Comments on: The 2012 Cord Cutters gift guide for cable-free holidays (video)

By: davidhunternyc

davidhunternyc — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:55:33 +0000

O.K. Here it goes… Woo hoo! I have been watching T.V. with my old Panasonic CRT television with built-in VCR! Yes, that’s right, I record T.V. shows with videotape! I do have Time Warner Cable hooked up to the back of my T.V. with a service called, Basic T.V. (a stripped down version of basic cable) with no cable box. O.K., I need to upgrade. I want a flat screen 32″ T.V. but it looks as if all of the T.V. manufacturers out there don’t offer their best T.V.’s in this smaller size. I like your blog and I know I can learn from you. I need to upgrade. Consider me a blank slate but I like having live T.V. What would you do?

By: Janko Roettgers

Janko Roettgers — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:52:46 +0000

Glad you enjoyed the video. A detailed look at antennas is definitely something I’d like to do at some point, but I would also be interested in hearing more about our experiences: Which antennas did you try, and what kind of challenges did you face?

By: Susan Yasue Grogan

Susan Yasue Grogan — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 06:52:43 +0000

I know all of this, but I still had to stop by and see your excellent summary. :) I bought a Roku for a technophobe friend a little over a month ago and I agree it is the easiest to use in the bunch. So much so, that we bought one as a gift for my inlaws that are 67 and 75. They are too far out for cable, but they do have good Internet access. I think they’ll love everything it has to offer them. Love your book too and I bought it as a gift for my niece a couple of months ago. Any chance you (or someone else at GigaOm) might write a more detailed guide to antennas? The info is out there, but it’s horribly scattered and it usually assumes people are in larger cities. I learned very quickly that you can’t go by what the boxes and websites of the manufactures claim will work.