ProudGrandma Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Why would our Hulu Plus on our TV have buffering issues while watching on my Kindle Fire doesn't. I mean, I was watching a TV show tonight (and last night too) and there was major buffering issues. But tonight, out of curiosity, I tried to watch the exact same show on my Kindle and no issues what so ever. Why would that be?? What can be done about it? I won't be paying for something that I can't watch on my TV.... oh, we have Netflix too...no buffering issues at all. So is this common with Hulu plus? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeninok Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 We use an xbox360, it buffers for Hulu plus too. Especially during peak times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwickimom Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I only have buffering issues when we are watching it on more than one device at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Hulu Plus is notorious for having buffering issues. I cancelled it some time ago, and recently decided to try again. It's still terrible, and I cancelled it again. We watch nearly everything streaming, and often dh & I watch while ds is gaming online on his computer. We don't have issues with Netflix or Amazon. Only Hulu Plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I don't have Hulu Plus, but I have all kinds of issues with regular old Hulu on my laptop. Any other website with streaming video works perfectly, including Netflix, but Hulu is constantly blacking out and loading. So I think a big part of the problem is that Hulu just sucks. It could be that the video quality settings on your tv are higher, which means longer load times for the same content. Try lowering that a bit and see if the problem persists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I thought it was just me! No issues ever with Netflix or Amazon but Hulu always does it to me. Makes me bonkers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 well at least it's not just me. Now, I am not sure what I am going to do. There are some shows I can only watch on Hulu plus...recent season of certain shows...BUMMER!!!!!! Hate to pay for it when I can only watch it on my Kindle...haven't tried the computer yet....but I will try that this afternoon. Oh, we do have a Vizeo TV...but with other's have the same problem, I doubt it's the TV' problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagoshannon Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I bet it's because you have 1080p on your tv. Can you change it to 720 on your Hulu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 I bet it's because you have 1080p on your tv. Can you change it to 720 on your Hulu? I have no idea what this is? Can you tell me more about this?? And tell me HOW to make that change? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I think it is more time of day than anything. We have huge issues with Hulu in the evenings, but never with netflix. I have to say that the only reason we don't get super angry is that it is so cheap that I guess I get what I pay for. We usually can fix it temporarily but exiting Hulu entirely, going into netflix for a minute, then going back to Hulu. My husband who is an IT guy has a reason that works, but I don't remember what it is. You can try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 We use huluPLUS nightly and do not normally have issues. Last night (approx. 10 pm est) we had buffering issues and finally gave up (on the tv thru the Wii). This is not a common problem and I bet hulu was having tech. problems last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 but it ws the last 2 nights....so I will try it again tonight...we will see. It seems like it will go for a little while at first (maybe 15-20 minutes) and then it happens every few minutes, once it starts. I had to exit out of Hulu plus and watch on my kindle for a few minutes...and then go back...but even then it would only last a few minutes before giving me trouble again. At that time of night I am tired and I don't have the patience to deal with it...I just want to be able to watch and veg and not have to mess with this....Netflix was so nice...but then I ran out of episodes and needed Hulu plus to give me this past season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 but then I ran out of episodes and needed Hulu plus to give me this past season. This is what made me sign up the second time. We finished the episodes on Netflix and wanted more. I figured I could sign up for Hulu Plus long enough for us to watch those episodes, then decide if we want to keep it. After fighting with Hulu Plus through the first episode, I went to Amazon and bought the season. It was worth the money to save the aggravation. Another issue I've had is audio sync. If we paused something on Hulu + the audio would be out of sync when we tried to play it again. Also it would freeze if we tried to back up at all. The Hulu discussion forum is full of people complaining about Hulu + issues, so it's not a fluke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 bummer....Hulu plus is probably not going to worth the aggrevation...but I will see. I will for sure keep it until I catch up in my recent show...we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbeygurl4 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 We had issues with Huluplus until we got a new wireless router. Hulu used to buffer a lot and sometimes the video would play faster than the audio, but after the new router we've had no problems at all. Sometimes we have 4 or more people streaming various sites to various devices with no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 We don't have Hulu Plus, but we do have Netflix. We had had tons of issue with buffering. We did upgrade our cable to work on resolving that, and found out that our old router was probably the issue all along. We still have problems at times, but we recently decided to move the router more in the center of the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I think because of the way they add commercials in, Hulu tends to be much more clunky. We have huluplus on 3 different types of devices, and it has issues on all three, including the Roku that is plugged directly into our Internet. It definitely is something I think they need to work on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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