There are alot of choices for free clear HD TV from consumer buying options to DIY solutions. Send a message to your cable company ...enough we are not taking it anymore...
Remember TV antennas? Well, they still exist! Get a digital TV antenna and you’ll be able to watch local TV stations for free, all without paying a dime to a cable TV company.
We’ve talked about cutting the cord by relying on Internet services before, but this is yet another way to cut that TV bill. If you have parents who barely watch TV, this would make an awesome gift!
Cord cutting makes up about 1 percent of the TV watching universe in the U.S. And it might already be an outdated term.
Here’s why.
cord-cutting-2017An explosion of programming choices has been shifting the traditional cable TV model at such a fast clip that consumers can barely keep up. It’s not about just shedding a hefty cable bill anymore.
For years, Comcast, Spectrum and Time Warner Cable have had exclusive rights to carry premium channels like AMC, History Channel or A&E. That’s no longer the case.
Getting those channels doesn’t requires a cable subscription.
Companies like DirecTV Now, fuboTV, Sling TV and PlayStation Vue offer various “skinny bundles” of cable channels over the Internet for prices as little as $20 per month. (And no, you don’t need a PlayStation.)
By the way, TV antennas are cool again. They can blast a high definition feed of local channels like a fire hose, delivering sports, local news and major networks. All free for life. You can even record all that free programming now with a HDHomeRun tuner, a TiVo OTA DVR or Tablo 2 tuner.
Cord cutting in 2017 is about to hit an all time high. Never before in the history of television have there been more ways to obtain shows, baseball games, news and movies without a cable subscription.
You’ve already read stories in The Wall Street Journal and other respectable publications suggesting that you can’t really save money by ditching cable. The argument, the experts say, is that cable providers like Comcast, Verizon, Time Warner Cable and AT&T will just make your Internet subscription more expensive once you cancel your cable subscription.
What if I told these experts are dead wrong?
I’ve been using some battle-tested strategies to pay as little as possible for Internet service. Right now, I’m paying $35 per month for an Internet connection with 50Mbps download speed. Last year, I saved just under $800 after kicking my cable subscription to the curb. In 2017, I’ll save hundreds of dollars more, and I’ll have even more to watch than before. Meanwhile, the “you can’t save money” narrative will continue.