![]() ![]() Support for the Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony and Vizio TVs and Blu-ray players, and other devices is coming. The premium service also gives access to a bigger library of past seasons of current and discontinued shows you can watch on your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Samsung TV or Blu-ray player, or Sony PlayStation 3. Comments ( 63) Pandora, one of our favorite streaming music services, announced today they will raise the monthly price for Pandora One to 4.99/month (from 3.99/mo) for. The free version limits you to the five most recent episodes. If you’re curious about upgrading, you can subscribe to a 24-hour free trial-no strings attached.įeatures: Hulu Plus ($10/month) offers HD-quality video and lets you watch every episode in the current season of top shows from ABC, NBC, and Fox. For me, Pandora One’s value doesn’t justify the expense. The limit on skips per station each hour is unfortunate (ten per hour would be better), as Pandora’s Music Genome Project can be a bit random in what it decides to play. Using the browser-based version is already very convenient, so I didn’t use the Pandora Desktop app often. The hourly six-skips-per-station limit remains because of Pandora One’s licenses with music studios.Īssessment: The difference in audio quality from Pandora to Pandora One is noticeable, and I enjoyed having hours and hours of playback without a single advertisement. ![]() With the free service, users can skip songs (by giving them a ‘Thumbs Down’, by skipping, or by clicking ‘I’m tired of this song’) only 12 times per day across all stations. There’s also no daily skip limit with Pandora One. You also get the Pandora Desktop Application, which you can customize with skins and launch outside your browser. (For a Hulu Plus hands-on by my colleague Melissa Perenson, see “Hulu Plus Subscription Service Streams TV for $9.99 a Month” for a Q&A plus suggestions for free alternatives to Hulu Plus, see PCWorld blogger Sara Jacobsson’s posting “Hulu Plus Subscription Is Not That Big a Deal.”)įeatures: Pandora One ($36/year) delivers ad-free playback, higher-quality audio (192 kbps), and unlimited listening (you can use the free service for no more than 40 hours a month). I took both offerings for a spin to see if they’re worth the cost. Similarly, video streamer Hulu touts better audio/video quality and more content with its subscription service. Does spending the money make more sense than ignoring or muting the ads? One such ad told me that I could avoid the ads if I upgraded to Pandora One-by buying a year’s subscription. ![]() I’ve been a fan of Pandora Radio since it launched in 2000, but the growing number of ads interrupting my stations is annoying. ![]()
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