While watching Hulu with a VPN is a clear breach of contract, it is not illegal. But DVDs are not digital and when you buy them, you
buy them. When you are importing a DVD, you do not sign a custom contract; indeed, such custom contracts themselves are illegal under consumer law. As long as you pay any taxes that might occur, importing DVDs are alright.
But Hulu is different. Hulu is a special service with its own contract. This is from the contract you agree when you sign up with Hulu:
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You may not either directly or through the use of any software circumvent any digital rights management mechanism including geo-filtering mechanisms.
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So, DVDs and Hulu are not the same things. Both situations are legal but one breachs a contract.
I hope this clears things a bit. A breach of contract isn't the same thing as an illegal act, people always confuse them.