It's the age old question: how much money are you willing to part with when picking a streaming service tier? Do you go for the cheapest one and put up with ads and lower quality picture or do you splash out and get the aforementioned perks?
So, let's take a look at NBCUniversal's platform Peacock and their tiers of streaming service. With two different options for you to choose from: Peacock Premium and Peacock Premium Plus, you've got a choice to make when you sign up to the platform.
But aside from price what is the difference between Peacock Premium, costing $7.99 monthly, and Premium Plus, going for $13.99 per month? Keep reading to find out in this handy guide...
1. Peacock Premium
A cheaper price does not there's mean little to pick from on Peacock Premium. The streamer boasts there's 80,000-plus hours of TV shows, movies and live sports (including the weekly NFL Sunday Night Football game) for subscribers to enjoy. This includes Peacock originals like Based on a True Story, Poker Face, Bel-Air, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist and more. You can also catch up with the latest NBC shows the day after they air on live TV.
This tier will set you back $7.99 per month, or $79.99 for a whole year, which basically amounts to two months' free.
To sign up to Peacock Premium, head to the Peacock website here.
2. Peacock Premium Plus
There are two main differences between Peacock Premium and Peacock Premium Plus. The first is ads. Even though you pay for Peacock Premium, what that gets you is access to Peacock's library of shows and movies. You still get the commercials intermittently throughout on-demand content.
If you want to avoid ads altogether, you'll need to pay an extra $6 a month and pick Peacock Premium Plus. It's ad-free and has all of the same features as Peacock Premium, plus the ability to download certain movies and shows to watch them offline on mobile devices.
A word of caution: you'll still have to deal with ads in a few select titles and also in live sports programming (due to streaming rights.)
The other big difference is that Peacock Premium Plus allows its subscribers to watch their local NBC channel live, so you won't have to wait until the next day to watch Law & Order: SVU or other shows; you can stream them at the same time they air on TV.
Peacock is available on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, and Apple TV devices, as well as through games consoles, including PlayStation, and personal computers.
This tier costs $13.99 per month, or $139.99 for a whole year.
To sign up to Peacock Premium Plus, head to the Peacock website here.
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