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Jul 01 2009

Hulu Desktop is a winner

Published by japadamus at 7:46 am under tv

Hulu is a great idea. It’s amazing that so many networks got together to do something…well…useful.

Previously you could only access Hulu through a web browser. That wasn’t bad, but it’s kind of inconvenient to watch full TV shows in your web browser. It was also pretty slow.

Well, a month or so ago Hulu came out with a downloadable application for PCs and Macs. I’ve been using it for a while now, and I have to say it’s mostly good.

The interface of the desktop app is similar to the web browser interface. That’s not a good thing, by the way. But it does seem to be a lot faster than the web client, and it frees up your browser so you can surf and watch TV at the same time.

It’s great for lunch breaks, or trips out of town. And, if you watch a lot of TV on your computer at home then it is really a pretty quick way to access a ton of shows. It doesn’t work well with remotes though, so you do tend to need access to a mouse.

You can download hulu desktop here. It’s free, but you do get the normal hulu ads. I don’t really mind the ads – they’re short and not really intrusive.

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