Previously on Cord Cutter Weekly …

Unless you’re certain about keeping a streaming video subscription for the long haul, just cancel it immediately after signing up.

In trying to simplify streaming video sign-ups, “Channels” services have created new complications.

Outside the confines of bloated channel bundles (which, by the way, keep getting more expensive), many new streaming services will discover that they can’t get away with charging too much for TV.

Spectrum is inching ever closer to competing in earnest with cord-cutting, although the company doesn’t seem eager to let people know about it.

When calculating the cost benefits of cord-cutting, it’d be helpful to know what an over-the-air DVR really costs over time.

As someone who’s been doing this for a long time, I can say that cord-cutting has never been a magic solution. It has always been a set of choices and trade-offs you could make in service of saving money.

Although cutting the cable TV cord can save you money, it also involves more potential points of failure.

While the Netflix is pumping out record amounts of original programming, Hulu is becoming a haven for many of the network TV shows that people claim to be missing.

While I’ve certainly been skeptical of Apple’s TV hardware strategy, the product is nowhere close to being in jeopardy. If anything, Apple TV is more important than it’s ever been.

These days, we have plenty of options for viewing the NCAA Tournament. Still, you’ll need to choose wisely if you want to get a similar (or better) experience than what you had with cable.