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Hulu Reviews Summary

Hulu's reputation is marked by a diverse content library and the appeal of timely access to popular TV shows and movies, which many customers appreciate. However, significant concerns have emerged regarding technical performance, including frequent buffering, app freezes, and navigation difficulties, leading to frustration among users. Additionally, issues with customer service, such as unresponsive support and billing discrepancies, have been highlighted. The overall sentiment indicates that while Hulu offers valuable content, persistent operational problems and a growing dissatisfaction with ad frequency may push customers toward alternative streaming services.

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Arizona
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I agree with other reviews that hulu plus is great in theory but ads are aweful. We watch it on the Wii and every time the ads start they don't play. You have to click the "a" button without it pointing at the screen for it to play and then you have to do it for all 4 commercials every time! I had also hoped for more networks to be on it. I wish you could find out what shows are on hulu before purchasing it.

Date of experience: March 10, 2014
New York
14 reviews
76 helpful votes
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I love Hulu!
February 24, 2014

I love Hulu! Great way's to get my content on the go!

Date of experience: February 24, 2014
Missouri
1 review
2 helpful votes
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The only reason I still use Hulu is because there are no good alternatives. Hulu is the $#*!tiest website/app. It has consistent bugs that are never fixed. Even worse, it plays the same commercials over and over. And over. Until you'd rather poke your own eyes out with a spoon than watch the same commercial for the 50th time in a row. Even worse than the fact that they have a total of 5 commercials they play at any given time is the absolutely idiotic commercials they choose to feature. I despise Hulu.

Date of experience: January 19, 2014
Illinois
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Hulu Plus is great in theory. You pay a monthly fee and you get to watch past and current TV episodes. The only problem is the ads. I understand having ads to pay for free content but the fact I am already paying for access just pisses me off. I would gladly pay a higher monthly fee to not have to see ads. I greatly dislike the fact that if I sit through 2 or 3 ads then I pause the show for 30 seconds and when I resume, I have to watch more ads. I will stick with netflix and my xfinity apps. They may not be as up to date with current seasons but I much prefer not having to sit through the same 5 commercials up to 5 times in one television episode.

Date of experience: January 17, 2014
Texas
2 reviews
12 helpful votes
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Hulu is awesome
January 10, 2014

Hulu is awesome. All my favorite shows and the price is just right

Date of experience: January 10, 2014
Arizona
24 reviews
20 helpful votes
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This site rocked when it was 100% free until they added hulu plus which made hardly anything free... now it is OK as they have some shows free but it was much better when everything was completely free though.

Date of experience: December 4, 2013
Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I like the concept of watching tv shows online, but its pretty sad that there are more commercials on hulu than what is actually on TV. DVR at least allows you to fast forward through commercials.

Date of experience: August 4, 2013
California
91 reviews
225 helpful votes
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I love Hulu
July 17, 2013

I love Hulu. Great shows. Low monthly price. Although, sadly, I have noticed that some of my favorite shows are being taken off hulu and on to their own network apps, i. E. Downtown Abby. Only downside is that you can't use it internationally.

Date of experience: July 16, 2013
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I love hulu.com!
July 16, 2013

I love hulu.com! Even though it doesn't show every episode of certain show, you can pay to get everything, or get tons of cool stuff for free!

Date of experience: July 15, 2013
Virginia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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The service and all of the other features are top notch but if I wanted to have a bottom level experience I would have asked Moses to turn my staff into a serpent. F*** that s***. Content is all this has ti keep it above a 1.

Date of experience: July 2, 2013
South Carolina
5 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Hulu.com is the best entertainment source for people like me who are fond of television shows. The website comprises of an excellent range of shows, clips, movies, and more. When I visited this website initially, I believed that I may have to download additional software or at least a plugin to watch the videos. I was so happy to know that this website allows us to watch our favorite videos in the web browser. Browse, select, and watch! It is simple. I kill my leisure time by spending it here.

Date of experience: June 19, 2013
Florida
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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You cannot beat this site for good quality streaming free movies. There is hulu plus, however there is so much on the regular hulu website to avail free movies, in high quality high definition streaming, you will never be bored. If nothing is on tv, check out hulu for free. Have fun

Date of experience: June 10, 2013
New Jersey
13 reviews
47 helpful votes
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Hulu is one of those rare sites that when you first hear about it, you think it's too good to be true, and yet they offer everything they say they're going to offer. I've been using Hulu for quite some time now since I don't regularly watch TV and I must say I really do enjoy being able to stay current with TV through Hulu. It is definitely not the best out there especially because the tv networks offer their own access to the same shows through their commercial providers. Hulu only really brings the major networks together and it doesn't provide anything outside of that. So the one thing you definitely won't see on Hulu are shows from HBO or Showtime or any other pay per view networks like that.

Date of experience: May 26, 2013
New York
10 reviews
21 helpful votes
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When they drop support for GoogleTV customers so I dropped them. They have some good content and update enough to keep you entertained for the most part.

If they add support for more customers and I may give them my money again. Until then there are better options.

Date of experience: May 2, 2013
Washington
8 reviews
14 helpful votes
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Tv, show, and movies, documentaris, cartoons and moreee an moreee, I don't pay for cable or satelite...

Date of experience: March 7, 2013
Oregon
5 reviews
6 helpful votes
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A great site for looking for new movies and going some where else to see

Date of experience: February 22, 2013
France
10 reviews
12 helpful votes
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A great site, but they should have more stuff for us to check. Especially free
JT

Date of experience: July 21, 2012
Florida
3 reviews
16 helpful votes
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Most of us try to keep track of all our favorite movies and TV shows but sometimes it's very difficult with most of our busy schedules. Netflix, Hulu and Sidereel are three of many sites that allow us to track the things that we want to watch. Watching our favorite videos online saved us money and time. We can watch something faster online since there are less commercials (usually saves about 15 min.) it's also cheaper than going to the movies or renting a video for a night. Using these sites we can watch them from anywhere in the world at a convenient hour.

Hulu is a fantastic website since it lets us watch our favorite show the very next day. Hulu is updated every day so we don't have to wait long to watch something. It's about six dollars a month so it's pretty affordable. But I hate the fact that we have to watch the commercials (even when we pay). The movies are not updated often so most movies that are available are old. This website is good to keep up with recent TV shows and for that I would recommend this site.

Date of experience: July 9, 2012
Florida
3 reviews
11 helpful votes
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I really like hulu's website. The design is easy to navigate, and the video viewer is simple and unobtrusive. It doesn't have upload, download, or rating capabilities, but that's because it's a content viewing website, not creation. Hulu does, however, have sharing capabilities, which is important for any website that wants to keep up with other websites today.

Date of experience: July 9, 2012
Florida
3 reviews
34 helpful votes
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As movie stores, such as Blockbusters and Movie Galleries, are becoming slim to none in existence, many people have resorted to online options to watch movies. Many people prefer the online option to view their movies because it is often times free or cheaper than renting one at a store. Also having to be home or near a tv at the exact time your favorite tv series airs its newest episode is no longer an issue with these web 2.0 tools since they have both movies and tv episodes for their users. This instant availability has definitely been a major pro for users and is probably one of the main reasons movie stores are going out of business.
I found three web 2.0 sites that people can use to watch their favorite tv shows and movies. I took into account the websites' affordability, accessibility, reliability, and more to create my reviews. Hulu's website is very aesthetically pleasing. The website is organized in a logical and concise manner so that the user can find what they are looking for in a minimal amount of time. There are some episodes and movies that Hulu allows you to watch for free by simply signing up and creating a username and password. However a con is that most of the episodes and movies you have to subscribe to HuluPlus in order to watch which contains a small monthly fee of $7.99. A pro for HuluPlus is that once you subscribe to the monthly fee you can watch unlimited movies and episodes. I would definitely recommend this website to someone.

Date of experience: July 9, 2012