Hooray for Hulu Desktop!

I'm sure you've heard of Hulu?

This service is a partnership between various broadcasters to put their shows online for time-shifted viewing.  That's just a fancy way of saying 'you can watch it when you want instead of when we put it on air'.Well Hulu was OK when it was introduced as a website.  The website approach meant you had to watch the shows in a browser window that took away from the viewing experience....until now.A few weeks ago, Hulu released HULU DESKTOP.  This is a program that runs on Mac or Windows and provides a different way to access Hulu.  Finally, the Hulu experience on a computer approaches the smooth and seamless approach that our AppleTV gives us on the telly.

If you haven't tried Hulu yet, now is the time to give it a try.  Download the application and setup an account.  This takes less than 3 minutes.  Once you create an account, you can subscribe to shows that interest you and as a bonus you can subscribe to clips so that you can watch only the bits of shows that interest you.

As new episodes and clips get added, the ones you subscribe to will be added to your 'queue'.  It is all very userfriendly and efficient.  No more switching channels looking for something to watch.  Now it's a tivo like world where the shows you like are waiting for you.  There are commercials but they are much less obtrusive and numerous.

Hooray for Hulu Desktop!

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