Basically it boils down to this. Sometime in the near future Hulu is going to offer a subscription to their service. At the non-subscribers will only have access to 5 episodes of a series. Paying $9.95/month will give you access to much more then 5 episodes.

I think I will stick to using my DVR !!

This service has been out for a while now and I have not had the need to pay for it. Meaning, between my DVR and the show i watch.. I can catch up on regular Hulu.