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I've shared a lot of YouTube TV tips and tricks on this channel, but there are some
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problems I can't solve. Today's video brought to you by michaelsavesdeals.com, and it all starts with pricing
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YouTube TV is a premium live TV streaming service, and it comes with a premium monthly
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price tag. When you sign up for the service as a new customer, you'll typically get a free trial
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and perhaps a discount on the first three months of service. With YouTube TV, there are no special discounts for seniors, students, or members of the military
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Best way to save? Pause your subscription for a few months out of the year
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I hear from a lot of people who want to be able to press power on their remote, have
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the YouTube TV app load right away, and get right into playing live TV
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I've got a Roku, and I don't know of a way to do this. With a Roku, after powering your TV on, you have to select the YouTube TV app, and then
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you'll be taken to a profile screen, then the YouTube TV home screen
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Right now, I've got nothing playing in the background, but if you go to your profile
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icon, then settings, and enable autoplay on start, the YouTube TV app will automatically
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play a top recommendation in the background at launch. For my experience using this feature, the autoplay on start channel is often the last
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channel that I've watched, but not always, and there's no way to set a specific channel
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for autoplay on start. Let's keep it moving, and somewhere along the way, all these streaming apps decided
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to add sound effects when you open them up, and YouTube TV is no exception
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People have told me they find the sound effect loud and jarring, but I don't believe there's
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any way to disable it. Your best workaround? Press mute on your TV when you fire up the app
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I'm taking you to the YouTube TV home screen next, and some people would like the top picks
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for you section to be customizable, so that you can quickly get to your favorite channels
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right from the home screen. Unfortunately, this section is not customizable. It's based on YouTube TV's algorithm
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If the recommendations don't match up with your viewing habits, and that happens, you
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can always use the don't show me this feature from either a computer or the YouTube TV mobile app
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Don't show me this will remove the program from top picks for you across all devices
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Now to this, the live guide font size. When YouTube TV overhauled its live guide a couple years back, it shrunk the font size
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to make room for program descriptions along the top of the screen
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For some users, the font size, it's just too small. But I don't know of a way to increase it
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Maybe use the live guide from the mobile app? Not a great suggestion, but let me know if you've got any other solutions
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By the way, I've got a separate tutorial. If you want to customize the channels that you see in your live guide, you can do that
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from either a phone or computer. I've made it to the CloudDVR library now
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And the great thing about YouTube TV's CloudDVR is you get unlimited storage
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Record as much as you want. But the biggest issue people have with the DVR is the lack of control
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When you set a recording with YouTube TV, all episodes in a series are recorded, new
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and reruns. There's no way around this. You also can't delete single episodes in a series after you watch them
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So to help keep track of your recordings, my best advice, use the Mark as Watched feature
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That's from a computer or a phone. Just locate the recording and select Mark as Watched
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Next to buffering and playback issues. I'll say I don't experience too much buffering with YouTube TV
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It's happened a couple times. But sometimes buffering, it doesn't have anything to do with YouTube TV
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With buffering, the first thing I do is go to speedtest.net and check your internet connection
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Make sure that it meets YouTube TV's speed requirements. I've got them for you here on the screen
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If your speed is lower than normal, start by resetting your router
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That may be all it takes. But if you're having consistent issues with your internet connection, you may want to
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Sometimes issues are on YouTube TV's end. I snapped this picture a few weeks ago when the service was really acting up
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In cases like these, before you contact support, I suggest going to downdetector.com
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That way you can see if other people are reporting problems with the service
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Video quality issues, well those may also be related to your internet connection
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But there's at least one thing that I can have you try out. While watching live TV, arrow down twice and make your way to the HD icon
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From here, I usually keep video quality on auto. But you can adjust it up or down based on the options available for the channel that
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you're watching. This is important. Some channels will max out at 1080p, others at only 720p
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And even if you're paying for YouTube TV's 4K plus add-on, just know that 4K content
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is pretty limited. One way to preview what's available, use the 4K filter on the home screen and then
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you can see upcoming content that's available with the 4K plus add-on
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A lot of people really don't like YouTube TV's customer support because there's no
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800 number for you to call. And I don't have one to provide you
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But there is a way to get YouTube TV on the phone, it just requires a little bit more work
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When you contact YouTube TV for help from a phone or computer, it's going to have
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you describe your issue and then it will recommend help documents first
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They don't really want you to contact a human. But after that, you can continue following the prompts until you see the options for
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live support from a customer service rep. Here you'll usually have the option to either chat or request a callback
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YouTube TV costs a lot of money. So if any of these problems I mentioned today are deal breakers, check out my guide on michaelsaves.com
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That's where I compare the best live TV streaming services. And for those who are new to YouTube TV, I've got some free resources on my website to help
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you get the most out of the service. Find links to everything in the description box below
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My name is Michael and I thank you for watching
