hey what's up savers welcome to the channel and today we're going to talk about
youtube tv's growing list of add-ons it started with sports then entertainment and the latest
the 4k plus add-on question is are any of them really worth it so here's what we're gonna do in
today's video we'll look at the three most popular youtube tv add-ons and then rank them from best
to worst let's get started let's begin with the newest add-on this one is called 4k plus and i'll
pull up here the youtube tv news release i'm going to walk you through the details as we continue
but first the most shocking thing is the price of this 19.99 a month but as of this recording
one month free and then 9.99 for the first year what you get for that price the ability to stream
in 4k and youtube tv says that includes a lot of sports content from networks like nbc
and espn in addition to 4k though and probably more important to a lot of people watching this
is the ability to download shows to watch offline youtube tv it's known for that unlimited dvr
you've heard me talk about it before on this channel i have a whole video about why it's dvr
is different and with this 4k plus add-on you're going to be able to watch your saved recordings
even when you don't have an internet connection finally the third component of the 4k plus add-on
is unlimited streams at home if you haven't checked out my youtube tv review watch that next
but in that i explained that you get three streams with the base plan with 4k plus unlimited streams
but here's the big thing it's got to be on your home wi-fi a youtube tv subscription is meant one
per household so those are the basics but there's a few more things you should probably know about
each component of the 4k plus add-on before you decide to subscribe to it for the 4k content right
now there's just a limited amount of content to stream in 4k maybe a year or two down the road
this would make more sense for a lot of people just watching in hd is fine downloading shows to
watch offline is a great perk but you got to think about your own life and how much you are really
offline for me that's rare i have an unlimited cell phone plan with verizon owned visible
and it's a truly unlimited plan there is no cap on the high speed data so whenever i'm away from my
home wi-fi i just use the cellular data connection with visible and i've got a link below with more
details on that plan and a review too and bringing it back to youtube tv with the unlimited streams
at home this is probably most appealing to people in large households again three streams with the
base plan so unless you are running over that regularly this is probably not enough to sign
up and pay that extra twenty dollars a month so a lot to take in there about the 4k plus add-on
i'm going to share my ranking a little later in the video right now though we got to learn about
the entertainment plus add-on with entertainment plus you get hbo max stars and showtime for the
price of 29.99 per month of course that is as of this recording that's an interesting mix of
services i'm not sure how many people would pay for all three of those individually but you do
get a little break on the price that 29.99 per month is about five dollars off if you purchase
them separately this is important no free trial with entertainment plus but you can sign up for
each of those services and some others too individually instead of subscribing to the bundle
so for example you could sign up for hbo max alone at the regular price 14.99 per month and youtube
tv offers a seven day free trial that's something you do not get directly from hbo max's website
at least as of this recording so there is nothing wrong about signing up for add-on entertainment
services through youtube tv and there's a whole long list of them that i can't get to in this
video but generally it is not something that i do unless i just want to take advantage of that free
trial instead i just like to sign up directly with providers because it makes it a whole lot easier
if i decide to cancel i know exactly where to go to cancel the service but i'm not trying to say
it's hard to turn off and on your subscriptions if you subscribe to youtube tv it is pretty simple
and you do it through the same account dashboard where you would cancel or pause your subscription
all right we've covered 4k plus then entertainment plus there's one more major add-on i want to talk
about today before we get to the rankings and that is sports plus this was the original youtube tv
add-on and it includes seven networks that you can get in addition to the base subscription
the price is 10.99 a month as of this recording most popular here nfl red zone if you know you
know it's a way to watch every touchdown for nfl season but also fox college sports fox soccer plus
and stadium among other networks but sports plus is a little bit different it's not like you can
just get nfl red zone and forget the rest you have to get all seven of these networks or none
they are not available as individual add-ons now this is an add-on that i think a lot of people
use seasonally they may sign up during football season keep it for five months and then if they
keep youtube tv year round they can drop this add-on for the other seven months out of the
year so now let's get what you've been waiting for the rankings from best to worst of course which
of these add-ons if any will be best for you it's going to depend on the person but i've given this
a lot of thought based on the feedback that i've received from you and just my personal opinion
using the service so the best and again i thought about this a lot i'm going to say is the sports
plus add-on mainly because of nfl red zone this is something that cable tv providers charge extra for
so i think it makes sense to charge extra for it with streaming and there's a lot of people
who don't care about that network so why should they have to pay for nfl red zone in the base plan
this one i think makes sense for most people and as i mentioned before it's one that's easy to stop
and start during the off season so best is sports plus and second i've gone back and forth with this
but i'm gonna say it is 4k plus i do not like the fact that youtube tv is making people pay
extra for 4k but the downloads for offline viewing and unlimited streams will work for some
families and at the promotional 9.99 a month i think that's fair after all hulu live charges
extra for unlimited screens too and that means entertainment plus add-on is the worst
and really i appreciate that you get a discount off of these three services hbo max stars and
showtime i just don't think there's a whole lot of people who actually need all three of those
services if the combo were a little bit different and you've got a discount let's say it were
hbo max hulu and netflix i'd be all for it but that's just not a possibility here
the good thing though as i mentioned earlier you can subscribe to all the available entertainment
add-ons individually as well i was just curious how much youtube tv would cost if you purchased
all three of these add-ons and look here well over 100 a month as the base plans of all these
live services have gone up in price over the years your savings compared to cable seems to be
shrinking a little bit and that's definitely the case once you add one two or even three of these
add-ons to the mix so my advice as always is to stick with the base plan for the greatest savings
compared to cable or even consider stopping and starting your live tv subscription
and rely on on-demand only for a few months out of the year some streamers are saving a thousand
dollars a year by following one of the four cord cutting tracks that i've identified check out this
video to see what's best for your household and i'll see you back here soon take care