Hulu on TV Made Simple: App to Offline Streaming

"How to watch Hulu on my TV?" If you are a Hulu subscriber and a movie fan that prefers watching movies on big screen, you might be wondering how to watch Hulu on TV. With Hulu providing an extensive library of on-demand videos including movies and TV shows, and live TV channels, your movie night would be much improved by watching Hulu contents on TV. However, it should be noted that though Hulu app has been available to smart TV, not all TV sets accept Hulu apps.

If you are wondering on how to watch Hulu on smart TV, this full guide will be helpful. You can learn how to watch Hulu on TV in different ways here.

Method 1: Watch Hulu on TV via Built-in Hulu Apps

Without doubt, the very first method to watch Hulu on TV is to make use of the Hulu app, which is available for download and installing on most smart TV sets. What’s you need to do is only install Hulu app on your smart TV, and then log into your Hulu app on your smart TV to watch Hulu movies and shows. With a Hulu app on your TV, you can even save Hulu titles for offline watching. This is because its Cloud DVR feature is available for recording.

The only thing you need to make clear is whether or not your smart TV supports Hulu app installation. According to the Hulu officials, the Hulu app can be downloaded and installed on the below smart TV sets:

• Amazon Fire TV (Fire OS 5.0 and later)
• Android TV devices
• Apple TV (4th generation and later)
• LG WebOS smart TVs
• Samsung smart TVs
• Vizio SmartCast TVs
• Xfinity Flex and X1 TV Boxes
• Xumo TV and XiOne Box

It should be noted that Fire TV Stick (Gen 1), and Live TV select add-ons on Xfinity X1 TV Boxes and Contour devices are no longer supported. If your smart TV is any one of the above-mentioned options, you can then freely download and install Hulu app on your smart TV to watch Hulu on TV easily.

Method 2: Watch Hulu on TV via Chromecast

If your TV is not supported by the Hulu app, don’t worry. You can still cast Hulu to TV by making use of Chromecast, which can help you cast Hulu to TV from your Android 5.0 or later devices, iOS 11 or later devices, and computer. To Chromecast Hulu, you need to firstly set your Chromecast by following the below steps:

• Step 1: Connect Chromecast with your TV via the HDMI cable, and then plug one end of USB cable to your Chromecast and then other end into your Android/iOS/computer.
• Step 2: On your Android/iOS/computer device, install Google Home, and then log into your Google account.
• Step 3: Click the Profile option in the right corner to choose "Set up device" option.
• Step 4: Choose "New Devices > Create another home > Next" to detect your Chromecast.
• Step 5: Then click the "Next" button. Click "Yes" button after you see a four-digit code on both your TV screen and phone/computer.
• Step 6: Name for the Chromecast and then click "Continue" button. Then connect your Chromecast to the WiFi connection that is connected to your device.

After setting Chromecast, then you can cast Hulu to TV via Chromecast by following the below steps:

• Step 7: Connect your Chromecast and Android/iOS device to the same WiFi network.
• Step 8: Kick off Hulu app on your Android/iOS, or open Chrome/Safari browser on your computer to visit the official Hulu website. Log into it.
• Step 9: Browse, search and play back the target Hulu video you want to cast to TV on your Android/iOS or computer browser.
• Step 10: Then, click the "Cast" button on the playback screen.
• Step 11: Select your Chromecast as the Hulu video casting method. You can then see that the Chromecast has casted Hulu to TV already.

Step 12: Click the "Cast" button on the Hulu app or Hulu website to stop casting Hulu to TV anytime you want.

Method 3: Watch Hulu on TV Offline Through Screen Mirroring or USB

If you don’t want to pay for the Chromecast, which might be around $60, you can also try to make use of third-party Hulu video savers to save Hulu videos to your computer, and then you can watch Hulu on TV through screen mirroring via VLC media player or directly play Hulu videos offline from local USB drive. There are quite a few wonderful Hulu video savers to help you get Hulu videos offline, such as CleverGet. After saving Hulu videos to local drive as MP4/MKV files, you can then mirror screen offline Hulu videos to TV, transfer Hulu video files to TV via USB drive, convert video files to disc, etc.

It would be quite simple for you save Hulu videos as offline files, as listed below:

• Step 1. Download and save Hulu videos with CleverGet or other Hulu video savers.
• Step 2. Copy and paste the downloaded Hulu videos to USB drive, and then connect USB drive to your TV to directly play back downloaded Hulu videos from your TV’s local media library.
• Step 3. Or, you can kick off VLC media player, play downloaded Hulu video, and then make use of the VLC’s mirroring feature to mirror Hulu video playback to TV.

Method 4: Watch Hulu on TV via HDMI Cable

If your TV gets an HDMI cable and you have a laptop, you can watch Hulu on your TV via laptop and HDMI cable. After connecting your HDMI cable with TV and laptop, you can then mirror your laptop screen to TV during Hulu video streaming. The below steps show you the detailed guide:

• Step 1: Prepare a male-to-male HDMI cable. Plug one end of HDMI cable to laptop and the other end to your TV.
• Step 2: On your remote, press the "Input" button to choose the HDMI port your laptop is connected with.

• Step 3: On your laptop screen, open the "Display settings > Detect" option.
• Step 4: Choose "Identify" button to let your laptop detect your TV and then choose a Duplicate these displays (cast your laptop screen to TV) mode for mirroring Hulu from laptop to TV.
• Step 5: After that, open a browser on your laptop, visit Hulu website, log into it with your account, and then play back target Hulu video. You then will see Hulu streaming on your TV as well.

Conclusion

The above methods should have helped you watch Hulu video on TV with ease. Actually, if you are an iOS device (iPhone/iPad) user, you can also try to airplay Hulu video to TV if your TV accepts the airplay feature. Among all these methods, the easiest and most reliable solution is to save Hulu videos to your local drive as offline MP4/MKV files, and then transfer these offline files to your TV as local media files for unlimited playback.