Tag: Cord Cutting
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Editorial: No One Streaming Service or Device Is Perfect For Everyone
If you ever hang out around cord cutters, you have likely heard a debate over what is the best streaming service or best streaming player. Every week during our live Q&A we get asked that question, and we regularly get messages asking us the same thing. The truth is there is no such thing as…
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My Rebuttal to the Business Insider Story, “I tried cutting the cord with Sling TV for a month – here’s why I ultimately returned to cable TV”
Yesterday Business Insider published a story titled “I tried cutting the cord with Sling TV for a month – here’s why I ultimately returned to cable TV.” In the story the author, Antonio Villas-Boas, said he tried Sling TV and went back to cable after a month. If you have followed my site you know…
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New to Cord Cutting? Here is How to Make Cord Cutting Easier
Cord Cutting is growing faster than ever. Well, Cord Cutting can be slightly intimidating at first for new cord cutters. You go from watching TV the same way for 30 or more years and now you need to learn a new way to do the same old thing. The good news is cord cutting does…
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My Rebuttal to the Huffington Post Story “5 Cable-Cutting Problems You Probably Didn’t Think About”
Once again we have a new story talking about all the bad parts of cord cutting. Today, the story comes from Todd Van Luling at the Huffington Post with a story titled, “5 Cable-Cutting Problems You Probably Didn’t Think About.” So let’s take a minute and quickly debunk these 5 “cable-cutting problems.” #1 The new…
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Need Cord Cutting Help? Cord Cutters News Can Now Help With That!
Cord cutting can be confusing, and both new and old cord cutters often find themselves looking for help. Now Cord Cutters News has a new way to help you with your cord cutting questions. Today we are launching a new Q&A system on our site. Now anyone can ask a question of the millions of…
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My Ultimate Cord Cutting Setup – Devices I Personally Use
I am often asked what my personal at home cord cutting setup is, so I decided to break down what I use. Keep in mind that I own more than 80 cord cutting devices: every Roku sold since 2011, every Fire TV/Fire Stick ever made, both first and second generation Nvidia Shields, Apple TV 4th…
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After Canceling Cable TV, Cord Cutters Save $115.35 a Month on Average
Yesterday the results of a study conducted by Lendedu looked at what cord cutters really save after they cancel traditional pay TV. Cord cutters on average save $115.34 per month, according to the study, where they talked with 500 cord cutters and 500 traditional pay-TV customers. This is something many of our readers likely already…
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There Are Three Types of Cord Cutters – So What Type of Cord Cutter Are You?
I often talk about what it means to be a cord cutter and what is not a cord cutter. If you have ever been on any cord cutting group at some point you would have witnessed an argument about what is cord cutting and what makes a cord cutter. I would argue that there are…
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Over 9,000 Americans Cancel Cable/Satellite TV Every Day
Cable companies are busy reporting their subscriber numbers and once again we see a new flood of cord cutters. According to Evercore ISI analyst Vijay Jayant, who looked at all the reports, about 845,000 Americans canceled cable TV and did not replace the service. Using some quick back of the napkin math, that works out…
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Cord Cutting This Week #11 – Free Streaming Locals, Amazon Price Hike, & More
This week we continue our weekly recap show called Cord Cutting This Week. Every week I pick out a handful of stories I think could have the most significant long-term impact on cord cutting and give you my personal opinion on them. The show is still in beta, as we test out how the show will look,…