Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Bring your child to work day
I do not have any children so I took my niece to work and this one of the things they had for the kids.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
PS3 gets seven inch LCD screen
Article By Majed Athab
Much like the PS1 and PS2 consoles, the PS3 now has a mini-LCD display screen. The 7" LCD screen is made by a company called Clearvision. A price has not been revealed.
While this may seem like a nice add-on, let's take into consideration what kinds of games you'll be playing while using it. Plan on any RPGs or any game that's heavy on text? Doubt this teeny tiny screen will be able to make words readable since most PS3 games use relatively small fonts. This thing would probably be best for action-oriented games. Still, 7" isn't enough; 13"-14" sounds more like the sweet spot to us.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Sony VP promises in-game XMB, NA video download service, PlayStation Cards in '08
by Richard Lawler
It doesn't seem like those Sony firmware engineers will be a getting a break any time soon. With the PlayStation 3's v2.30 firmware and its DTS-HD MA / PS store upgrades barely settled Sony Senior VP Peter Dille jumped on the official PlayStation blog to let us know what the rest of 2008 has in store. In-game XMB? On the way this year, along with a video service that "separates the service from others you've seen or used...to give you the TV, movies and gaming content you want," and expanded community features. Also in store are PlayStation Cards (in $20 and $50 denominations) for the credit card-less among us. The four pillars of Sony's plan (community, free online gaming, digital media download services, and original content) hint towards the reasons we won't let the shiny beast get quite as dusty this year.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Sony PlayStation 3 Game Console/ Blu-ray Disc Player
Article By Shane Buettner April, 2008 of HomeTheatermag.com
Sony’s gaming console still the Blu-ray player to beat.
[Update: The best just keeps getting better. Sony has announced at long last that a firmware update available April 15th will allow the mighty PS3 to decode lossless DTS-HD Master Audio and DTS-HD High Resolution, a lossy, higher bitrate version of its codec. This was the last technological hurdle for Sony's mighty gaming console. For those with HDMI switching and an AVR or pre-pro that can process multichannel PCM the PS3 is unequivocally the Blu-ray player to beat. It's not only the fastest and most reliable BD player, it's the cheapest and most advanced. Look to this space for an update to this review once I've had a chance to experience DTS-HD MA and BD-Live. -SCB]
Manufacturers are burning through generations of Blu-ray Disc players faster than we can review them. Most are saddled with sluggish response times and varying degrees of obsolescence, with either interactivity or advanced audio—or both. It seems that every time a hot new title arrives that pushes the Blu-ray Disc Java (BD-J) interactivity envelope, it’s greeted with widespread reports of playback failures and new firmware downloads. This is par for the course—unless your Blu-ray Disc player happens to be a Sony PlayStation 3.
Sony’s PS3, the linchpin of Sony’s plans for Blu-ray’s world conquest, has not only withstood the tumult of this last year, but has gotten better and cheaper over time. Since we reviewed the PS3 in early 2007, Sony has upgraded it to support 1080p/24 output for Blu-ray Discs, upconversion of standard-def DVDs, and the most advanced BD-J interactivity.
Although it was released when first-generation Blu-ray players were on the market, the PS3 remains the fastest, slickest, and most reliable player out there. Oh, and it’s also among the cheapest.
Interactivity Monster
Since the PS3 received reviews back in March and April of 2007, I’m not going to revisit everything. Read those reviews to learn about the PS3’s unique XrossMediaBar interface and more. In addition, while the PS3 is a gaming console, a media hub, and so on, my focus here is on its Blu-ray performance, which is where we live and breathe here at Home Theater.
While the hardware platforms required to support Blu-ray’s BD-J interactivity are a moving target in the standalone players, the PlayStation 3 meets all of the foreseeable hardware requirements, up to BD-ROM Profile 2 and beyond. The PS3 can already play back streaming PiP “Bonus View” material. Web-enabled interactivity (dubbed BD-Live) has already started to appear on discs, and the PS3 was running these features flawlessly with beta-version firmware at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show. (A production firmware update is imminent as I write this.) It’s hard to believe that there are second- and third-gen standalone BD players entering the market in the next few months that won’t be compatible with features that are already available on discs, but it’s true. Most current players won’t be upgradeable to support BD-Live, but by the time you read this, the PS3 will probably be there already.
The PS3 I’m using now is the first 60-gigabyte unit released in November of 2006. Most updates have added new features, as opposed to just fixing things that were broken. The original retail was $599. Currently, there is a 40-GB model on the market for $399 and an 80-GB model for $499. Both of the current models feature Wi-Fi, as my 60-GB model does, which is key for firmware updates (and now Web interactivity). Not being tethered to a hard-wired Ethernet line is a big plus for people who don’t have hard-wired Internet at their equipment rack. Love ’em or hate ’em, firmware updates are a way of life here in the next generation. Wi-Fi makes it super easy.
The $399 40-GB unit is every bit as advanced as any of the other PS3s for Blu-ray playback, and it’s still the least expensive Blu-ray player on the market. But gamers take note of the fact that, unlike other versions of the PS3, the 40-GB model isn’t backward-compatible with original PlayStation or PlayStation 2 games.
Taking Control
When HT first reviewed the PS3, the included SIXAXIS game controller had to be used as a remote. Sony now sells an aftermarket disc-player remote for $25. It’s not perfect, but it’s a big step up from the game controller. In addition, a company called Nyko has a USB plug-in adapter and remote combo that allows the PS3 to respond to IR commands. (PS3’s native tongue in remote control is Bluetooth.) Once the adapter is in, you can use the Nyko remote or program the PS3’s commands into a typical IR-based universal remote system.
Picture and Sound
The PS3 as a Blu-ray Disc player still makes the most sense for those with HDMI switching. Its component video outputs operate only to 1080i, and it doesn’t have multichannel analog audio outputs. It supports multichannel PCM, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby TrueHD only over HDMI. In spite of sporting an HDMI 1.3 output, the PS3 does not have the ability to output DD+ or TrueHD as native bitstreams; it converts both to multichannel PCM. My understanding is that lack of bitstream support is hardware level and will not be changed via firmware, ever.
The PS3 doesn’t support DTS-HD Master Audio as I write this, but it seemingly has the processing power to do so. Some have spoken of DTS-HD MA decoding as a question of when, not if, but so far it’s at least a “not yet.” Because the PS3 also lacks the ability to deliver DTS-HD MA as a native bitstream, this is the single area in which some newer standalone players can puff out their chests a little bit.
The PS3 initially supported 1080p/60 for Blu-ray playback, but it now supports 1080p/24 as well. Initially, the PS3’s 24p output had only an auto setting that relied on a proper HDMI handshake to enable it. It now offers a forced 24p output mode (24 hertz On), in addition to the Automatic mode in case the HDMI handshake doesn’t result in 24p output.
While the PS3 now upconverts standard DVD up to 1080p, it won’t convert native HD content at all. So, if a disc is native 1080i, that’s how it goes out over HDMI. But if you have the output set to 1080p/24 Automatic, the player will output a 1080p/24 disc as 1080p/24 and a 1080i disc as 1080i. This is a plus, since many concert videos are 1080i. Players that force 1080p/24 output for 1080i discs require a trip back into the setup menu to play these discs properly.
The DVD upconversion operates at 1080p/60, even if you’re in the 24p forced mode. This is to be expected, but I point this out because Toshiba’s 1080p-capable HD DVD players offer 1080p/24p output with standard DVDs.
Setup Oddities
Setting up the PS3 for the best Blu-ray playback isn’t always as transparent as it could be. It’s pretty clear that the Sony gaming division isn’t always hip to our lingo. Among the odd choices you’ll need to navigate is the DVD Upscaler setting (in the BD/DVD Settings menu), which offers choices of Double Scale, Normal, and Full Screen. You can only use Double Scale at 1080i or 1080p, and it doesn’t alter the aspect ratio of the material. For example, 4:3 will appear in the center of the screen with black bars at the sides. Normal operates the same way, but for 720p output. Full Screen stretches upconverted 4:3 images to fill a 16:9 screen.
In the Display Settings menu, selecting RGB Full Range (HDMI) to Limited will ensure that the PS3 outputs proper black and white levels with HDMI-to-HDMI connections. If you’re using an HDMI-DVI breakout cable, Full might be necessary. In addition, setting Y Pb/Cb pr/Cr Super White (HDMI) to “On” guarantees that the PS3 outputs video information above white if present in the signal.
For my setup, I used the Limited RGB Full Range setting and set Super White to On. This resulted in proper black and white levels (16 to 235) and allowed me to see information encoded below black and above white with a variety of displays capable of doing the same.
Performance
The PlayStation 3’s 1080p output with Blu-ray Disc is essentially perfect according to the test patterns at my disposal, right out to the very limits of the format. One-pixel-on/-off luma and chroma bursts at 1080p show such perfect resolution that it is far more likely to be compromised by the display it’s connected to.
Early on, the PS3’s video output with Blu-ray Discs sometimes looked a smidge less sharp than the best standalone players. This gap was always small, but it has gotten even smaller over these many months and firmware updates. The PS3’s image is incredibly sharp, detailed, dimensional, and colorful, especially at 1080p/24, which is how I’ve been watching it for months. It’s good enough to make me wonder whether something that appears sharper might be doctored in some way. The best Blu-ray Discs are just mind-blowing on the PS3.
As far as I can tell, the 1080p/60 output here converts 1080p/24 native Blu-ray material directly to 1080p/60 without interlacing in between. I looked at challenging program material like the Vatican sequence in chapter 7 of Mission: Impossible III, and also at 1080p/24-encoded test clips. The tests I used have tripped up the 1080p/60 output of other players, revealing the apparent 1080i step. The PS3 passed.
However, when you choose 720p as the maximum display resolution, native 1080i material, such as concert videos on Blu-ray, will be deinterlaced poorly on the trip downward in resolution. When I looked at native 1080i test and program material on Blu-ray that the PS3 converted to 720p, I saw primitive performance with both film- and video-based content with no apparent recognition of 3:2 pulldown.
DVD upconversion to 1080p has strong resolution and very little ringing or other enhancement-related artifacts. It’s very clean and natural—and an immense improvement over its non-upconverted DVD playback on release, which was very soft.
Deinterlacing of DVDs is also good, only stumbling on some purpose-built torture tests. Most real program material looks quite impressive, even on my large-screen (16:9, 80-inch-wide) projection rig. A player that performs this well with the basics will make most people happy just about all the time. The very best DVD players will eke out more dimension and textural detail, but it’s hard to find fault with the performance on its own—a little soft but natural and not over-enhanced.
Playback
When it comes to Blu-ray playback, ergonomics, and speed, the PS3 is a next-gen device, while most of the standalones are circa-1983 Atari in comparison. While the standalones are still strangled by startup times that last minutes on many Blu-ray Discs, the PS3 can start up and play anything in 30 to 40 seconds at most. On top of that, when you press a button on the remote, something happens. Immediately. You don’t have to hit it again wondering if it’s actually going to do something, as you do with so many of the standalone players.
But more importantly to me, in the year I’ve had the PS3 in my system, I’ve yet to be affected by a disc that won’t play back, or one that hiccups during playback. Personally, I go ape when I try to watch a movie I haven’t seen and experience playback glitches. Many standalones have come in here and have gone, unforgiven after such an episode. I want DTS-HD MA, but not badly enough to give up the reliability of the PS3. I’m willing to wait.
Some enthusiasts balk at putting a game console in their home theater system. I pity them the sacrifices they’ll have to make to stick to that. For those with HDMI switching, the PS3 involves far fewer compromises compared with the standalones, most of which are “way back machines” in comparison. Simply put, the PS3 costs less and does more, and does it better.
The PS3 remains my first choice in a Blu-ray Disc player, and by a wider margin than ever, more than a year after its introduction. Not bad for a Blu-ray player whose day job is being a game console.
Highlights
Standard setting speed and reliability with Blu-ray playback
Outstanding pure picture performance with Blu-ray Discs
Very respectable upconverting DVD performance
Wi-Fi Internet for Web interactivity and system updates
Loaded for interactivity; meets Bonus View and BD-Live specs
Lacks bitstream output for TrueHD and DTS-HD MA
Sony’s gaming console still the Blu-ray player to beat.
[Update: The best just keeps getting better. Sony has announced at long last that a firmware update available April 15th will allow the mighty PS3 to decode lossless DTS-HD Master Audio and DTS-HD High Resolution, a lossy, higher bitrate version of its codec. This was the last technological hurdle for Sony's mighty gaming console. For those with HDMI switching and an AVR or pre-pro that can process multichannel PCM the PS3 is unequivocally the Blu-ray player to beat. It's not only the fastest and most reliable BD player, it's the cheapest and most advanced. Look to this space for an update to this review once I've had a chance to experience DTS-HD MA and BD-Live. -SCB]
Manufacturers are burning through generations of Blu-ray Disc players faster than we can review them. Most are saddled with sluggish response times and varying degrees of obsolescence, with either interactivity or advanced audio—or both. It seems that every time a hot new title arrives that pushes the Blu-ray Disc Java (BD-J) interactivity envelope, it’s greeted with widespread reports of playback failures and new firmware downloads. This is par for the course—unless your Blu-ray Disc player happens to be a Sony PlayStation 3.
Sony’s PS3, the linchpin of Sony’s plans for Blu-ray’s world conquest, has not only withstood the tumult of this last year, but has gotten better and cheaper over time. Since we reviewed the PS3 in early 2007, Sony has upgraded it to support 1080p/24 output for Blu-ray Discs, upconversion of standard-def DVDs, and the most advanced BD-J interactivity.
Although it was released when first-generation Blu-ray players were on the market, the PS3 remains the fastest, slickest, and most reliable player out there. Oh, and it’s also among the cheapest.
Interactivity Monster
Since the PS3 received reviews back in March and April of 2007, I’m not going to revisit everything. Read those reviews to learn about the PS3’s unique XrossMediaBar interface and more. In addition, while the PS3 is a gaming console, a media hub, and so on, my focus here is on its Blu-ray performance, which is where we live and breathe here at Home Theater.
While the hardware platforms required to support Blu-ray’s BD-J interactivity are a moving target in the standalone players, the PlayStation 3 meets all of the foreseeable hardware requirements, up to BD-ROM Profile 2 and beyond. The PS3 can already play back streaming PiP “Bonus View” material. Web-enabled interactivity (dubbed BD-Live) has already started to appear on discs, and the PS3 was running these features flawlessly with beta-version firmware at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show. (A production firmware update is imminent as I write this.) It’s hard to believe that there are second- and third-gen standalone BD players entering the market in the next few months that won’t be compatible with features that are already available on discs, but it’s true. Most current players won’t be upgradeable to support BD-Live, but by the time you read this, the PS3 will probably be there already.
The PS3 I’m using now is the first 60-gigabyte unit released in November of 2006. Most updates have added new features, as opposed to just fixing things that were broken. The original retail was $599. Currently, there is a 40-GB model on the market for $399 and an 80-GB model for $499. Both of the current models feature Wi-Fi, as my 60-GB model does, which is key for firmware updates (and now Web interactivity). Not being tethered to a hard-wired Ethernet line is a big plus for people who don’t have hard-wired Internet at their equipment rack. Love ’em or hate ’em, firmware updates are a way of life here in the next generation. Wi-Fi makes it super easy.
The $399 40-GB unit is every bit as advanced as any of the other PS3s for Blu-ray playback, and it’s still the least expensive Blu-ray player on the market. But gamers take note of the fact that, unlike other versions of the PS3, the 40-GB model isn’t backward-compatible with original PlayStation or PlayStation 2 games.
Taking Control
When HT first reviewed the PS3, the included SIXAXIS game controller had to be used as a remote. Sony now sells an aftermarket disc-player remote for $25. It’s not perfect, but it’s a big step up from the game controller. In addition, a company called Nyko has a USB plug-in adapter and remote combo that allows the PS3 to respond to IR commands. (PS3’s native tongue in remote control is Bluetooth.) Once the adapter is in, you can use the Nyko remote or program the PS3’s commands into a typical IR-based universal remote system.
Picture and Sound
The PS3 as a Blu-ray Disc player still makes the most sense for those with HDMI switching. Its component video outputs operate only to 1080i, and it doesn’t have multichannel analog audio outputs. It supports multichannel PCM, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby TrueHD only over HDMI. In spite of sporting an HDMI 1.3 output, the PS3 does not have the ability to output DD+ or TrueHD as native bitstreams; it converts both to multichannel PCM. My understanding is that lack of bitstream support is hardware level and will not be changed via firmware, ever.
The PS3 doesn’t support DTS-HD Master Audio as I write this, but it seemingly has the processing power to do so. Some have spoken of DTS-HD MA decoding as a question of when, not if, but so far it’s at least a “not yet.” Because the PS3 also lacks the ability to deliver DTS-HD MA as a native bitstream, this is the single area in which some newer standalone players can puff out their chests a little bit.
The PS3 initially supported 1080p/60 for Blu-ray playback, but it now supports 1080p/24 as well. Initially, the PS3’s 24p output had only an auto setting that relied on a proper HDMI handshake to enable it. It now offers a forced 24p output mode (24 hertz On), in addition to the Automatic mode in case the HDMI handshake doesn’t result in 24p output.
While the PS3 now upconverts standard DVD up to 1080p, it won’t convert native HD content at all. So, if a disc is native 1080i, that’s how it goes out over HDMI. But if you have the output set to 1080p/24 Automatic, the player will output a 1080p/24 disc as 1080p/24 and a 1080i disc as 1080i. This is a plus, since many concert videos are 1080i. Players that force 1080p/24 output for 1080i discs require a trip back into the setup menu to play these discs properly.
The DVD upconversion operates at 1080p/60, even if you’re in the 24p forced mode. This is to be expected, but I point this out because Toshiba’s 1080p-capable HD DVD players offer 1080p/24p output with standard DVDs.
Setup Oddities
Setting up the PS3 for the best Blu-ray playback isn’t always as transparent as it could be. It’s pretty clear that the Sony gaming division isn’t always hip to our lingo. Among the odd choices you’ll need to navigate is the DVD Upscaler setting (in the BD/DVD Settings menu), which offers choices of Double Scale, Normal, and Full Screen. You can only use Double Scale at 1080i or 1080p, and it doesn’t alter the aspect ratio of the material. For example, 4:3 will appear in the center of the screen with black bars at the sides. Normal operates the same way, but for 720p output. Full Screen stretches upconverted 4:3 images to fill a 16:9 screen.
In the Display Settings menu, selecting RGB Full Range (HDMI) to Limited will ensure that the PS3 outputs proper black and white levels with HDMI-to-HDMI connections. If you’re using an HDMI-DVI breakout cable, Full might be necessary. In addition, setting Y Pb/Cb pr/Cr Super White (HDMI) to “On” guarantees that the PS3 outputs video information above white if present in the signal.
For my setup, I used the Limited RGB Full Range setting and set Super White to On. This resulted in proper black and white levels (16 to 235) and allowed me to see information encoded below black and above white with a variety of displays capable of doing the same.
Performance
The PlayStation 3’s 1080p output with Blu-ray Disc is essentially perfect according to the test patterns at my disposal, right out to the very limits of the format. One-pixel-on/-off luma and chroma bursts at 1080p show such perfect resolution that it is far more likely to be compromised by the display it’s connected to.
Early on, the PS3’s video output with Blu-ray Discs sometimes looked a smidge less sharp than the best standalone players. This gap was always small, but it has gotten even smaller over these many months and firmware updates. The PS3’s image is incredibly sharp, detailed, dimensional, and colorful, especially at 1080p/24, which is how I’ve been watching it for months. It’s good enough to make me wonder whether something that appears sharper might be doctored in some way. The best Blu-ray Discs are just mind-blowing on the PS3.
As far as I can tell, the 1080p/60 output here converts 1080p/24 native Blu-ray material directly to 1080p/60 without interlacing in between. I looked at challenging program material like the Vatican sequence in chapter 7 of Mission: Impossible III, and also at 1080p/24-encoded test clips. The tests I used have tripped up the 1080p/60 output of other players, revealing the apparent 1080i step. The PS3 passed.
However, when you choose 720p as the maximum display resolution, native 1080i material, such as concert videos on Blu-ray, will be deinterlaced poorly on the trip downward in resolution. When I looked at native 1080i test and program material on Blu-ray that the PS3 converted to 720p, I saw primitive performance with both film- and video-based content with no apparent recognition of 3:2 pulldown.
DVD upconversion to 1080p has strong resolution and very little ringing or other enhancement-related artifacts. It’s very clean and natural—and an immense improvement over its non-upconverted DVD playback on release, which was very soft.
Deinterlacing of DVDs is also good, only stumbling on some purpose-built torture tests. Most real program material looks quite impressive, even on my large-screen (16:9, 80-inch-wide) projection rig. A player that performs this well with the basics will make most people happy just about all the time. The very best DVD players will eke out more dimension and textural detail, but it’s hard to find fault with the performance on its own—a little soft but natural and not over-enhanced.
Playback
When it comes to Blu-ray playback, ergonomics, and speed, the PS3 is a next-gen device, while most of the standalones are circa-1983 Atari in comparison. While the standalones are still strangled by startup times that last minutes on many Blu-ray Discs, the PS3 can start up and play anything in 30 to 40 seconds at most. On top of that, when you press a button on the remote, something happens. Immediately. You don’t have to hit it again wondering if it’s actually going to do something, as you do with so many of the standalone players.
But more importantly to me, in the year I’ve had the PS3 in my system, I’ve yet to be affected by a disc that won’t play back, or one that hiccups during playback. Personally, I go ape when I try to watch a movie I haven’t seen and experience playback glitches. Many standalones have come in here and have gone, unforgiven after such an episode. I want DTS-HD MA, but not badly enough to give up the reliability of the PS3. I’m willing to wait.
Some enthusiasts balk at putting a game console in their home theater system. I pity them the sacrifices they’ll have to make to stick to that. For those with HDMI switching, the PS3 involves far fewer compromises compared with the standalones, most of which are “way back machines” in comparison. Simply put, the PS3 costs less and does more, and does it better.
The PS3 remains my first choice in a Blu-ray Disc player, and by a wider margin than ever, more than a year after its introduction. Not bad for a Blu-ray player whose day job is being a game console.
Highlights
Standard setting speed and reliability with Blu-ray playback
Outstanding pure picture performance with Blu-ray Discs
Very respectable upconverting DVD performance
Wi-Fi Internet for Web interactivity and system updates
Loaded for interactivity; meets Bonus View and BD-Live specs
Lacks bitstream output for TrueHD and DTS-HD MA
Friday, April 11, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
IF YOUR GOING TO DO HD, DO THE SHIT RIGHT
Here are some video links to help y'all out, cause if see y'all with a jacked up hdtv setup I am going put you on blast!!!!
Video Tech Tips: HDTV Must Have Accessories
Video Tech Tips: Dial in Details on Your HDTV
How to Calibrate your HDTV
I also highly recommend this dvd
GET IT HERE!!!
Or it may be cheaper on ebay or amazon
Video Tech Tips: HDTV Must Have Accessories
Video Tech Tips: Dial in Details on Your HDTV
How to Calibrate your HDTV
I also highly recommend this dvd
GET IT HERE!!!
Or it may be cheaper on ebay or amazon
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
The Best
Has done it again!!!
On sunday we got off at
We acted a fool, we eat, and whupped some ass in spades and left and took some plates for the road.
Below are the victums.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Hulu.com
Check Hulu.com out its pretty cool site
What is Hulu well here you go
Hulu's ambitious and never-ending mission is to help you find and enjoy the world's premium content when, where and how you want it. We hope to provide you with the web's most comprehensive selection from more than 50 content providers including FOX, NBC, MGM, Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros., Lionsgate, and more to deliver premium programming across all genres and formats, television shows, feature films, and clips. Watch full-length episodes of current primetime TV shows such as The Simpsons and The Office the morning after they air, classics like Miami Vice and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and clips from Saturday Night Live, Nip/Tuck, and others. Hulu also offers full-length feature films like The Usual Suspects, Ice Age, Three Amigos!, and The Big Lebowski as well as clips from films such as Napoleon Dynamite, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Devil Wears Prada and many more. Hulu is free and ad-supported — available anytime in the U.S.
Hulu was founded in March 2007 and is a joint venture owned by NBC Universal and News Corp. In addition, Hulu has closed a $100 million investment from private equity firm Providence Equity Partners.
Hulu's small, but growing team is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with a Research and Development team in Beijing, China.
What is Hulu well here you go
Hulu's ambitious and never-ending mission is to help you find and enjoy the world's premium content when, where and how you want it. We hope to provide you with the web's most comprehensive selection from more than 50 content providers including FOX, NBC, MGM, Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros., Lionsgate, and more to deliver premium programming across all genres and formats, television shows, feature films, and clips. Watch full-length episodes of current primetime TV shows such as The Simpsons and The Office the morning after they air, classics like Miami Vice and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and clips from Saturday Night Live, Nip/Tuck, and others. Hulu also offers full-length feature films like The Usual Suspects, Ice Age, Three Amigos!, and The Big Lebowski as well as clips from films such as Napoleon Dynamite, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Devil Wears Prada and many more. Hulu is free and ad-supported — available anytime in the U.S.
Hulu was founded in March 2007 and is a joint venture owned by NBC Universal and News Corp. In addition, Hulu has closed a $100 million investment from private equity firm Providence Equity Partners.
Hulu's small, but growing team is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with a Research and Development team in Beijing, China.
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