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YouTube TV's Secret Weapon in the Streaming TV Wars | YouTube TV DVR Explained!
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Jun 22, 2021
YouTube TV’s secret weapon can be summarized in just three words: Unlimited Cloud DVR. In today’s video, I answer the top 5 questions I’ve received from YouTube TV subscribers about its DVR and how it works. Plus, I provide additional tips and tricks to help you get the most out of YouTube TV's DVR. Learn more and compare the best live TV streaming services to replace cable here: https://michaelsaves.com/streaming/best-live-tv-streaming/ QUICK LINKS: 0:00 What Makes YouTube TV's DVR Different 1:07 How Much Does YouTube TV’s DVR Cost? 2:03 Is YouTube TV’s DVR Really Unlimited? 3:29 Is There a Way to Record or Delete a Single Episode? 4:46 What Happens If a Game Runs Over? 5:27 Why Are There Ads on My Recordings? 6:56 How to Report a YouTube TV DVR Error RELATED VIDEOS: 7 Things to Know Before You Sign Up for YouTube TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yryzr0KOLM Ranking YouTube TV's add-ons from best to worst: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym0vuKw3R4g
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hey what's up it's michael welcome to my
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channel and youtube tv's
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secret weapon can be described in just
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three words
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unlimited cloud dvr that's right it's so
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good that the live tv streaming services
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main competitors
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do not come close take a look hulu live
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and
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sling tv include only 50 hours of cloud
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dvr storage
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in their base plans while fubotv
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includes
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250 hours of storage space
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all three services have options to
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upgrade
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for an additional monthly fee every now
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and then i get comments from people who
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say
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they would switch to one of those three
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services if they offered unlimited
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cloud dvr storage but it's not that easy
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because cloud storage space
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is not free and these services all have
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to pay for it
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but in the case of youtube tv it has the
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advantage of being owned by google
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which sells cloud-based storage services
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to businesses
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and consumers in today's video i answer
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the top five questions about youtube
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tv's dvr
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including ways to get around the ads
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let's get started
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and we'll start here number one how much
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does youtube tv's dvr
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cost this is an easy one youtube tv's
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unlimited cloud dvr
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is included with the base plan as of
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this recording that is 65
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a month as i mentioned at the top
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youtube tv's
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main competitors also include cloud dvr
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storage
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at no extra charge but there are limits
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and additional storage will cost between
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five dollars and ten dollars a month
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philo is the other live tv service that
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allows unlimited recordings
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but i don't really consider it a main
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competitor to youtube tv
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since it doesn't carry live sports and
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the major cable news networks
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and although youtube tv's unlimited
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cloud dvr does not cost
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extra the service has been teasing us
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with an optional
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add-on package and when it launches
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those who purchase the add-on will be
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able to download shows
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for offline viewing moving on to number
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two is youtube tv's dvr
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really unlimited yes for the most part
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so let me explain
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the unlimited part refers to the cloud
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dvr storage space
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you can record as many programs as you
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want to
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even multiple programs that are airing
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at the same time
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but there is a limit and that's how long
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those recordings will be available
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for playback youtube tv will save your
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recordings for nine months
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in your library as long as you remain a
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member of the service
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and up to six profiles are allowed per
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account
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each with their own dvr so with all this
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talk already about unlimited dvr
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you may be wondering if you even need
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unlimited cloud dvr storage space
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and for people who subscribe to several
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on-demand streaming services like
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netflix
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hulu and hbo max and unlimited dvr
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may not be necessary because they're
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streaming so much on demand content
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elsewhere but if youtube tv is your
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primary streaming service
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or you've got a household full of people
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who use dvr and have their own libraries
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having that unlimited storage space may
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give you peace of mind
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i think of it kind of like cell phone
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data with your smartphone
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most of us use less than 10 gigabytes of
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smartphone data per month
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but many people opt for unlimited plans
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just because they don't want to have to
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worry about
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going over some data allotment it's the
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same thing with youtube tv's dvr
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one less thing to worry about when it's
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unlimited number three
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is there a way to record or delete a
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single episode
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and this is the question that i get the
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most about youtube tv's dvr
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i wish i had a better answer for you too
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you cannot
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record a single episode in a series let
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me show you how it works
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to add something to your youtube tv dvr
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you just click on the plus symbol
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next to a show movie sports team or an
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event
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then all current and upcoming airings
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will be recorded
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all of them and when you're ready to
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watch your recording you just head
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over to the library tab that is what
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youtube tv calls its dvr
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new recordings are displayed here by
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default but you can see
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other options from the left navigation
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now watch as i select a series
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the newest episodes are shown first but
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older episodes are displayed
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as i scroll to the right and as you
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stream recordings
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they'll be marked as watched but just
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like you can't record a single episode
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you cannot delete a single episode
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either
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so if you want to remove a program from
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your dvr
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go to the program page and then check it
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then
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current and upcoming airings will not be
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recorded you will still have access to
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things you have
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already recorded until they expire
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next number four what happens if a game
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runs over if you like to record sports
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you know there is always a chance that a
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game will go into overtime to make sure
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that you do not miss a key play
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youtube tv says it will extend sports
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recordings
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30 minutes beyond the scheduled end time
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and other recordings are extended too by
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just a minute
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past the scheduled end time from my
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experience
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in many cases it seems that youtube tv
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is able to detect when a game is going
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to go long
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and it will adjust accordingly even if
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it is beyond that 30 minute limit but to
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be safe
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you could always go to the live guide
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and record whatever
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errors in the next time slot now to
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number five
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why are there ads on my recordings so
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just think about what a dvr does
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youtube tv's dvr just records programs
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as they
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err on the networks it carries and that
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includes the commercials
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but if you set a recording before a
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program airs
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you will have the ability to manually
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fast forward
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through the commercials yourself in
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other words youtube tv does not take out
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the commercials
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they're still there but when you set a
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recording you can skip them
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when you go to your library it will
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include a mix of recorded and on-demand
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content
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look here you see that this episode of a
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series was recorded
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but if i select choose a version there's
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a video on demand
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vod option the difference matters
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because only the dvr or recorded content
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lets you skip ads if you set a recording
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youtube tv should play the dvr version
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by default but it is good to know that
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there is so much vod
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content in case you ever forget to set
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the dvr
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and now another tip to avoid commercials
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if you add a show to your dvr and sit
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down to watch it
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after it started you'll be given this
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option to start from the beginning
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or join live let's say you add an
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hour-long show to your library
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it airs at 9 00 pm you sit down at 9 15.
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if you select that play from beginning
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you can then skip through most if not
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all of the commercials
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in that hour-long show and just one more
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thing a bonus tip
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i recently learned that if you have any
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trouble with a recording
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there is a way to let youtube tv know
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about it from any recording
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select down on the video player and
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click on the more options
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icon then choose report recording
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and here there are several options to
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report the error to youtube tv
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if you've got something out of today's
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video give it a like and stick around
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for my video on the youtube tv settings
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you need to know about until next time