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No More Hulu on Boxee
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I *just* bought an Apple TV this weekend (the Xbox360 I had been using for media streaming gave me a Red Ring of Death -- needs to be sent off to Micro$oft for repair.. thankfully covered under warranty).... and I've been really enjoying Boxee & its Hulu support so far... guess I've just got bad timing.
Does CouchSurfer work on the Apple TV for Hulu? I'm assuming it would, from what I've read about it.... anyone have any experience? If this works, it's an inconvenience, but I guess better than nothing.
Does CouchSurfer work on the Apple TV for Hulu? I'm assuming it would, from what I've read about it.... anyone have any experience? If this works, it's an inconvenience, but I guess better than nothing.
We also have to remember that there really wasn't any kind of official partnership between Boxee and Hulu, Hulo no doubt was aware of Boxee, they just never did anything about it since that it is still an early beta and all. It was a very much an unofficial thing that Boxee was able to tie into its product. This was bound to happen sooner or later simply due to the fact that Hulu has to control its distribution and that includes other services like Boxee.
Absurd.
I was watching more TV than ever, all because of Hulu on Boxee. I watched an episode of House yesterday while I was eating lunch - with ads. I've never really watched the show before, and it was nice to see what all the fuss was about. Now I won't have that option. I'm never, never, never, never going to watch TV content on either of my computers.
I wonder what percentage of Boxee users will be turning to alternative methods of getting the content they want?
I was watching more TV than ever, all because of Hulu on Boxee. I watched an episode of House yesterday while I was eating lunch - with ads. I've never really watched the show before, and it was nice to see what all the fuss was about. Now I won't have that option. I'm never, never, never, never going to watch TV content on either of my computers.
I wonder what percentage of Boxee users will be turning to alternative methods of getting the content they want?
Maybe he meant how hulu on boxee is limited to low quality 360p stream (boxee claims Apple TV is too underpowered to stream 480p).
well, i really hope the reason hulu ditched boxxee is because Apple will come out with an official hulu app for the 
TV. I actually ditched my cable subscription when I got hulu working on my TV. So now, i have to wait for Apple to release a full app for the TV or just ditch my TV and plug my mac mini directly into the tv and realize that the TV is dead.
TV. I actually ditched my cable subscription when I got hulu working on my TV. So now, i have to wait for Apple to release a full app for the TV or just ditch my TV and plug my mac mini directly into the tv and realize that the TV is dead.
Easy to say, but one of the reasons for the Writers strike was the studios attempts to change to the system to stop things like this - but public support was overwhelmingly with the writers maintaining (and increasing the costs of) the status quo.
Phazer
At least uTorrent was released for Mac 
But in all seriousness, most of us will just find another distribution source for this content -- most likely preventing any revenue stream for reaching the "content providers."
But in all seriousness, most of us will just find another distribution source for this content -- most likely preventing any revenue stream for reaching the "content providers."
Indeed. I don't know how anybody could stomach watching Boxee/Hulu content in 360p in the first place. It may look OK if you're used to analog TV on 17" CRT tube, but it looks like garbage on my 50" LCD.
DVR the networks shows off the air in HD (EyeTV is great) and use Mininova for the rest!
+1
I was loving watching the old shows (Hitchcock) and my kids were enjoying The Addams Family.
Apple TV+Boxee+Hulu just made it so easy.
Sure the quality was not great on my 46" Sharp, but it was good enough considering the price and convenience.
Oh well.
EDIT, I wonder if Boxee had anything to do with the increase in TV sales?
http://www.pcworld.com/article/158874/apple_tv_sales_triple.html
Of course Boxee does! Boxee is the only reason I bought one and I bet I'm not alone.
This doesn't make sense when Apple could just break the exploit that allows owners to install Boxee on AppleTV. Why affect ALL Boxee users?
More likely, Hulu will start developing their own app/plugin model for hardware like the Roku box. Unfortunately, Apple is stubborn in their desire for people to download content through iTunes, so we will likely never see Hulu on AppleTV. I hope I'm wrong.
Wishful thinking... AppleTV may adopt an app-store model like the iPhone to allow 3rd-party developers to get content on the AppleTV. If Hulu app were made available, Apple would get a cut of the sale. I really think this is about new media revenue streams for the big studios. They are panicking b/c traditional broadcast and advertising revenue is falling (fewer people are subscribing to cable) and they need new methods of PAID content delivery to fill the gap. Hulu, offered for free and with much less advertising, does not make up for it. The biz need a different model. I think they should listen to what Jobso has to say. He figured out Music 6 years ago and the music studios are finally starting to come around.
couple of links floating about to hack Hulu back into Boxee:
http://lifehacker.com/5157524/bring-hulu-back-to-boxee-and-xbmc
not sure if it works.
http://lifehacker.com/5157524/bring-hulu-back-to-boxee-and-xbmc
not sure if it works.
Actually, I bought mine for the sole purpose of playing my iTunes library on my main entertainment center with a slick interface.
Between 2 Popcorn Hours, a Roku, FiOS TV and a Netflix subscription, I have little use for the overpriced iTunes store TV shows/movies and the underpowered hardware of the ATV. The minute someone tells me that it can play a 1080p MKV or an m2ts stream is the minute I'll be interested in the ATV as a video playback device.
Besides, what was the big deal about Hulu, anyway? From what I've seen the quality was pretty unimpressive.
John
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follow the link if you want hulu back on boxee, works like a charm!! YES!!!
just tried it and i got "Unable to retrieve data"
could the hack already be blocked? i hope not
yup, it has been disabled, another "true" hack should be out soon, not dirty like this one was....no idea on timeline
well, i really hope the reason hulu ditched boxxee is because Apple will come out with an official hulu app for the
It's highly unlikely this is the reason it was pulled.
I actually ditched my cable subscription when I got hulu working on my
It's highly likely this is the reason it was pulled.
It's highly unlikely this is the reason it was pulled.
It's highly likely this is the reason it was pulled.
i agree. however, since when do the studios have any say over what device, a private citizen owns, watches fully legal video on?
Fact is, if this were to go to court, this would be an easy win for boxee/hulu. The studios would, ofcourse, quickly shut hulu down in that case...
I will never return to cable. Their crappy anti-consumer BS has lost me as a customer forever. I'll go back to reading papers before i'll pay for cable again. Fact is, no one "really" needs what cable has to offer. And nothing cable has to offer is of any kind of quality anyways...