After the great enjoyment of subscribing to Crunchyroll, I thought I would give Funimation's streaming service a try. After all, they have an equally large catalog, with titles that aren't available on CR, including simulcasts. And also, I was getting really sick of the same commercials over and over. $7.95 seemed a small price to pay to avoid soundbites from Geico, Ford, and whatever new show Hulu is trying to push.
Anyway, I signed up for the free 2 week trial, with every intention of becoming a subscriber after the 14 days were up. But since I signed up and logged in, I haven't been able to watch anything. If I log out the videos work (albeit with ads) but the moment I login to enjoy exclusive commercial-free content, the videos cease to function. >_<
I really hope that they are rewriting the code for the site and that is why things are a little buggy. Although I am not really impressed with their interface. There really isn't a "queue" system ala Netflix and CR. You can add shows to a favorites list, which took me a while to find (it's buried in the "my accounts" settings somewhere, not in the profile), but there isn't a button on the page that takes you instantly there. Also, if you finish watching an episode and wish to add the show to your favorites, you have to go back to the show's main page. If you click the favorites button on the episode page, you are merely adding the episode to your favorites, not the entire series.
Granted, CR wasn't as polished as it is now when it first came online, but even in their latent phase they were better than what Funimation currently has to offer. I want to stick around in the hopes that Funimations's site will improve with time, but if I can't get a single video to play in the two weeks of my trial I will not. There is no point in paying for a service that doesn't work.
