It’s been about a month since Hulu officially launched to the public after their 18 weeks of private beta testing. For those of you who have been able to try it, what do you think of it so far? Everything seems to be going well, so hopefully they’ll be expanding the service elsewhere in the world soon.
Now that users are getting comfortable with the service and all that it offers, Hulu has decided to add some new features which make sharing videos easy. They just about covered every main social service out there. Now when you’re watching a video, just look for the “share” button and icon. Clicking it will display a menu like what is shown above. Notice that you can send the video you’re watching to the following sites:
- MySpace
- Digg
- Windows Live
- del.icio.us
- StumbleUpon
- Google Bookmarks
I decided to see what would happen if I shared a video to Facebook. I was already signed into my Facebook account so it automatically pulled up a page that looked like this:
From there I was able to add comments and then either click “Post” to post it to my profile, or switch tabs and send it as a message to one of my friends.
Another great feature as Download Squad points out is that RSS feeds have been changed so that you can receive videos as enclosures. This means that you no longer have to leave your RSS feed to watch a movie, instead you can watch it right from your reader. Nice, huh?
does it let you upload your own videos? They should come up with a different section for this.
I have been using it since the beta.
Actually kind of forgot about it for a few weeks, then last week watched all the Bones ep. they had and Prison Break eps.
The ads are the perfect amount, and I am now constantly annoyed when watching normal TV and commercials come on. It feels like an eternity sitting there through normal TV commercials now.
Will be using Hulu a lot more looks like.
I enjoy Hulu a great deal. The ads are not overwhelming and the video quality is quite good. They have a fairly wide selection to choose from and I was glad to see some of the oldies like WKRP.
I doubt that I will use the sharing features though.
No, you can’t upload your own videos which is probably smart. There are so many other sites out there that offer a video sharing solution.
You mentioned the ads and that is one of the things they did best. The first time I watched a show on there, I was pleasantly surprised at how short and infrequent they actually were.
I doubt I’d use the sharing features either, but I guess they just went to be like the “rest” of the crowd and offer them.