Netflix will start to charge $16 per month come September if you want to rent both DVDs and watch movies online. Should you accept the price hike or downgrade your subscription? This easy online test will tell you how to get your money’s worth. Read more »
Have you ever used an Etch-A-Sketch with one hand tied behind your back? That’s what it’s been to use the Boxee Box browser, thanks to a hardly usable mouse pointer. An update to the Boxee iOS remote control app now solves these issues. Read more »
This week’s episode of Cord Cutters is all about taking your media on the go, and automatically syncing it with your Android phone. We take a closer look at the newly-released Miro 4 video player, which is optimized for this kind of mobile video syncing. Read more »
Hulu charges its users $8 per month to watch videos on the PS3. Bay Area–based ORB Networks is starting to ship a Blu-ray disc this week that makes it possible to watch Hulu content on the PS3 for free. Check out our video review. Read more »
Want to watch live TV on your Roku media streamer, and maybe even pause live feeds whenever you need a quick break? How about watching recordings of your favorite broadcast TV shows? All of this is possible if you turn your Roku into a DVR. Read more »
The Peel TV Universal Remote turns your iPhone into a universal remote control. It also offers recommendations for shows to watch as well as alerts so you don’t miss anything. But how well does it work if you watch most of your video content online? Read more »
At our meetups on Cord Cutter Day, the GigaOM team got to meet with viewers that swapped stories about their setups at home and give each other advice on how to get all the content they want without cable. Here are a few of their suggestions. Read more »
What do Redmond, Royal Oaks and Lima, Peru have in common? It’s all cities where we had meetups for Cord Cutters Day yesterday, thanks in large part to a community that even braves tornado warnings. Check out some photos from a few of the gatherings. Read more »
Want to play a DivX or an MKV file on your iPad, iPhone or Apple TV? Then check out this Cord Cutters quick tip, where we show and explain how to easily convert any kind of video file to make it playable on iOS devices. Read more »
Have you ditched your expensive pay TV subscription yet? Or are you about to? Then join us tonight at meetups in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Toronto, New York, Chicago and some 16 other cites all across the U.S. and beyond to celebrate Cord Cutters Day. Read more »
Netflix continued to post impressive quarterly financial numbers, ending the first quarter 2011 as the largest subscription video service in North America. It now has 23.6 million subscribers in total, compared to Comcast’s 22.8 million pay TV subscribers in the U.S. Read more »
Do you still need an antenna to receive free HD over-the-air broadcast and finally cancel your pay TV subscription? Then why don’t you attend next Tuesday’s Cord Cutters Day meetups, where we will be giving away antennas, media streamers and more. Read more »
San Francisco, Alabama, New York, and Lima, Peru are only a few of the cities with meetups on the first ever Cord Cutters Day, coming up on April 26. Join us to celebrate life without pay TV and show that cord cutting isn’t a myth. Read more »
What do you do when you hook an over-the-air antenna to your TV but all you get is static? In this week’s Cord Cutters Quick Tip, Janko shows you how to make sure you’re able to get all the stations being broadcast over-the-air in your area. Read more »
In this week’s episode of Cord Cutters, Janko takes a look at the EyeTV One, a TV tuner and DVR option that plugs into your USB port and allows you to watch and record live, over-the-air HD video streams. Read more »
Some people believe cord cutting is just a myth. Let’s show them that they’re wrong on the first ever Cord Cutters Day on April 26. We will be hosting Cord Cutters meetups in San Francisco, Los Angeles Austin, Toronto and, with your help, your home town. Read more »
What’s it like to cut the cord from pay TV? In our weekly Survival Story series, we’re asking cord cutters to tell us about their experiences. This week’s featured cord cutter is Beau Bredow, who will save close to $1000 this year thanks to ditching cable. Read more »
The iPad 2 can do more than just replace your laptop on the go — it can also act as your personal video streaming device, and possibly even replace your cable box. Check out this week’s Cord Cutters for a closer look at the iPad’s video capabilities. Read more »
What’s it like to cut the cord from pay TV? What’s working, what’s missing, and what kind of equipment does the best job of replacing the cable box? In our weekly Survival Story series, we’re asking cord cutters to tell us about their experiences. Read more »
This week’s episode is all about getting the most out of the WD TV Live Plus, a versatile media player that has the chops to become your very own NAS drive. We also show you how to connect a wireless keyboard and how to simplify YouTube. Read more »
The secret to making cord cutting mass market is for over-the-top video to become a little more like pay TV, but without the high price. With these week’s news, it looks like we may be inching closer to that reality. Read more »
With an update to the Apple TV set-top box, sports fans can now stream live baseball and basketball games on the device. For sports fans like me, that gives us another way to track our favorite teams without having to pay for a cable subscription. Read more »
This week on Cord Cutters, we are looking at ways to wirelessly stream your computer’s desktop to your TV. One of the devices capable of this is the Imation link, and we took it for a test drive to see how well it works. Read more »
“So far it has not been that bad” doesn’t exactly sound like a rave review. But when Matt Worley talks about his cord cutting experience, you’ll get a sense that he’s learning to love it. And saving a bunch of money definitely helps as well. Read more »
The barrier to media unbundling is figuring out how to make money if you do unbundle. The first step towards real “unbundling” is to put the viewer at the center of audience building — not channels, shows, or their massive and massively inefficient audience-seeking promotional campaigns. Read more »
Can you replace Netflix with Amazon Prime Instant Videos? And is it worth the money if you’re trying to get rid of pay TV? Check out this week’s episode of our weekly Cord Cutters web series for a closer look at the Amazon subscription service. Read more »
What’s it like to cut the cord from pay TV? What’s working, what’s missing, and what equipment does the best job replacing the cable box? This week’s featured cord cutter is J.T., who uses an elaborate setup including a Mac Mini and an EyeTV tuner. Read more »
The biggest question we get from potential cord cutters is how to watch live sports without paying for cable. This week we talk about all of the ways sports fans can watch live MLB, NBA and NHL games online and on Internet-connected TVs and other devices. Read more »
No matter how long you’ve been thinking about cutting the cord, making the call to cancel cable or satellite TV can be scary. We’ve prepared a five step guide that will help you to get rid of that expensive monthly bill without giving up TV. Read more »
Are you living in a rural area, and an indoor HD TV antenna is just not working for you? Then take a look at these photos documenting one man’s quest to get 67 TV channels for free, despite living some 70 miles away from the closest transmitter. Read more »
The folks behind the comic book fan site iFanboy got together to discuss their different approaches towards cord cutting for this special guest episode of Cord Cutters. Turns out comic book aficionados are just as obsessed with Netflix and Hulu as everyone else. Read more »
Michael Kennerknecht cut the cord in more than one way when his first son was born a year and a half ago. He decided that $150 per month for triple play simply was too much and got rid of cable. And then he discovered Netflix. Read more »
Here’s another sign that cord cutting is going mainstream: Scammer have found a new source of revenue in people’s quest to rid themselves of their cable bill, and they’ve set up dozens of web sites selling software with links to otherwise freely available video content. Read more »
Earlier, I wrote about cutting the cord using Apple devices. In the section on using a Mac, I focused on general advice applicable to all machines, but here are a few tips tailored specifically to the unique challenges faced by those using Apple notebooks specifically. Read more »
Are you watching all your TV via Hulu and Netflix? Do you pay for satellite TV or cable, or do you just receive free over the air broadcasts? Those are the questions Hulu is currently asking its users. It’s all about the ads, says the company. Read more »
How can bookmarklets and Delicious upgrade the way you use your Boxee Box? And what’s the word on the first-ever meet-up for those enjoying the cable-free life in San Francisco? We’ve got all the details in this week’s Cord Cutters update! Read more »
Here’s one more thing you can do when you don’t have cable: Meet fellow cord cutters at our inaugural Cord Cutters meetup, coming to San Francisco on 01/25. So come on by, say hello and exchange some war stories from a life without the cable box. Read more »
Joey Celis has been without cable TV for two years. He also doesn’t get any OTA broadcast TV due to reception issues. So how does Joey watch TV? One word: Apple. A combination of Apple TVs and Mac Minis helps him to watch everything he wants. Read more »
Thanks to availability on a wide range of devices and an ever-growing catalog of content, Netflix has become one of the go-to entertainment solutions for those without cable. But is your Netflix viewing the best it can be? That’s the focus of today’s Cord Cutters. Read more »
Turns out, CES wasn’t just about tablets: There were also a number of announcements of services and devices that will help you to get rid of your pay TV subscription and embrace the Cord Cutters lifestyle. Check out the most important news in our recap. Read more »
