I actually find the "sharper" Hulu icon to look worse... because the curved parts of the letters stay blurry, while the straight parst are razor-sharp. The "L" and "S" look in the "pixel-fitted" version look totally different, like they don't go together at all.

I don't mind the "extra blurriness" all over everything on my screen at all, because the mind gets used to it quite quickly, and it actually allows for more detail, because our brain automatically interprets sub-pixel width changes, curvatures, etc. This is why fonts on Macs look have more accuracy and detail in their letterforms, because they aren't hinted, i.e. "pixel-fitted".