Welcome

Welcome to the initial post of Cut the Cable TV Cord. Are you someone interested in -

1. Much more programming choices?
2. Saving substantial sums of money?
3. Truly on demand program viewing?
4. Exploring where web, TV, and movies are going?

Cut the Cable TV Cord will bring you news and provide you "how to guides" on how you can take advantage of a trend as significant as the move from rabbit ears to cable in the 1980's.

The availability of television programming on the web is not new, but has exploded in its availability and visibility this year. Witness Hulu's ads during the 2009 Superbowl.

In addition, systems and software have emerged in the last six months that connect your broadband router to your TV(s) and make it easy to find and to manipulate web TV programming - as easy as a DVR.

Unlike Alec Baldwin who says in Hulu's Superbowl ad, "what are you going to do - turn off your computer and your TV", my goal is to get you to at least turn off your cable or satellite TV and not watch programs ON your computer.

In future posts is to show you how to take advantage of web programing and "cut the cord" on your existing cable and satellite TV provider saving hundreds of dollars a year. At a minimum, you will vastly learn how to expand your choice of programing and realize an unprecedented level of on-demand flexibility.

I will write this blog assuming a novice level of technical capabilities. If you are a "technophobe" or technology dabbler, then this is your place. In addition, I will bring you stories highlighting the general trend to web "broadcasting" sweeping the television and movie industries and its implications to consumers, advertisers, and to society in general. As such, I will try and divide my posts between those benefiting the "how to" readers and those interested in more of the "macro tends".