Hulu Live and YouTube TV are easily
the two fastest growing streaming TV services
out there right now.
You guys are very passionate about these,
so if history is any guide,
I'm about to get a lot of comments on this one.
Let's get started.
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Now to compare YouTube TV versus Hulu Live,
I'm gonna tackle a few different areas of each.
The available devices, the channels,
the DVR, simultaneous streams, and of course price.
Now if you're sharp,
you noticed something left off the list.
The interface.
I'm sure there are a few of you out there
who love the interface of one or the other so much
that this will be the deciding factor between the two,
but I don't think it should be.
And anyway I can't possibly rate those interfaces
since frankly it's just too subjective.
For instance, I think Hulu's interface looks great,
but I actually hate the layout.
But that doesn't mean you have to.
Anyway we can do future videos
on exactly how all these interfaces work,
but for now let's get into exactly why Hulu Live
is the number one streaming service
out there right now.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Look that's a pretty bold claim there.
I'm here to contend that YouTube TV is in fact much better.
- Who the hell are you?
- I'm you, only smarter. See?
- Maybe so but why do you get a podium?
- Well thank you.
YouTube TV can't be number one
because it's not even available on the Amazon Fire TV,
because Google and Amazon
won't just kiss and make up already.
Hulu Live is available pretty much everywhere.
- Well it's not on the Android TV platform.
It's also not on PlayStation.
- Well you know YouTube TV isn't on the PlayStation either.
- Yeah, that's true.
But Hulu is missing some of the greatest channels out there.
No AMC. No BBC America.
Everybody's gonna miss out
on "The Walking Dead" and "Doctor Who".
- Nerd!
Oh please.
You just named two channels.
Neither of them is even in the top 10 on cable.
YouTube TV is missing Discovery,
HGTV, Food Network, Lifetime.
These are some serious omissions.
- Wait, wait, oh! Transmission incoming.
Yes, this just in.
YouTube TV just added a bunch of Discovery networks,
so now they do in fact have
HGTV, Food Network, and Discovery.
- Oh.
- Hey at least we're both missing all the Viacom channels.
- You know I don't think that's something
we should be bragging about.
- Well maybe not, but I bring it up
because either way somebody's probably gonna add Philo
to their service line up
in order to get those Viacom channels.
But there are a lot of repeat channels
between Philo and Hulu Live
that you end up paying for twice,
but Philo and YouTube TV actually fit together much better.
- Maybe so. Maybe.
But we can at least both brag about our local channels.
Those are both great.
- Yeah that's true.
We are pretty even there,
so maybe we should talk about the DVRs now.
- No.
- No really.
Give us your best pitch on Hulu Live's DVR.
- Okay, fine.
At no extra charge Hulu Live gives you
50 hours of recording.
Then for a nominal fee of 10 bucks a month,
you can increase that storage to 200 hours.
- Right and what else does that nominal fee allow you to do?
- Well it also let's you fast forward through commercials.
- So okay.
(laughs)
You mean you can't fast forward
through commercials with the free DVR?
How delightful.
Alright so my turn.
At no extra charge,
YouTube TV gives you unlimited storage,
and recordings are kept for nine months,
and you get to fast forward through your commercials.
- Yeah but doesn't YouTube TV swap in
their on-demand content for your recordings
with all of the commercials.
- Yeah, they used to.
Yes it was pretty bad,
but they've gotten a lot better at it now.
They don't do that very much.
Pretty much works as advertised now.
- Alright but you know what this is really all about?
It's all about family, right?
And Hulu Live is the friendliest service out there
for big families because you can get unlimited streams.
- Yeah for 10 bucks a month.
- Well sure at 10 bucks a month,
but listen to what I said: unlimited streams.
So if I've got a big family or lots of roommates,
10 bucks is a pretty small price to pay.
- But it is a price to pay.
So for no extra cost,
YouTube TV gives you three simultaneous streams.
Better than the two you get on Hulu Live's base package,
and frankly three is plenty for my small household.
- You know I'm glad you brought up price.
Let's talk about price.
Hulu comes in at 45 bucks a month
and YouTube TV is--
now remind me was it 40 bucks a month?
- Okay fine.
Yes, they did recently raise their price
to 50 bucks a month.
(laughs)
- Awesome so now with Hulu Live I can get Live TV
plus all the regular Hulu on-demand content.
I could even bump it up to the no commercials version
of Hulu and it's still cheaper than YouTube TV?
- Look I'm not thrilled about this either.
- I am.
- Well hey at least with YouTube TV
you don't get a bunch of add-ons.
50 bucks a month may be quite a bit,
but you get the great DVR
and the three simultaneous streams.
- And for less than that, Hulu with Live TV gives you:
Hulu and live TV.
- Alright well here's my final pitch.
Look the price may have been raised recently,
but it is still the simpler option
with a much better DVR.
And I think you can all agree with me,
and if you do, hit the comments below.
Let me know why I'm right.
- Well Hulu has more content and a cheaper base cost.
The value is easy to see,
and I have no doubt that these good people
will agree with me in the comments below.
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