Hulu at $5.99/mo w/ads?

[UCFBS]

I'm seriously considering picking up Hulu again, now that they are offering $5.99/mo w/ads.

Q: Does anyone have this plan, and how heavy are the ads?


Details ... (long)

Spoiler

Living rural (at least until I finally cave in and become my own ISP and run fiber 2 miles), I currently have the following, because I'm on 12/2Mbps DSL (including my T-mobile LTE2/4 bridge) ...
- LiveTV: DirecTV (24mo fixed competitive pricing w/DSL, all but pay channels, for $100/mo)
- Streaming: Amazon, Netlix
- New Movies/TV: Vudu (again, Ultraviolet )
- Old Movies/TV: DVD, rip to media server

Before I went rural, and had decent cable, I had ...
- LiveTV: SlingTV Limited (on the initial $14/mo T-mobile plan)
- Streaming: Amazon, Hulu, Netflix
- New Movies/TV: Vudu (always buy Ultraviolet)
- Old Movies/TV: DVD, rip to media server

After going rural, I dropped SlingTV, as well as decided to drop Hulu, keeping Netflix. My wife loves having all her channels on DirecTV, and with the 30 minutes of negotiation, the $100/mo for DSL+DirecTV (all but pay channels) every 24/mo (not that first 12/mo BS), I've stuck with it.

That's the main reason I've kept Netflix, because it's not that much more than what I'm paying for Internet, TV and Amazon ... plus I find I spend $25-30/mo renting, or buying on-sale, newer on Vudu (Ultraviolet).

But it's really not worth $16, and that can pay for 5 movie rentals. It gets watched so little by me, and Amazon has so much I love. For new stuff, I buy everything else on Vudu (Ultraviolet) that I can watch on Amazon anyway via 'Movies Anywhere,' I'm thinking of cutting it.

And that would easily pay for Hulu w/o ads.

If AT&T is a PITA when I re-negotiate my next 2 years in October, I might look at Hulu for LiveTV as well. But I'm not there yet. At the same time, I think $5.99/mo is worth it, at least to try.

 

[Crazyhole]

What part of your spoiler was a spoiler? I pretty much expected all of it.

 

[UCFBS]

What part of your spoiler was a spoiler? I pretty much expected all of it.

It's mainly so people aren't barking about the scrollbar, although at least the newer board's design and quote functionality now limits the scrollbar in quotes.

 

[Crazyhole]

It's mainly so people aren't barking about the scrollbar, although at least the newer board's design and quote functionality now limits the scrollbar in quotes.

You should have stopped at design and then made the rest of your post a spoiler.

Btw, I'm just messing with you.

 

[UCFandMizzou]

I have it, they aren't bad. I am in grad school and as a student I get Spotify/Hulu together for 4.99/month. In a typical 30-minute show there are two add breaks, each one 30-60 seconds long.

 

[UCFBS]

I have it, they aren't bad. I am in grad school and as a student I get Spotify/Hulu together for 4.99/month. In a typical 30-minute show there are two add breaks, each one 30-60 seconds long.

Cool, thanx!

I'm going to go ahead and sign-up (I had Hulu years ago) for the ad-based plan, and spend the next month going through my Netflix watch list and deciding if I'm going to cut it.

 

[UCFWayne]

i was big into cord cutting awhile back. my favorite then was ps vue. wife now works for cable company so i get it for free. not sure if thats really a good deal anymore. $6 doesnt seem too bad though.

 

[UCFBS]

i was big into cord cutting awhile back. my favorite then was ps vue. wife now works for cable company so i get it for free. not sure if thats really a good deal anymore. $6 doesnt seem too bad though.

The issue most people have with PS Vue is that Sony doesn't like IP addresses to change. They also seem to limit streaming on-the-road. That's the one area I do love DirecTV for, no issues with that.

In my case, I'm not looking for LiveTV, I have DirecTV (satellite, not DirecTVNow streaming) as I'm rural with only 12/2Mb DSL. I'm just looking to come back to Hulu as it's now only $5.99/mo w/ads, while dropping Netflix after the latest bump.