Previously on Cord Cutter Weekly …
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CCW 11/11/2016: The secret to streaming remote simplicity
With HDMI-CEC, streaming boxes such as Apple TV and Roku can control your television’s power, volume, and input, making additional remotes unnecessary.
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CCW 11/4/2016: The cowardly Apple TV
Apple’s $150 streaming box isn’t a bad product, but it faces the same fundamental challenge as other streaming boxes: With so many apps competing for users’ attention, managing…
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CCW 10/28/2016: Rounding up the streaming bundles
AT&T made some waves this week when it announced that its upcoming DirecTV Now streaming bundle would cost just $35 per month for 100 channels. Still, AT&T won’t…
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CCW 10/21/2016: Meet your new streaming TV bundlers
As online video transitions from “skinny” bundles to more standalone streaming services, you might wish for a way to bundle them all under one bill—kind of like you…
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CCW 10/14/2016: Roku Express review
The Roku Express is currently the cheapest streaming device on the market at just $30. Unfortunately, it makes several compromises to get there, including a sluggish processor, no…
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CCW 10/7/2016: An interview with Roku
It turns out some folks at Roku read last week’s column about how the quality of its streaming video apps is falling behind other platforms.
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CCW 9/30/2016: Roku’s lingering app liability
Roku is no longer the primary destination for some major content providers such as PlayStation Vue and Twitter, and when those providers do get around to supporting Roku,…
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CCW 9/23/2016: Ads in your ad-free streaming services
One of the best things about ad-free streaming services such as Amazon Video and Netflix is that there’s no friction when you sit down on the couch. Just…
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CCW 9/16/2016: Amazon Fire TV’s newfound selflessness
Although Amazon’s Fire TV has the makings of a great streaming device, it’s always been way too emphatic about pushing Amazon content. A recent software update for Fire…
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CCW 9/9/2016: Still a bargain after all these years
Every few months or so, I see the same argument bubble up against cord cutting. It always goes something like this: Gee whiz, the costs of all those…
