One of the biggest complaints I hear about cord cutting is having content spread across multiple apps and services. Streaming devices like Roku have instituted universal search in their devices, which search multiple services. However, there still isn’t away to browse for ideas without going into each app separately. Apple may have solved that problem. [Continue Reading]

There are occasions where news happens in the cord cutting world that doesn’t make it into a blog post on Grounded Reason. In situations where a channel gets added to a streaming service, or Netflix picked up a new series I just update a relevant post on the blog. That means it doesn’t come to [Continue Reading]

With the decline of cable TV subscriptions, one would think cable and satellite TV providers would do something to bring in more customers. The Pay TV industry seems to disagree. Apparently most major pay TV providers plan on raising their fees next year. According to Gerry Smith at Bloomberg: “In the coming weeks, Time Warner [Continue Reading]

Yes, you read that right. Starting tonight at 12:00 Eastern Time and ending at 11:59 Pacific Time, Amazon will offer new Prime Members a special price of $67 for the first year of prime. Sign up for Prime here. What Prime Has to Offer I’ve covered the benefits of Amazon Prime before, but let me [Continue Reading]

I occasionally receive comments about how impractical it is to use streaming alternatives to get rid of cable TV. While the majority of comments received express excitement and near euphoria about saving thousands of dollars ditching cable, some do not agree. It’s also more than just a few commenters have these concerns. Therefore, instead of [Continue Reading]

Last year, Senators Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut sent a letter to major satellite and cable TV providers inquiring about the cost of the Pay TV Industry’s set top boxes. After parsing the responses, their findings include: The average household spends $231.82 on set top rentals a year The set-top box [Continue Reading]