Comments on: South Park, MSNBC, The Daily Show “Get it”. Hulu does not. http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/802 Crunky! This is a blog about an English teacher living in South Korea. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:03:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: John from Daejeon http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/802#comment-3182 John from Daejeon Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:31:32 +0000 http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/802#comment-3182 After watching a few shows, I think those footing the bill (NBCUniversal, Saturn, Bank of America, Chevy, etc.) don't want to waste their investment on people in foreign countries who will likely never be consumers of theirs. It does cost money (electricity, bandwidth, and computer wear and tear) to provide these types of service; therefore, they are protecting their bottom line. Hulu isn't the only one blocking access overseas, all the networks do it as well. However, I do like how hulu now allows one to watch a movie preview at the beginning of the stream to avoid any future commercial interruptions during the TV program's or film's playback. That being said, I don't like the limited amount of episodes that they entice you with as they want you to get hooked into buying season dvd sets from later seasons. After watching a few shows, I think those footing the bill (NBCUniversal, Saturn, Bank of America, Chevy, etc.) don’t want to waste their investment on people in foreign countries who will likely never be consumers of theirs. It does cost money (electricity, bandwidth, and computer wear and tear) to provide these types of service; therefore, they are protecting their bottom line. Hulu isn’t the only one blocking access overseas, all the networks do it as well.

However, I do like how hulu now allows one to watch a movie preview at the beginning of the stream to avoid any future commercial interruptions during the TV program’s or film’s playback. That being said, I don’t like the limited amount of episodes that they entice you with as they want you to get hooked into buying season dvd sets from later seasons.

]]> By: John from Daejeon http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/802#comment-3170 John from Daejeon Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:29:52 +0000 http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/802#comment-3170 I enjoy both Netflix (my brother's account) and Hulu from the states via an open VPN. Hotspot Shield is free and works well, but they only allow a couple of hours worth of viewing per month. http://anchorfree.com/downloads/hotspot-shield/ I went with a compnay that I had a discount for. Not the best out there, but I got a deal for two years that only set me back $36. Depending on traffic, sometimes I have to let the movie or show buffer for a little while to make sure that there are not any interruptions during playback. I enjoy both Netflix (my brother’s account) and Hulu from the states via an open VPN.

Hotspot Shield is free and works well, but they only allow a couple of hours worth of viewing per month. http://anchorfree.com/downloads/hotspot-shield/

I went with a compnay that I had a discount for. Not the best out there, but I got a deal for two years that only set me back $36. Depending on traffic, sometimes I have to let the movie or show buffer for a little while to make sure that there are not any interruptions during playback.

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