Well, I finally got into the Hulu.com beta. I haven’t been using it very long, but as far as tv on the internet is concerned, it ain’t bad. For one, the site and player actually work on browsers that aren’t Internet Explorer. Like Firefox and Opera. They’ve also allowed the movies and videos to be embed in your personal site or blog (see the clip from Family Guy above). One of the coolest things about embeding a clip is you can actually choose the time when you want it to start and end. That way you can use just a small clip of exactly what you want to share.

Okay, so it’s ad supported, how’s that? Well, I’m pretty sure the entire internet is ad supported and it seems to be working so far. As for Hulu, sometimes a show or movie will have a short ad before it plays to say “brought to you by such and such product for limited commercial interuption”. That’s fine with me, less commercials is always a good thing. What ’s funny is that most of the videos you watch actually have less commercials than when they aired on tv in the first place, far less.

So, when Hulu finally goes live for the public, I think it’s worth a look. They not only have plenty of great programing, like Heroes, Family Guy, The Simpsons, The Office, etc. And as long as they don’t go changing the current formula of ad to video ratio, or start making us pay for it, than it should be pretty successful.

Oh, and if you’ve never seen 24, they have the entire 1st and 6th seasons. I highly suggest watching the first season. You’ll be hooked.

Boom!