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1. #YOUTUBE TV STREAMS 720P#
2. #YOUTUBE TV STREAMS 1080P#
3. #YOUTUBE TV STREAMS UPGRADE#
4. #YOUTUBE TV STREAMS FULL#

#YOUTUBE TV STREAMS UPGRADE#

Speaking of upgrades, Google offers a bunch of ways to upgrade YouTube TV.

#YOUTUBE TV STREAMS FULL#

That's a small portion of YouTube TV's full lineup, and YouTube TV's 4K Plus upgrade costs an additional $20 a month and that limited selection just doesn't seem worth it. YouTube TV does offer a 4K Plus package that adds 4K streams to Discovery, ESPN, Fox Sports, FX, National Geographic, NBC Sports, and Tastemade, but it's only available for "select" live and on-demand content from those specific networks.

#YOUTUBE TV STREAMS 720P#

Some still only broadcast in 720p while others go as high as 1080p. That isn’t necessarily YouTube TV’s fault, as the quality of an “HD” stream really depends on the network. Other times, however, it looks markedly worse than what I know Full HD can actually look like, especially when commercials can look extremely high quality, and then there is a noticeable dip in quality once a show returns.

#YOUTUBE TV STREAMS 1080P#

YouTube TV claims that it can stream at up to 1080p Full HD, and sometimes I believe it.

On that note, it’s worth pointing out that the visual quality of live broadcasts is inconsistent. I can't seem to figure out when YouTube TV forces this, but intermittent episodes of Bravo's Below Deck don't seem to record the live broadcast, and only offer me the streamed version.

The higher resolution stream is generally worth the few minutes of commercials, but obviously, this could be a dealbreaker for those who can’t stand ads. The benefit to this is that you get it in 1080p Full HD as opposed to 720p standard HD, but the downside is you’re sometimes forced to watch commercials. One thing I've noticed about YouTube's cloud DVR is that sometimes it doesn't save the live broadcast, but just notes that you wanted to see something and offers it as an on-demand stream. That said, the DVR lives in the cloud, so you can access any of your saved content at any time from anywhere. YouTube's unlimited DVR lets you save as much as you want, but it "dumps" your recordings after nine months. What you get for that is an unlimited DVR, up to three simultaneous streams, and access from pretty much every platform you can imagine: smart TVs of all names, mobile devices, Roku, and even consoles. The base plan is $65 a month for a host of popular channels and an unlimited DVR (up from what was $50 leading into the second half of 2020). Today, YouTube TV has one base plan and a ton of add-on options, far more than when I first picked up the service. In contrast, YouTube TV (and Playstation Vue before it) were very straightforward. At the time, Sling felt overly complicated, with too many options and add-ons to manage. Back when I first picked a streaming horse to bet on, I was also considering Sling. YouTube TV excels at, well, simply streaming live television. YouTube TV, with all that it does right - which is a lot - often feels redundant. On the flip side, there is an argument to be made that what YouTube TV offers, and Vue before it, is outdated and less appealing in 2021, as pretty much every major network has launched its own online service. I've been a subscriber and daily active user of YouTube TV for nearly two years (officially making the switch shortly before the annoyingly buggy PlayStation Vue was unceremoniously shuttered), and there is a lot to like about it, particularly its clean and polished interface. In one half of this, there is very little to complain about. To review YouTube TV is to actually review two things: first, how it works as a platform, and second, the service that it’s selling in 2021’s very crowded streaming market.