With ATSC 3.0 set to roll out in the top 40 U.S. markets this year, and with some TV makers starting to build ATSC 3.0 tuners into their 2020 sets, has the time come to hold off on buying TVs or over-the-air DVRs that only support ATSC 1.0? Probably not yet.

One of the points I often try to make in my column and newsletter is that cutting the cord doesn’t have to involve spending upwards of $50 per month on a bundle of streaming cable channels. Instead, you can make choices and trade-offs.