Author: Jared Newman

AirTV isn’t a bad cord-cutting DVR option, but it’s not quite the perfect streaming/antenna union we keep dreaming about.

Given what we know about the average cost of traditional pay TV service, cord-cutters often have plenty of wiggle room to stack up streaming services and still save money.

I ask antenna makers and other experts a simple question: What’s the difference between cheaper and pricier flat-panel antennas, given the same advertised mile range?

I often hear from potential cord-cutters who are put off by cloud DVR’s restrictions. HDHomeRun Premium TV could be the answer—if you can put up with some unique annoyances.

Over the past few years, Roku has been gradually transforming itself into an advertising business, but until now it wasn’t easy to notice.

Call me an optimist, but I’ve never been convinced by the idea that cord cutting will leave consumers in worse shape than they were with cable TV.

There is hope for a la carte TV, but only from outside the traditional cable channel ecosystem, and if it happens, the results won’t look anything like what people have been dreaming of.

Cord-cutting has become so popular that some small cable companies are joining in, trading their own set-top boxes for streaming TV service.

Although streaming video can drive up your data use quickly, there are plenty of ways to curb your consumption and avoid running into overage charges.

Over the course of writing my column and this newsletter, one question has come up repeatedly: Is it possible to record streaming video, like you can with cable or over-the-air television?