![]() ![]() One of Peacock's biggest advantages is its access to NBC's strong catalog of content, as well as its sister networks and entertainment properties, including Bravo, USA Network, Syfy, Oxygen, E!, CNBC, MSNBC and Universal Pictures. It reminds me a bit of Amazon Prime Video, which has shows included in your subscription mixed in with those you have to pay extra for. Premium shows are mixed in with free offerings, denoted by a little purple feather in the top left corner. ![]() If you choose to downgrade from premium to the free tier, you'll notice a change in what's not available to watch. Parents do have the option of setting a PIN-enabled parental lock to limit the age range of content displayed, but there's unfortunately no option to filter out Premium content, which may leave kids frustrated at how many shows are unavailable to them on the free version. Note that Peacock does have a Kids page with a couple of shows like Barney and Curious George on its free tier, but its most popular shows, including Dreamworks' Dragons: Riders of Berk and The Croods: Family Tree, are only available with a paid subscription. You can also seamlessly search for specific titles, but if you type in "originals," it won't spit out a list of Peacock Originals. ![]() Peacock now offers some 4K content, which is labeled separately from the rest of the catalog, making it easy to find. There's a big carousel of "hero" tiles at the top and rows of thumbnails below, labeled Peacock Picks, Continue Watching, Peacock Originals, Featured Films and so on. Peacock's homepage and Browse section is similar to those of other streaming services. It's also worth mentioning that some subscribers to the most-expensive, ad-free, paid version will still see ads on "a small amount of programming, Peacock channels, live events and a few TV shows and movies," according to Peacock. This is about the same ad experience as watching on Hulu's $8-a-month ad-supported plan, or on regular live TV. Modern Family had three to four ad breaks within one 23-minute episode. On episodes of Saturday Night Live, there were seven to nine ads sprinkled throughout the episode on both mobile and TV. And The Godfather's three-hour runtime didn't have any ad interruptions. When I streamed the movie Nope, there was only a 2.5-minute set of ads before the movie, with no commercials during the film. That option would be great to have on the Apple TV too to get the ads out of the way, but unfortunately it's not (yet).Īfter scrolling around and watching a bunch of ads, when I went back to start The Hitman's Bodyguard again, there were no ads at all, because I had already seen 5 minutes' worth in the previous hour. It does seem like if you pop in and out of a movie or show, the ad count may reset. But when it played on the iPhone app, there was a notice that we would watch 135 seconds of ads at the beginning, and none for the rest. Peacock even marks midroll ad breaks so you know when to expect them. While watching The Hitman's Bodyguard on a Roku TV, there were six ads sprinkled throughout the film, ranging from 20 to 60 seconds each. My experience varied depending on the show and device. Peacock promises that you'll see five minutes or less of ads per hour across both ad-supported tiers. I tested out Peacock's ad-supported free tier and its ad-supported $5-a-month Premium tier. House of the Dragon, The White Lotus, Euphoria, DC titles Stranger Things, Squid Game, Bridgerton, Wednesday The Office, Love Island, Bel-Air, Vampire Academy, Quantum Leap Premium with ads for $5, ad-free Premium Plus for $10, free option for existing subscribers ![]()
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