This right here represents all the Internet traffic
in North America, that's a lot.
Every email, every Instagram post, everything else
that you do online that I don't wanna know about.
This is all of it and one third of it is Netflix.
That is a huge amount of data
from Netflix, it is huge.
Now in the past we have complained about price hikes
from other streaming services
especially live TV streaming services.
Well, Netflix has gone and raised their prices several times
in the last couple of years.
Most recently just a week or two ago and no one bats an eye
because frankly Netflix delivers a whole lot of value.
But the truth is Netflix's price is creeping up.
Meanwhile speaking of value Hulu still
has a $6 package that you can subscribe to.
So in a world that includes both Netflix and Hulu
if you had to choose just one, which ones are gonna be?
Is one of them better than the other?
Well, that's what we're gonna talk about today
and I understand that mine is only one opinion
but it is the most correct one
so that's what we're going with.
Let's dive in.
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And anyway let's move on Netflix.
Netflix is the big elephant in the room here,
it's got 60 million subscribers just in the US,
now if you break that down by population,
well it's that's a different number.
Let's break it down by household,
that is half the households in the US.
And I'm sure there are a few other households
that are piggybacking on their family
and friends subscriptions.
I'm sure you wouldn't do that but some people do.
Some people do whatever.
Anyway the nice thing about Netflix is that you can watch it
on pretty much anything, doesn't matter if it's a phone
or a computer or streaming device or smart TV,
everything has a Netflix app
because it's just that ubiquitous.
Would you'll pay for it?
Well, for the first 30 days you won't pay anything.
You have 30 days for free and then after that
there are three tiers to choose from.
The $8.99 standard definition tier is really not built
for your modern TV.
Standard definition it's gonna look pretty bad
and you only get one simultaneous stream at that tier.
At $12.99 then you're bumped up to HD
and two simultaneous streams.
And then for $15.99, you get Ultra HD
and four simultaneous streams.
That Ultra HD is what's gonna look really great
on your 4k TV if you just bought a bright shiny new 4k TV,
I would just advise that you have at least
a 25 megabit per second connection to ensure that,
that 4k content is coming through well.
Oh, the other thing I found out
is that there's still a DVD version of Netflix.
I think it's six or seven bucks a month
and you can still get DVDs sent to your house
as much as you want.
It's great, you can even add it on to one
of these other plans.
A million people here in the US at least still do this.
It's great I forgot that it even existed.
Now Hulu is no slouch either
they've got 25 million subscribers in the U.S.
That's double where they were at in 2016,
so they are growing quite quickly,
people like them apparently.
Well, one of the nice things about them
is similar to Netflix,
you can watch it on pretty much any device you want.
The exception is there's a live TV version of Hulu
and that's a newer kind of app
and some of the out-of-date equipment
might not be able to handle it.
So as long as your Smart TV, Smart TV device
or your phone or your computer or whatever
as long as that's up-to-date
then you shouldn't have any problem
with any of the Hulu apps.
The price again you're gonna get 30 days free
with this as well.
And then there are two main tiers; $5.99
with ads during your program.
And then $11.99 for no ads during your shows
although with that just be aware you will still watch ads
before and after some programs.
Now with both of those you only get one simultaneous stream
so if you're watching and then somebody else
in your household turns on a stream,
it's gonna kick you off of there,
it can get a little bit annoying.
If you go with the third tier
which isn't quite comparable to Netflix
because it's $44.99, you get Hulu with live TV,
bunch of channels, live TV it's great.
You get two simultaneous streams on that
or you can pay 10 bucks a month extra
for unlimited simultaneous streams.
So you could go that way.
So what do you get for both of these?
Well, it's kind of a tale of two styles,
Hulu has the fresher TV content, so if you'd like
to watch a little bit every day and kind of keep up
with stuff, it's gonna have TV shows the day after they air
which can be very convenient if that's your style.
What they lack though is back catalogs.
Netflix on the other hand is gonna have a lot of those
if they're making an original
they're gonna release a full season all at once,
so it's more of a binge style.
So whichever style is yours is gonna determine
which one is the best there.
Now on the original content side of things,
Hulu has a few standouts but only a few.
The big one would be Handmaid's Tale it is fantastic.
It might be worth a subscription all by itself honestly.
But over on the Netflix side they have a ton of them;
Stranger Things, House of Cards, Mind Hunter, Russian Doll,
DareDevil, I probably didn't even say your favorite
'cause they have so many of them.
So yeah, if you love the ones on Hulu that's something
but there's a better chance that you'll find something
you like over on Netflix.
Now for add-ons these are the premium channels;
Starz, Showtime, Cinemax, HBO these are not available
to add-on to Netflix at all.
You can add them to your Hulu subscription.
It'll cost you between nine and 15 bucks to do that.
Now you can also do that on their own app
so you can get HBO now for instance and just watch it there.
So why wouldn't you just do that?
Well, frankly because of the convenience factor.
If you can have all of your content in one app
it is a little bit more convenient.
So if you get Hulu and you get Hulu with live TV
and you've got the add-ons there,
it's nice to have everything right there centrally.
So if you got both here's what it would cost you
for the ultimate package.
We're talking Hulu Live with no commercials
and premium DVR and unlimited streams,
plus adding premium Netflix on top of that,
you'd come to about 80 bucks.
And 80 bucks is frankly nothing to sneer at
that is a pretty high price.
But if you give up live TV as a necessity which I argue
that we should, except maybe for live sports
that's a topic for another day.
But if you can do that, if you can give up your live TV,
you can get no commercials Hulu for 12 bucks, HD Netflix
for 13 bucks, that's $25 a month total for a ton of content.
Now you can also drop both of those
to the lowest tier available.
And it comes to 16 bucks a month not bad.
Those aren't my recommended packages but 16 bucks a month
that's a lot of content you're getting for that.
You know if I had to choose just one it would probably...
Actually you know what before I answer that,
let's go ask an office full of plugged in Millennials
and see what they think.
Hey unplug your headphones your frigging millennial,
you're not even a millennial.
Do you subscribe to Netflix or Hulu?
- Both. - And if you had
to give up just one of them, which one would it be?
- Uuh, Hulu.
- Only Netflix. - Only Netflix no Hulu?
- No Hulu. - Would you ever
subscribe to Hulu?
- why should I?
- Great question. - Both.
- And if you had to give up just one
which one would it be? - Netflix.
- Neither, YouTube TV?
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- I have Hulu but my parents pay for Netflix.
- That's a millennial.
- I subscribe to both.
- And if you had to give up just one
which one would it be?
- It would be Hulu.
- Both. - If you had to give up one
which one would it be?
- Hulu heartbeat.
- Netflix.
- Just Netflix. - Just Netflix.
- Both actually.
- And if you had to give up just one of them
which one would it be?
- Probably Hulu 'cause I like the office too much.
- Netflix. - [Man's voice] Netflix.
- Both. - Okay, and if you had
to give up just one of them
which one would it be?
- I think maybe Netflix actually.
- Do you subscribe to Netflix or Hulu?
- Hey, guys both.
- And if you had to give up just one, which one would it be?
- Probably Netflix actually.
- Neither, I only have three electrical outlets
in my house.
- Both. - And if you had
to give up just one of them which one would it be?
- Netflix.
- I'm kind of shocked at how many there are.
You know I think I'm with the Netflix people,
they're both great but Netflix has the binge factor
that I prefer and I like a lot of their shows.
But if you were to say Hulu frankly
I'm not gonna put up much of a fight because it's great too.
I really like Hulu's programming also,
Future Man is a fun show.
Anyway frankly you should probably just get both
'cause like I said earlier you can do it for pretty cheap.
But the question here is which one would you choose?
So hit the comments below,
if you had to choose one of these two tell us
which one it would be?
And be nice to each other as you're arguing.
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