Previously on Cord Cutter Weekly …

Let’s talk about some Super Bowl drama.

Unless you plan to be on the bleeding edge of TV resolution at 8K, the next logical step for streaming hardware is to make sure sound quality keeps up.

Here’s a harsh truth that every cord-cutting sports fan must live with: Chances are, the teams you want to watch are still locked up in bloated pay TV bundles.

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.

With new streaming services like Disney+, HBO Max, and NBC’s Peacock joining mainstays like Netflix and Hulu, the race is now on to build a unified guide for navigating all your streaming services in a single menu.

Although a simple interface is one of YouTube TV’s best qualities, not all of its features and capabilities are obvious from the outset.

In the middle of a grueling end-of-year schedule, I decided to have some fun with this week’s column and rank the remotes of Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, and so on.

Fair warning: This week’s column gets a bit nerdy.

If you’re looking for cord-cutting deals on Black Friday, I’ve got a couple of TechHive pieces to share with you.

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.