Hulu on PS3/360, what are the options?

Mugenmidget

Right now I'm only aware of PlayOn and TVeristy Pro. The PlayOn trial seems to work really well from the little time I've spent with it, although rewinding content can sometimes be a pain. Haven't really run into anything major with it. How does TVersity Pro fare compared to PlayOn? I mainly ask because it's cheaper.

Also, what are the other options? Is there any freeware that does a bang up job? And what exactly is the deal with Hulu Plus? Would it be more worthwhile to subscribe to Microsoft or Sony's premium service in the future instead of purchasing one of these "workaround" solutions?

Basically, any and all information about streaming Hulu is welcome. Thanks for any help you can provide, I appreciate it!

UnbreakableVow

I really, really doubt these workaround solutions are going to work anymore once Hulu Plus is initiated

Egos

I take it you dont have a tv with a vga input?

Mugenmidget

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

I really, really doubt these workaround solutions are going to work anymore once Hulu Plus is initiated

Ah, yeah I had wondered about that. Sounds like Hulu Plus will be the only way to go.

Mugenmidget

Egos wrote: »

I take it you dont have a tv with a vga input?

Actually, the TV in question does have a VGA input, but using the PS3 to stream seems like less of a hassle. Plus I have a good media remote for it (and nothing too good like that for the PC), so selecting new shows is a lot more intuitive.

But if you have a setup using your PC and the VGA input I'd like to hear more about it, sounds like a cool option.

Egos

I would suppose the convenience would depend if you have a laptop (which I do). I just have a VGA adapter (female/male) and an long (approx 6ft) vga cord connected going to the television.

Looks fine though, at least for me. Granted my laptop is wired as opposed to wireless.

Mugenmidget

Egos wrote: »

I would suppose the convenience would depend if you have a laptop (which I do). I just have a VGA adapter (female/male) and an long (approx 6ft) vga cord connected going to the television

My laptop is kind of low spec, unfortunately, but I could buy a longer VGA cable and just run one from the PC in the room to the TV. Only bad part would be "no fancy remote" (for the time being, at least) but that's not that big of a deal. :P

Egos

Mugenmidget wrote: »

Egos wrote: »

I would suppose the convenience would depend if you have a laptop (which I do). I just have a VGA adapter (female/male) and an long (approx 6ft) vga cord connected going to the television

My laptop is kind of low spec, unfortunately, but I could buy a longer VGA cable and just run one from the PC in the room to the TV. Only bad part would be "no fancy remote" (for the time being, at least) but that's not that big of a deal. :P

Its definitely not the most aesthetically pleasing option (in terms of the real world presentation)

Dehumanized

TVersity's hulu streaming is awful. I've never had a good experience when trying it. Would not recommend.

Hulu+ on Playstation is really really good (there are some bits about the interface design that I don't like, but to be fair it's still in preview -- the streaming itself is great), but ofc there are fees.

zilo

And the media remote doesn't work with Hulu+ yet, which sort of sucks. Hopefully they remedy that before it goes "live".

Hillean

I picked up TVersity a few weeks back, and have had horrible luck with it... laggy, slow, constant pauses. Sucks.

I'll hafta stick with the generic Media Center then

Mugenmidget

Sounds like Hulu Plus is shaping up, at least. That's a shame to hear about TVersity, I had one or two pauses in the entire time I've used the PlayOn trial. Seems really solid, but again that's just a third party workaround so I'm not keen on paying for it.

Hillean

The biggest upside I've had to TVersity is that it plays pretty much any file type. Using the Media Center stuff, about 1/3 of my videos wouldn't play, and I'd hafta convert it to a certain medium to get it to run, and even then sometimes it wouldn't work.

TVersity seems to play fine, but say you try to skip ahead to a certain point, once it EVENTUALLY loads back up, it'll pause 1 second about every 10 seconds. Haven't quite figured out a fix just yet.

Synthesis

It's important to distinguish TVersity's media streaming support (which is excellent) versus TVersity's capability of handling Hulu (which is totally different, and apparently sucks). In the former, TVersity has among the best support and interface (just compare it to PS3Mediaserver's GUI).

But that means nothing for Hulu, which is something entirely different.

Dehumanized

Yeah, TVersity's streaming capabilities are quite great. Their hulu streaming basically makes a direct connection to the PC browser widget window, except with none of the feature support. The streaming is low quality and if you happen to drop your connection (which I've never been able to watch a full episode of a show without doing so), you have to start the video back up at the start, and slooooooowly fast forward through to the point where you were at.

Synthesis

Honestly, I had no idea that there were any streaming options for Hulu, period. Which is probably why I have 50 feet of HDMI to DVI cable and 50 feet of 3.5 mm audio cable sitting under my couch.

Not an exaggeration. Thank you, monoprice.