Category: Blog
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We Are Giving Away a $75 Sling TV Gift Card
I am very excited to announce that we are giving way a $75 Sling TV Gift Card! The winner can use this gift card toward any Sling TV plan you would like to subscribe to or can be applied to any existing Sling TV subscription. A special thanks to Sling TV for donating the gift…
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A Short History of How Cord Cutting Started & Why Cable Companies Still Don’t Get It
I often get asked how cord cutting got started. People want to know when it really began and what changed to make it happen. So here is a short history of how cord cutting began. First I need to define cord cutting. There have always been people who didn’t pay for TV through a traditional…
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Voting Is Open For the Second Annual Cordie Awards: Help Your Favorite Cord Cutting Service Win!
Today we are opening up voting for the Second Annual Cordie Awards, which recognizes the best cord cutting services and devices. This year, for the first time, our readers will pick the winners in many of the categories by completing the form below. So let your voice be heard, and help your favorite cord cutting…
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Yup DIRECTV NOW Is a Lot Like Cable, But That Is OK
DIRECTV NOW hit the market this week and right off the bat many cord cutters started to talk about how it sounds and feels a lot like cable. There definitely is a lot of truth to that as many of the packages people want are in the $50 to $60 a month range. Add in the…
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Here Are My Top 5 Favorite Netflix Originals That Every Cord Cutter Should Watch
Need a distraction? Here are my 5 favorite Netflix originals every cord cutters should watch. #1 Last Chance U “Last Chance U” follows a group of young men training to become the future stars of the NFL. Based at East Mississippi Community College (EMCC), “Last Chance U” takes us on a journey to understand the…
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Why I Bought My Parents a Roku Player
I often get emails about what streaming player I would recommend for a variety of reasons. The truth is they all have their pluses and minuses, but I do recommend one player more often than the others. In this post I explain why that player is the Roku. Now let me be clear other players…
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CBS All Access Could Doom CBS to Failure
As Americans’ viewing habits change CBS seems to be the outlier in the race to reach viewers unlike many of its competitors that have decided to partner with services such as Hulu, Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, and even the new DirecTV Now service. Where competitors such as Fox and ABC have jumped in with both…
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3 Common Mistakes New Cord Cutters Make & How You Can Avoid Them
Making the move from a pay-TV service, such as cable TV, to cord cutting is no small move; however, it does not need to be as difficult as many new cord cutters make it. Here are 3 common mistakes new cord cutters make and how you can avoid them. #1 Expecting Cord Cutting to Work…
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Should Cord Cutters Be Worried About AT&T Buying Time Warner?
Over the weekend AT&T and Time Warner (the company that owns stations such as HBO and TNT not the cable company) came to a deal that would allow AT&T to buy Time Warner. Although there are many possible hurdles that could cause this deal to fall apart—similar to how Comcast buying TWC fell apart—what happens…
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3 Reasons Roku’s New Lineup of Players Will Dominate The Market
Roku has long been a leader in set-top streaming players. Now with their refreshed lineup of streaming players it looks like they will continue to dominate well into 2017. The following are reasons why Roku will dominate the streaming set-top player market this Christmas and into 2017. Price Roku did not just come out with…