5 Things to Know Before You Sign Up for Hulu Live! | Hulu + Live TV Review

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Introduction
0:18 1) Updates to Hulu's Plan and Pricing
1:18 2) Big Change #1: Cloud DVR Storage
2:28 3) Big Change #2: Channels and Content
4:32 4) What Hulu Live Still Needs to Fix!
5:24 5) User Experience Walkthrough
6:58 Hulu Live Pros and Cons Summary

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[MichaelSaves]

Thanks for watching today's video. Add to my Hulu Live review in the comments below to help people who are cutting the cord!

[sportsfan]

Here is my two cents. I’m not a fan of the UI per se, but I had Paramount plus and friendly TV. The savings add up at least for me without having to pay for three services at once. I’m saving almost $25-$30 a month and the Disney bundle is included which I watch a lot of ESPN plus. I would love to see the UI get revamped, and an additional screen, but adding unlimited DVR was a Christmas wish (granted Christmas is over six months away). For the value my bill comes to $75 a month. Well worth it

[WiserFOREVER]

If you're on a budget & at least have internet service, get a Roku device & add the free channels available to that medium. Most of the main networks have programming that's free without a TV service after 8 days past a show's live broadcast. There are also several independent channels offering up some free live TV.

[BetheasByteReloaded]

I made the switch to Hulu+ Live TV because I was willing to pay more to get what I wanted. So far, that $70/month price tag is looking pretty good to get ALL of my local channels, plus the Disney+ Bundle and be able to record my favorite shows and hold them for up to 9 months, plus have On Demand shows too? I'll take this every time. I thought I was doing something with YouTube TV, but I realized that was the experiment to figure out what I wanted when I cut the cord. Speaking of YTTV, there's one thing I would love Hulu+ Live TV to be able to do like YTTV: Customize the guide. I want to be able to have the guide set the way I want to with my local channels at the top of the list. Other than that, I'm highly pleased with Hulu+ Live TV so far.

[cornel]

if only there was a streaming service that allowed choosing of just the channels you wanted. 95% of the channels on any streaming package are utter garbage, yet we're forced to pay for all of them, just to get the few we really care about. better yet - pay per minute. for example, i watch ESPN occasionally, but i can go days without tuning in.
but i have to pay as if i was watching it all the time.

[cit]

If you cannot stand not being able to fast forward commercials then this service is absolutely not for you. You are loaded with both Hulu’s commercial “breaks (3min)” and commercials from the programming. They have the audacity to call this commercial free.

[mikekeenan]

I have been a Hulu customer ever since they offered a free tier. When they did away with the free part, I subscribed to the tier that included advertisements and have been satisfied. I recommended it to many people. The price h changed, several times but has been a good deal for me. The first thing that irked me was when CBS decided to make its own streaming service and pulled their content from Hulu. The CW did that too, but offered a free service of their own. Now, I find that NBC is pulling the best content, New Amsterdam, La Brea, the Orville and Quantrum Leap, putting it on Peacock so If I want to see all the content, I must buy a package of Disney, Hulu+ and Peacock for about what I paid for cable before I cancelled it. I have the feeling that the other TV stations will become greedy too and start their own streaming services that will requite a monthly charge. Cable isn't available where I live and I live on a fixed income. I may need to let Hulu go and only rely on the free apps on Roku and my antenna. Hulu was perfect, but now, it is being parted out.

[ricardodiaz]

I’ve tried YTTV, Philo, Sling, Fubo and DTV Stream. I’ve had Hulu + Live for about a week now. I have a Sony 65A80J with an Apple TV 4K. The ATV is hardwired to my modem/router - Frontier fiber 1G. I haven’t seen any cord cutter reviews on which service has the best live content resolution. HL has by far THE BEST picture of all services.

[too-da-loo]

My biggest issue is the endless ads even though you pay for the ad free package and 2) not being able to change your home location. I went away for a month, ended up having to change hotels once and by the time I came back, I had used 3 changes. Now I am away for a month later this year and can't change my home location.

[spaceghost]

I think they have definately become a much better value with the inclusion of the Disney bundle and the unlimited DVR, but the lack of the MLB, NBA and NHL networks means that there are a lot of games I would miss out on.
IMO it's a much better value and definately worth a look if you are dropping cable and looking for a cable replacement service which will probably cost less than cable.
If you are a fan of the big 4 American sports, I still think that YouTube tv is a better choice.

[rich]

Hulu needs to either fix their buffering issues or lower the price. I've always had buffering issues with them and have 500 mbps download speed. I'm shopping for a different streaming service.

[bigfern]

I usually get YouTube TV for football season but this bundle saves me 10 bucks a month lol so man I'll just get use to the interface wish they would updated.

[iyot]

its worth it since its bundled with disney and ESPN and I can share my disney with my niece and nephews

[rebornsugar]

I recently switched to Hulu Live from Sling and Philo. I may switch back. Hulu continuously exits out to Firestick Home Page. I also like Sling and Philo setup better. I wanted the Local Live and Sports Live. I can go back to my antenna for local live. Nice having on same App. I want live sports though.

[WiserFOREVER]

No TV service is worth $70 or half that. The major streaming services all want too much for their live TV now. I did realize that I was able to add NBC to my Roku & can now watch most of my favorite shows for free from that network. The fact that I can do that at all means HULU's move to try to manipulate customers to pay for live TV was a CR*P move!

[danielcollens]

I got interested in Hulu Live and was considering changing from YouTube TV. Until I found that they do not cover NPR. Big deal for me. I need NPR to DVR may programs that I am interested in. Too bad. Hope it gets added (without additional cost of course).

[troypowders]

I’ve had YouTube tv and Hulu live and YouTube tv blows this out the water

[volcalstone]

That 2 stream at once is a deal breaker for me. With YTTV every user is allow 3 steams at once so in a family plan of 6 people that's up to 18 streams total! All for only $65 or less.

[mohawg]

I can click on show details and then hit record, but there's no new only or new & reruns tab to click on. No live TV tab to click on at the top of the page either.

[mannyg.forever]

Hulu has the longest commercials ever! And only being limited to 2 televisions is a deal breaker. I'll stick with Youtube TV