Hulu

If you haven't checked out Hulu yet, you should. It hosts free ad supported videos, the videos aren't jumpy, and the quality is good. The best part about it is the content. They have shows like "The Office" and "Arrested Development," and we're not talking about just one or two episodes, these are FULL SEASONS! Plus they have some older shows that I watched when I was a kid, like ALF.

They also have some movies, most of them are obscure older movies or movies that didn't do well in the box office, but they also have good ones, like "The Usual Suspects" "Men in Black." There really is something for everyone, and the best part is, it's all free, you just have to watch the commercials spread throughout the program, but it does it automatically, and none of them last for more than thirty seconds.

Check it out

http://www.hulu.com/

Getting rid of cable

This past week I did some research on the Netflix Roku player. It's a $99 box that links with your Netflix "watch now" account, allowing you to watch all that content online (The $99 is a one time charge, there's no monthly fee for the box). There is a fair amount of content right now, with some movies as well as TV shows (including The Office!). Plus, this past week Roku announced that the Roku player would be adding new content partners as well, such as Youtube and Hulu, which would be incredible.

My thinking on all this is; our cable costs around $90 a month, and we really only watch about twenty channels out of the 400 we pay for. For an unlimited Netflix "watch now" account, it's only $8.95 a month, and that includes getting actual DVDs every month. That's a savings of $80 a month! That's $960 a year! I could almost buy a macbook!

It's a tough sell to my wife right now, because the shows she watches now aren't available on Netflix or Hulu, and it could be a while before they add them, if they ever do. I am a firm believer that either cable companies will start offering channels al a carte or more and more ad supported content will be moved online. This makes for an exciting future, but I'm still paying that cable bill in the present.

Has anyone gone the cable less route? Do you love it? Hate it? Miss some of the content that you used to enjoy? Let me know.