I’d say the Sci-Fi channel was killing me, since they’ve made some cancellations that didn’t please me in the past (Firefly and Farscape), but I think this one is purely a result of NBC’s acquisition of the Sci-Fi channel. No, it’s not another cancellation. First, I’m annoyed that I cannot continue to buy Battlestar Galactica (the new series) on iTunes anymore (Only Seasons 1-3 were available, but nothing is available now) - so now I will have Seasons 1-3 on iTunes and Season 4 on DVD.
NBC has this service at hulu.com that will broadcast its shows on the Internet. Regardless of the problems I have with the service and its quality, I still use it to keep up with Battlestar Gallactica. They used to put episodes up within a day. Then they instituted a week waiting period - this only mildly effected me as I just took a week off from watching it and started again last week. However, I’m here trying to see the episode that aired on May 23, now being June 1 (9 days later) and its not available. A sneak peak is available, but not the actual episode! Damn, man! Be consistent! They are really starting to drive me toward finding these episodes elsewhere - copyright be damned. I’ll get my friends to record them to VCR for me if I have to. One more inconsistency and I sign off from trying to use their online “service”.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 2:24 pm - Edit
I agree that the quality/consistency leaves much to be desired (Much like shows on Itunes) I have to give Hulu props for 1 thing:
Their Commercials are NOT Louder then the show you are watching!!!
This is kinda awesome (or.. have I I gotten so used to being abused that I think what should be normal is exceptional?)
June 3rd, 2008 at 2:26 pm - Edit
Note: I have a commercial internet account with 10 Mbits down (And am actually getting that) , so I find it very annoying when the “HD” broadcast keeps falling below the threshold to maintain “HD” and goes all grainy…
June 3rd, 2008 at 2:35 pm - Edit
Ilya told me that the license agreements they have with the media companies don’t allow them to “cache much”.