Philo

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Live television with a year-long DVR window

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SI Score: 80/100
Pricing: Freemium AI reading, not confirmed
Free plan: Not confirmed
Sign-up required: Not confirmed

on-demand live-tv cloud-dvr

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What it does

Philo combines live channels with on-demand films and shows. Its paid plans include an unlimited DVR, and its website also offers a separate free-channel lineup.

Build your comparison around the channels you actually watch and the DVR retention period. Philo describes recordings kept for a year and allows fast-forwarding through recorded commercials. Optional streaming bundles require their own account-activation steps, so a bundled logo should not be mistaken for content played entirely inside Philo.

Strengths

The paid service includes an unlimited DVR with a stated retention period.
A separate free-channel offering can be browsed first.

Watch out for

Viewing is limited to the US and listed US territories.

Sources

Philo - Stream Live and On-Demand TV (Oct 26, 2026)
Where Can You Watch Philo? US & Territories | Philo Help (Oct 26, 2026)

SI Score

80/100

#1 in Streaming

Based on published information. No hands-on task test.

Method 2.0 · Published source review Assessed Oct 26, 2026Score ceiling for this evidence: 84/100.

Product usefulness 80

Evidence

Channel selection, cloud recordings, ad skipping and bundle account activation form a documented end-to-end viewing workflow. One-year retention and US/territory limits provide explicit boundaries, supporting 80.

Limits: AI review of saved source passages. No hands-on test, human approval or automatic-provider checker receipt.

Source links and check dates are in Sources and checks below.

Separate website checks

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Policy links do not verify a company's conduct. An HTML response time is not application speed. Tracker and accessibility checks miss behavior after page load. Copyright dates do not prove product upkeep.

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Sources and checks

Supporting pages for product usefulness, site facts, prices and separate website checks. Each record keeps its own date. Reading a page does not establish how well the product performs in use.

www.philo.com/
- PricingAI reading, not confirmedChecked Oct 26, 2026
  The official site lists paid plans and a free-channel option without a credit-card requirement.
- Product usefulness evidenceChecked Oct 26, 2026
help.philo.com/using-philo/where/
- Product usefulness evidenceChecked Oct 26, 2026

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