I did a video on watching TV without
cable a while back but since then a lot
of new options have come out and frankly
much better ones competition has begun
in the online TV space and as with one
of the good things about competition
prices and offerings are just getting
better and better
because of all these lowering of prices
and all this healthy competition I had a
question it was simple what is the most
live TV channels I can get for the least
amount of money
now Hulu just launched a beta feature
that they probably should have ever
since they started claiming that they
were online TV and that is live TV and
frankly this new plan is one of the
better options when you're getting your
bang for your buck out right now along
with the other two that I'll mention in
a minute
with the dough you get over 50 channels
for just $40 a month and in addition to
live TV it also includes the standard
Hulu on demand library that normally
costs eight dollars a month and as over
3500 shows and movies at this point who
also gives you 50 hours of DVR storage
which is a decent amount at least for me
and you can upgrade to 200 hours with
unlimited simultaneous recording and the
ability to fast-forward through
commercials for an extra fee besides
Hulu YouTube is now in the live TV game
as well and it's not a bad deal actually
for $35 a month you get about 46
channels including the popular ABC CBS
FOX NBC and ESPN it also gets you access
to YouTube red originals nothing watches
those but you have them also it does not
give you the YouTube red features like
ad free background playing etc YouTube
TV also has a unique feature on this
list that the other ones don't and
that's unlimited DVR storage so if there
are live shows you like on the channels
available you can easily set up
recording on all of them and never have
to worry about them getting deleted
before you get a chance to check them
out YouTube TV also has one other
feature that I think is kind of cool
which is the ability to have it six
different users on the system all with
their own DVR libraries
not just for families but also for
roommates etc means you can all share
that $35 a month cost and all six of you
up to six of you can each watch shows
and get recommendations on shows that
you should watch without being affected
by your weird roommates choices now the
last service on this list might might be
the best service when talking about the
most channels for the least money
DirecTV who also owns sling TV the
service I spoke about in my old video
has come out with their own package
service called DirecTV now
and while sling TV is good for a la
carte TV where you to pick and choose
the things that you want with albeit
questionable streaming quality to most
people I know DirecTV is more about
getting packages or really cheaper
pricing these bundles come in a few
different levels with the lowest one
possibly the lowest two being the other
ones that I would think are really a
good value overpaying for actual cable
it's $35 a month for the lowest plan for
over 60 channels and $50 a month for
over 80 channels making it probably the
best price per channel out right now
again if we're just talking sheer volume
of channels the biggest downside to it
is that they don't have DVR at all it is
a feature that they said is coming soon
though but at the moment you don't have
a way to record any shows and this
DirecTV is owned by a PNP Eve is a
really interesting deal that's happening
right now
for anybody that has a PT Wireless you
get $25 a month credit on your bill if
you have a specific unlimited data Plus
plan on your smartphone for AT&T now
that means that DirecTV at the $35 mark
is only $10 a month for 60 channels now
the data planning question is not the
cheapest plan but if you're someone like
me and you use a crap ton of data anyway
or you already have this plan then
DirecTV is kind of the no-brainer for
you use if you can bundle it and get
that discount as for HBO fans DirecTV
also has a $5 a month add-on for HBO
compared to the HBO now price of $15 a
month so that saves you a little bit of
money too
you have to get HBO okay so now once
you've decided on which service you want
to use you just need a way to stream it
there are a lot of options to choose
from when trying to stream TV I mean you
have Roku's and Apple TV fire sticks
chromecast Smart TVs there's a lot of
them but the cheapest option is always
going to be the one you already have
now all of these services have apps for
Android and iOS so you can watch on your
phone or tablet
they all have browser options so you can
watch them on a computer as well as they
also have apps for smart TVs so if you
have any of those at your disposal it's
probably going to be your cheapest
option because well you paid for it
already and the other two options I have
for you are both very similar and
similarly priced and they also are very
convenient in fact they work just like
any of the apps on your phones or
tablets the first one is the fire stick
from Amazon it has a very simple UI and
everything is available on the TV so
it's just really easy for most members
of your family to use without too much
hassle you simply navigate to whatever
app you need login and then you're good
to go the fire stick is also only $35
and the DirecTV service and sometimes
the other ones do this as well but it
comes for free when you sign up for the
service so it's a free option which is
great besides the fire stick there's
also Google's option which is the
chromecast which by the way at the
moment of doing this at least comes for
free with the YouTube live TV service
otherwise the chromecast is available
for $35 and will not only let you watch
any of these services using their apps
in the Google home app on the phone but
also has the added benefit of caching
your computer or phone screen to the TV
as well meaning any online web shows you
can just cat to the TV the big downside
to the chromecast is that it's not the
most intuitive thing for saying your
older family members mainly because
everything has to be done on a phone or
a tablet using an app it can't all be
done on the TV there's no remote and so
it's just something to think about
depending on who in your household might
be using the
there you go and depending on which one
you chose you could be watching live TV
I'm prepped on the channels for between
10 and 50 dollars a month on top of that
you also can watch them anywhere on
multiple devices there's extra content
including and a lot of those so it's
just it's just a no-brainer compared to
cable and honestly it's probably only
going to get cheaper as we go so if you
have other combinations of streaming
devices and services that you guys think
are good please let me know in the
comments below I'd love to hear from you
guys I'm sure other people would like to
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