How to Use Hulu' s DVR Feature？
If you already enjoy watching live TV on Hulu, enhance your experience by adding Hulu's Cloud DVR to your subscription. It lets you record Hulu Live TV to never miss key sports or live events, and avoid waiting for favorite shows to hit Hulu days after airing. Here's the lowdown on Hulu DVR.
- Author: Shine
- Update: Jun 11, 2025
What You Need to Use Hulu Cloud DVR
Stream popular TV shows and movies on demand, anytime, anywhere.
To use Hulu Cloud DVR, you need the following things:
An active Hulu subscription to Hulu + Live TV.
A device that supports Hulu + Live TV and Cloud DVR (Hulu has a full list of supported devices on their website).
The standard Hulu DVR subscription offers 50 hours of live TV storage.The Enhanced Cloud DVR option boosts this limit to 200 hours, allows ad-skipping, removes restrictions on simultaneous recordings, and lets you stream recordings to other devices. Some Enhanced Cloud DVR packages also include Hulu No Ads to block all service advertisements.
How to Use Hulu Cloud DVR
Once you meet all requirements for using Hulu Cloud DVR, here’s how to record shows, manage recordings, and more. To record a single episode or all episodes of a series:
1.Search or browse to find the show you want to record to your Cloud DVR.
2.Click on the show to go to its detail page.
If your browsed to find the show, you can skip a few steps. Click the show's vertical three-dot icon and skip to step 4.
3.Click the + icon to add the show to My Stuff.
4.When you do this, the record button appears next to the My Stuff checkmark. Click the record button.
5.Choose what you want to record:
Do not record: Use this option if you've already been recording the show and want to stop.
New episodes only: Choose this if you only want new episodes that are being aired for the first time to be recored.
New & reruns: Love a show so much you want to be able to watch all of its reruns and new episodes? Choose this option.
How to Use Hulu Cloud DVR to Record Live TV
Recording live TV is pretty similar, but with one or two different steps. Here's what to do:
1.Click Live TV to go to the live TV channel guide.
2.Browse the guide until you find a show you want to record to your Cloud DVR. Click the show.
3.In the pop-up window, click the record icon. The record icon changes to red to indicate that the show is being recorded.
4.If you return to the Live TV channel guide, any show you're recording will be marked with a red record icon.
