TV Cord Cutting Requirements

Requirements

You should make your own requirements and then build a system to meet your needs.

My requirements for cord cutting are:

• • Play content from premium internet TV, such as Prime

  • Play content from a premium service, such as Hulu, Netflix, or AppleTV

  • Play over-the-air or broadcast channels

  • No monthly fees for: 

    • Set top box or remote

      • Surcharges

      • Taxes

    • Broadcast TV or OTA TV (over-the-air, off-the-air)

  • Pay for as much Digital Video Recording (DVR) or Personal Video Recording (PVR) storage as I want

  • Pay for as much simultaneous live or recording channels as I want (aka streams)

  • Watch in any room that has a TV, projector or computer

  • Watch on a wired or wireless connection (802.11AC AP)

  • Watch live events on broadcast TV as they happen

  • 4K HD TV

  • If I am a few minutes late to a broadcast show, I want to able to rewind and watch from the beginning rather than waiting N hours after the show ends

  • Pick desired services and cancel unwanted services on a monthly basis without penalty

  • Low-cost setup (missed this requirement)

  • SlingTV Orange has all my required channels, but only provides one stream. Blue doesn't have all my required channels and a bunch I don't want but allows 3 streams. Required cable channels: 

    • Comedy Central (The Daily Show) 

    • CNN 

    • HBO (This Week Tonight, Game of Thrones, ...)

    • HGTV (Fixer Upper)

  • Allow multiple people in my home to watch at the same time 

    • Sling Blue, any streaming service

    • ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS - Broadcast TV via 4 tuner Tablo

  • Have the same service in every room - don't use different remotes, different devices, etc. 

    • Common Fire TV (or universal) remote

  • Theater quality TV - no choppiness, no pauses while loading, and so on

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