Cognitive Labs

As mentioned earlier, Hulu is a service being offered by NBC-Universal and Fox and creates a high-quality, content focused service with a high-touch, empathetic user experience.

Two thumbs up on the user interface which is simple, but elegant.



Using it to watch the David Lynch film Mulholland Drive which rates only about an "8" on the weird scale, if "10" might be considered highly disturbing, hulu offered the ability to reduce side panel illumination, for example, if it is dark, and a very easy pause and play function. The sound also is high quality mp3 (not sure of the bit rate), a nice upgrade compared with some UGC sites, which feature mono mp3 encoding on their Flash players.

You can also add hulu content on your site, which distinguishes its approach from some of the content creators. Ads are placed in a thin banner on the upper right border above the player and sequenced in the content itself periodically, or, you can elect to watch a trailer of an upcoming film distributed by the partners in hulu and enjoy a completely ad-free experience.

Nice.

Labels: encoding, Flash, fox, hulu, lynch, mulholland, nbcuniversal

Somebody emailed us and noted that HAL was unplugged. That is, the voice of HAL in our HAL memory test.

"Let me put it this way, Dr. Amer, the 9000 series is the...."

Rest assured that it has been corrected. Try it.

Speaking of Arthur C. Clarke, the retrospective brain gym with some 'flashes' of his best works will be launched shortly.

See if it phosphorizes your brain.

I had a chance to try out the HULU service from Fox and NBC-Universal. More on that later...

Labels: hal, hulu, unplugged