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Originally Posted by Rocksnap (Post 2370710)

If anyone has other options, would love to hear them. And not the regular cable providers, as last I checked were a bit more expensive than the options discussed here.

Sling is another option. Either blue or orange plan are pretty cheap and each is focused toward a different kind of viewer. Even the combined price of both plans is lower than the other main options. One of them does offer local channels, but I don’t believe it is ALL of them. So that would be something to check if you must have a certain network. Or use an antenna for locals.

Watch for Black Friday specials and summer promotions.
I have one year of HULU (with commercials ) for $3.99 a month. I’ll drop it for awhile… then maybe pick it up sometime in the future.
Overall, I also prefer YTTV. I subscribe during football season and winter months. By May everything is reruns again so I drop it.
Netflix…Peacock on a special….always plenty to view in the summer.
I know some people don’t like moving subscriptions around, but I love playing with the technology

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Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 2370440)

How much is the increase for only HULU?

A message appeared on the television screen and in my email that said there would be an increase to $95.99 a month which looked like a mistake until I decided it must include all the offerings in total. We do not have Disney or ESPN.

Even so, that cost caused me some sticker shock and I did not click to any of the remaining pages. At first, I thought it was a hack. That opening message could use some clarification.

I sometimes find HULU to be cumbersome to use. Is there anything better after giving up cable?

Boomer

Hi there,

We are having the same problems with Hulu & now with Netflix 😵
Hulu, was always disconnecting and requesting for us to go thru the whole recovery mode..
We put up with this silly game since we had Hulu in our phones, tablets, and TVs.
However, little by little it kept creeping up in cost. When we first had Hulu it cost us $4.95 I think in 2007 or so. Last year they were asking for $15.95!
That is about 16 years of being a loyal customer… However, we really didn’t use Hulu much because it seemed like they had mostly reruns of shows we loved to watch. In addition, Hulu’s constant login verification. So we drop them and have Not miss Hulu At All!!!
Netflix is next because they got rid of our tier price of $9.99 and now it is either $6.99 with commercials or $15.99 to have the same services we had at the $9.99 monthly level.

Our solution:
1- Our Amazon Membership comes with access to Prime Video. In Prime Video there are tons of options to watch live TV, download apps to watch shows, mostly with no ads.

2-YouTube Live again for $15.95, but the options are endless to Movies, TV shows, Live TV, Music, News, you name it, you will find it on this app. For less than any cable subscription anywhere.

3- All new Smart TVs have access to channels and apps, but we discovered the updates sometimes stop working on our 2016 LG OLED.
Easily fixed with an Amazon Cube.

What we are saying is…. There are TONS of options after Hulu & Netflix and We don’t have suffer their idiotic demands.

Hope you find a good fix for your specific needs.Have a wonderful day ☺️☺️

You tube tv is great and cheaper

YoutubeTV is advertised at $72.99 per month. What taxes, fees, etc. do they add to that?

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Originally Posted by MidWestIA (Post 2370777)

You tube tv is great and cheaper

YTTV is $73/month
Hulu is $83/month and adds Hulu streaming on-demand, Hulu original series, Disney+

For just live TV the prices seem comparable. If you watch any of the Hulu or Disney shows then the prices favor Hulu.

For live TV, channel selection, DVR capability, and ease of use should weigh more than price alone.

Hulu Live seemed buggy when we had it. We now have basic Hulu, added Disney+ separately, and have YTTV+Sunday Ticket through football season.

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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2370788)

YoutubeTV is advertised at $72.99 per month. What taxes, fees, etc. do they add to that?

For us, $72.99 -> $80.13 after taxes. I believe the taxes are 7% Florida sales tax plus some amount of Wildwood tax on services over internet. I'm not really sure the Wildwood portion should apply to me since I am not in the incorporated portion but I'm haven't tried to push that yet.

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Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 2370440)

Paramount plus, appleTV, Netflix, all around $10, except Paramount comes with Walmart Plus, and of course we cannot do without Amazon Prime. At least Amazon quit interrupting the free to me movies with advertising.

$82.60 out the door.

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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2370788)

YoutubeTV is advertised at $72.99 per month. What taxes, fees, etc. do they add to that?

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Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2370715)

A lot more expensive!

I just did the math, and replacing my Xfinity Ultimate TV service, which includes 185 channels, with the YoutubeTV streaming service ($82 per month), would not save me any money at all. This is because of the Xfinity contract discount and the 3-product discount, on a 2-year contract. I have their Internet service, cable TV, and a digital landline phone, and 2 cable boxes. Am I missing something?

$82.60 for YouTube TV
$40.00 for internet access
No land line, don’t need it
$30 for 2 cellphones with unlimited voice, text, and data

Total telecommunication cost for the 2 of us:

$153.00 per month

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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2370859)