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5 Things to Know Before You Sign Up for Hulu Live in 2022 | Hulu + Live TV Review! - YouTube
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hugovive raised its starting price to 70聽
dollars a month but for some cord cutters聽聽
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the service has become a better value than before聽
the price hike should you sign up keep watching聽聽
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michael here and this video is packed with new聽
information about hulu's live tv streaming service聽聽
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and let's begin with the plan and pricing聽
hugo live increased its starting price by聽聽
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five dollars to 69.99 per month and that was聽
right before the start of 2022 in december 2021.聽聽
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now this followed a pattern of annual price聽
hikes for the service i've been reviewing聽聽
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hulu live since it first launched in 2017 and聽
believe it or not the starting price back then聽聽
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40 bucks in december 2020 i uploaded this video聽
titled i was wrong about hulu's live tv streaming聽聽
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service and at that point i began recommending聽
youtube tv for most first-time streamers and聽聽
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youtube tv remains my top pick for now but hugo聽
live has made some changes that have increased聽聽
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its value and i'm going to talk about those coming聽
up in the next two sections keep in mind hulu live聽聽
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stopped offering a free trial when it raised聽
its price in december 2021 so don't spend 70聽聽
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on hulu live until you hear what i've got to聽
say next to cloud dvr storage and this is the聽聽
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first change that has increased hulu live's value聽
and you could say that hulu live's base plan dvr聽聽
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went from worst to first or tied with first the聽
service now offers unlimited cloud dvr storage聽聽
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and you can save those recordings for up to nine聽
months in addition hulu live now lets you fast聽聽
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forward through the commercials on your recordings聽
that is something you would expect with any聽聽
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dvr but here's the context previously hulu聽
live offered only 50 hours of cloud dvr storage聽聽
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with the base plan and you could not skip ads for聽
that a paid upgrade called enhanced cloud dvr was聽聽
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available and in the past i've criticized hoodoo聽
live for all of its upselling including that聽聽
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enhanced cloud dvr add-on but with this change聽
that add-on is gone and some people will save聽聽
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money hulu live's unlimited cloud dvr storage is聽
available to new and existing subscribers in the聽聽
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base plan no extra charge and it matches youtube聽
tv's long-standing dvr offering and there's one聽聽
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more hulu live add-on that i would really like to聽
see go away i'm going to touch on that a little聽聽
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later on right now let's move on to the other big聽
change that hulu live made channels and content聽聽
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now hulu live is what i call a cable 2.0 service聽
it offers dozens of popular cable networks sports聽聽
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news and entertainment plus you get your local聽
broadcast tv stations included in the bundle but聽聽
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aside from the live tv channels that you would get聽
with a traditional cable or satellite subscription聽聽
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hulu live now includes something else the disney聽
bundle since launch hulu live has always given you聽聽
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access to hulu's on-demand streaming library but聽
disney plus and espn plus were added in december聽聽
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2021 now stick with me this is more important聽
than you may realize and i've got a recent news聽聽
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headline to help me explain maybe you've heard聽
about the show dancing with the stars it has聽聽
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been on the abc broadcast network for 16 years聽
not anymore the show is moving to streaming on聽聽
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disney plus why's that matter well the average age聽
of a dancing with the stars viewer is 63 years old聽聽
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according to this article and that's not exactly聽
the typical disney plus consumer children so by聽聽
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moving dancing with the stars to streaming disney聽
is hoping to broaden the appeal of disney plus聽聽
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making it a must-have service for households with聽
and without kids and having disney plus included聽聽
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at no extra charge with hulu live could make the聽
service more valuable over time because when you聽聽
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purchase it separately the disney bundle is 13.99聽
a month and i want to circle back to talk a little聽聽
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bit more about hulu live's channel lineup because聽
it is pretty well rounded enter your zip code on聽聽
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hulu live's website to see exactly what you get聽
networks owned by disney paramount warner brothers聽聽
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discovery nbc universal and fox are all included聽
and nfl network in nfl red zone were added in 2021聽聽
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i'm recording this video during baseball season聽
so i want to mention that hulu live does not carry聽聽
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bally regional sports networks and to stream聽
those you can check out directv streams聽聽
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choice plan i mentioned earlier a second add-on聽
that i'd like to see hulu live get rid of let's聽聽
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touch quickly on multiple screens hulu live聽
has an add-on for unlimited screens on your聽聽
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home network and three on the go it is 9.99 per聽
month and the reason why a lot of people pay for聽聽
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this add-on is because hubu live only allows two聽
simultaneous screens and that can be a challenge聽聽
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for some households some people get confused by聽
this and that two screen limit just means that聽聽
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you can only watch hulu live on two screens at聽
once you can have the hulu app downloaded on as聽聽
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many devices as you want tvs phones and the rest聽
but if you are actively trying to stream hulu live聽聽
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you can only watch it on two simultaneous screens聽
or you can pay for that unlimited screens add-on聽聽
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for singles and couples not a big deal but i'd聽
like hulu live to include a third stream at no聽聽
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extra charge it would really help larger families聽
control their costs let's continue and we continue聽聽
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with the user experience you can access hulu live聽
from the same app as hulu's on-demand service聽聽
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one app two services so what i generally tell聽
people is that if you don't like hulu's interface聽聽
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you're probably not going to be happy with hulu聽
lie i've got a few tips to help you out though聽聽
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when you set up a profile for the first time do聽
not skip the personalization trust me on this聽聽
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you can choose your favorite shows networks even聽
sports teams and the more that you use hulu live聽聽
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the better these recommendations will be on the聽
home screen that's here where live and on demand聽聽
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content is featured when i click on the live聽
tab at the top of the screen i am taken to the聽聽
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live guide and to the left you see channel guide聽
filters including favorites watch here select the聽聽
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program from the live guide and a screen like聽
this will appear with these choices watch live聽聽
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start over and record here is what a show page聽
looks like and from here you can watch available聽聽
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episodes on demand but take a look at the other聽
options use like and dislike settings to improve聽聽
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recommendations add shows to your my stuff think聽
of it as a favorites list but don't stop there聽聽
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also set a recording for shows if you want to聽
be able to skip through the ads later on you can聽聽
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record new episodes or new episodes and reruns and聽
when you want to access your dvr navigate to the聽聽
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my stuff tab and then just click on recordings聽
let's face it hulu live's interface is less聽聽
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cable-like than youtube tv or directv stream but聽
you've got to look at the complete picture so聽聽
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why don't we talk about that complete picture the聽
pros and cons of hulu live and i'd say the first聽聽
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pro is the well-rounded channel lineup as well聽
as access to the content from the disney bundle聽聽
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another pro and new in 2022 is that unlimited聽
dvr storage matching youtube tv's offering also聽聽
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something i haven't touched on in this video but聽
still true no contracts or long-term commitments聽聽
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to control costs you can sign up one month and聽
cancel the next that choice is yours while we're聽聽
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talking about costs that brings me to the cons聽
and i'd say 70 a month is pretty steep there are聽聽
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some live tv services that are cheaper than hulu聽
live and on top of that no free trial anymore聽聽
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room for improvement with multiple streams聽
hulu live's main competitors all offer more聽聽
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simultaneous streams than two user experience is a聽
big one and particularly the live guide it is due聽聽
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for a refresh hopefully sooner rather than later聽
for most people the monthly price and channel聽聽
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lineup are the two most important factors when聽
choosing a live tv streaming service and you've聽聽
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got other options too i talk about those in my聽
beginner's guide to cutting the cord see you there
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