to watch tv on hulu or will the xbox app just ask for payment?

First off, thank you. I am happy to see more content brought to the Xbox platform. That said, I must agree with the lack of content issues. It is great that there are a few current shows that I am able to enjoy right now, but the vast majority of the Hulu library is web only and that sucks. I would be willing to pay $10/month for the ENTIRE Hulu library to be available through the Xbox and other assorted peripherals. And here’s why: I dumped cable. I only use Netflix streaming currently and love it. This model (and your’s Hulu) IS the future of media consumption.

If Hulu were able to open up its entire library, it would be a great facilitator to current season programs and fill in gaps that Netflix is just not able to fill. This LOWERS the entertainment costs in my household considerably, seeing as how having “basic” cable through my area’s prevalent provider is a $50 (minimum) endeavor as it is. At the $10 price point, a combo of Netflix AND Hulu plus kills traditional cable as far as I am concerned. Now if only the rest of the world saw things my way… lol.

Anyways, please bring up the amount of content on Hulu plus and will consider adding this to my monthly media expenditures. Otherwise, I will likely pay for a single month, watch all the rpograms from the current season and cancel the account for a year. Which sounds better to Hulu? A year @ $10/month or a single month @ $8?

Yeah, there’s no way I’m paying a cent for this after my free week. 90% of what I’d want to watch isnt even available unless I go online. Nice interface, poor content. Thanks for nothing.

Great that you’re getting on more devices now.. Until you get the license for all these “web only” shows fixed, it’s going to be DOA. The Simpsons? Really?

“Web only” the more I see this the more I know I won’t go past my 7 day trial.

Same problem here as Zach states. I go to hulu.com/plus/unlock, and there is no place to put the code in. Hey but I’m signed up and my free preview is counting down! Not ready for prime time here? What’s the deal?

You had a blog in January of this year saying hulu is now on Vizio HDTVs. I have a Vizio 3D LED/LCD Internet App television and it does not get hulu nor does my vizio blue ray player with internet apps. I called vizio and they said it is hulu who has not placed it to be available on the widgets for the 3D LED/LCD televisions and they have no idea when it will be on the blue ray players. Now my question is, if you have it on some Vizio televisions by now, why not all of them?

Am I the only one having problems setting this up!? I Go to hulu.com/plus/unlock just like my xbox says and I just get caught in a loop of “learn more” links! Where do I type in my freakin activation code!?

its cool that i get a free week of this. but i would not pay more for this. first, you cant even watch half the shows on xbox because you only can watch it online. second, you still have to watch the stop commercials