

The first sub-tab on the home page is called Hulu Picks. I also dislike the two rows of different tabs at the top, which makes it more confusing to navigate.
#Hulu with live tv tv
If you've used Hulu before, then you'll notice that Live TV adds two new tabs to the existing Home, Browse, Search and Profile - these are My Stuff (DVR) and Live TV. As soon as you open Hulu with Live TV, the home page shows you just four-and-a-half shows at a time - a tiny number compared to all of the choices on Hulu - and other tabs are similarly limited, with too much wasted space. Of all of the live TV services I've used, Hulu's interface has the most radical design, but I liked it the least. To upgrade, you'll need to create a new account and/or lose the bundle.
#Hulu with live tv upgrade
In case you're wondering, you can't upgrade this package to Hulu with Live TV (I know, I tried).

Important missing channels include AMC, BBC America, MTV and Comedy Central.Ī short time ago, Hulu and Spotify cooperated on a super-sweet $10 bundle and while the deal has now expired it still has a number of subscribers who are grandfathered in. Check the channel lineup at the end of the article, or the big comparison above, to see if the Hulu with Live TV's mix is right for you.

Hulu's channel count is solid, better than PlayStation Vue but worse than YouTube TV and Fubo TV (meanwhile DirecTV Now has HBO). YouTube TV and more: Live TV channels compared And all of the other premium services include cloud DVRs that let you skip commercials as part of their standard functions. Adding it brings the monthly price of Hulu with Live TV up to $60, which is more expensive than the basic tier of any other live TV service. Many users see commercial skipping as a must-have for any DVR. To get that functionality, you need to spring for the Enhanced DVR. The standard, non-enhanced DVR on Hulu Live lacks the ability to fast-forward and rewind through commercials on recorded content. Enhanced DVR to skip commercials)Īpart from the unusual interface, which I'll cover shortly, the service's biggest gotcha is the $10-a-month charge for the Enhanced DVR.
