Hulu offering more HD content
This news might actually get me to start watching Heroes weekly again.This week, Hulu.com bulked up its free HD Gallery to include new episodes of Heroes, The Office, 30 Rock and all of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog in 720p high definition. I just streamed "It's Coming," last week's ep of Heroes, and it looked great on my 25-inch iMac. I'm no tech wiz, but I can easily see the difference in visual quality between the site's HD offerings and its regular streaming content. (Too bad HD can't work the same magic on Tim Kring's script.)
I don't have an HD TV. I usually watch my favorite shows on an out-of-date 20-inch box. So, from my perspective, Hulu's HD content looks pretty amazing. It's the greatest thing to happen to TV since last night's ep of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Yes, I have a short attention span.
There are a limited number of HD offerings so far, but Hulu is expected to add more shows and possibly movies as viewership increases. Unfortunately, you can't embed any of Hulu's HD content on your own blog or site, unlike most of its offerings.
If Hulu is taking suggestions, I'd like to nominate Bones, House and 24 for inclusion in the HD Gallery. Maybe then I'll have a reason to watch those shows more often. They can add Sarah Connor to that list too. That way, I'll have a somewhat legit reason to watch it more than once a week.

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