Let's not kid ourselves, we live in a time
when traditional TV isn't exactly a necessity.
In fact, I'd argue that's the case
for all live TV these days.
No, the new necessities are Netflix, Hulu and Amazon,
but signing up for all three streaming services
is overkill, right?
Well actually no, and I'll tell you why, let's dive in.
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Now, let's start by looking at the cheapest way
to get all three services.
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All right, if we're talking about the cheap way,
we start with Netflix basic, that's 8.99,
then Hulu with commercials that's 5.99
and then 8.99 again for Amazon Prime video only.
So the total price here is 23.97 a month.
Yeah, it may be as basic as this white wall behind me,
but that is a lot of content for 24 bucks,
not a bad way to go, but there are problems here.
The Netflix basic plan only allows one simultaneous stream
which sucks, but it wouldn't be fatal
if it weren't for the fact that
that single stream will be in standard definition
because of that, I think you'd find yourself drifting
toward Hulu and Prime content which will be in HD.
Now speaking of which, I'm okay with the Hulu
with commercials plan, depending on the amount
of Hulu you plan on watching, but the Amazon Prime version
that's video only, is incredibly foolish in my mind
since you can get a ton of extras
for only a dollar more per month and we'll talk about that
in just a second, but for now, let's move on
to the right way of doing it.
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Let's start with Netflix.
Unless you're watching on a TV that's 20 years old,
you're going to want, maybe even need that HD signal.
Your sweet flat-screen TV was just designed
for more pixels than an SD signal can provide.
So that leaves us with two other options for Netflix,
the 12.99 HD plan or the 15.99 Ultra HD plan.
Unless you've got a killer TV and a killer Wi-Fi signal,
the ultra HD might be overkill for a lot of people.
I'm betting the bulk of us will be fine with regular HD.
Okay, so 12.99 for Netflix.
Now, which Hulu package to go with?
Well, as I said earlier, it kind of depends
on just how much Hulu you plan to watch.
If you're in there constantly,
then commercials might drive you a little bit crazy
and the 11.99 plan would be worth it to get rid of those.
If you're not binging much in Hulu
and you're just popping in for a show here or there
then the commercials supported plan
at 5.99 is going to be great.
Yes, there are commercials, but even there,
you're getting a better deal than you're used to
with traditional TV.
Your typical network half-hour show is actually only
about 22 to 23 minutes long to account for seven
to eight minutes of commercials.
When you watch the same commercial supported show on Hulu,
then you're getting an average of five minutes
of commercials over the same program,
saves you a few minutes per show, silver linings right?
And lastly we have Amazon Prime video.
As I mentioned earlier, the video only plan is 8.99 a month
and I think generally speaking, you'd be pretty foolish
to go this route, why?
Well, because you can get the full Amazon Prime suite
of services for 12.99 a month
or if you pay for a full year, it's 119 which works out
to about nine dollars and 91 cents a month,
that's less than a dollar per month,
more than the video only plan
and what do you get?
Free shipping and discounts on Amazon purchases,
access to two million songs and Amazon music
and a bunch of free Kindle content.
But let's be honest, the free Prime shipping alone
would be worth it on its own.
So if you're paying 12.99 for Netflix HD,
5.99 for Hulu with commercials and 9.91 for Prime,
we're coming out to 28.89 a month,
less than five dollars more than the cheapest way
and still under 30 dollars.
Make it Hulu with no commercials and we're still
at 34.89 a month, still a great deal
and never even a commercial in sight, not bad at all.
And that my friends is the right way to do it.
And lastly, because I'm just driven to be controversial,
I'll now pick a winner between the three of these.
Now this is tough, it's completely subjective
and most of you will probably comment murder me for this,
but I'm gonna go with Prime video.
Now don't get me wrong, Netflix is amazing, Hulu is amazing,
I would miss both of them, but the value of Prime video
plus the other Prime benefits from less than I'd pay
for standard Netflix, yeah I'll take the man
in the high castle plus free shipping, thank you very much.
But that's just what I think, I want to hear what you think
so hit those comments below, let me know just how right I am
or wrong I am, I, it's coming, I can feel it.
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I'll see you next time.
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