Cord Cutters Guide to March Madness 2016
This year the madness begins on Sunday, March 13, 2016, as college basketball team match-ups are officially announced during a nationwide broadcast on CBS. CBS announced this year’s NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show is going from one hour to two. This will allow for more interviews, analysis and discussion, and it will begin at 5:30 p.m. […]
Broadcast TV Maintains Their Crown as King of Viewership
Now, we’re big fans of streaming. As cord cutters, we love all the available streaming options to supplement our television watching experience. Between Netflix, Hulu and broadcast television, we are in heaven! Recently, Netflix and Amazon have been gaining a lot of attention with their huge audience for original shows and movies, but according to […]
Antennas Direct Ultimate Valentine’s Day Gift Guide
The average American spends $146. 84 on Valentine’s Day, up this year from last year’s average of $142.31. Now, the average cable bill is $120 a month. As a cord cutter, you are pocketing $120 a month that you can spend on your lucky loved one this Valentine’s Day. Not sure what to get that […]
Exclusive, Limited Time Offer for Cox Communication Customers
As we mentioned earlier this week, Cox Communication and Nexstar are currently in a dispute, causing Nexstar to remove their channels from the Cox lineup. This blackout includes: Las Vegas (CBS – Super Bowl Blackout, MeTV, Movies!) Phoenix (CW) Baton Rouge/Acadiana, LA (Fox, CW, NBC, Ind) Pittsburg, KS/Joplin, MO (NBC, ABC, My Network) Roanoke, VA […]
The New York Times Shares Their Cord Cutters Guide to the Super Bowl
The New York Times, a news industry leader, has not only acknowledged the growth in cutting the cord, but researched the best alternatives to cable and satellite for the Super Bowl. They know their readers are smart and not throwing away their money to the cable companies! Brian X. Chen, the lead consumer technology writer […]
Will the Cable Company Allow You to Watch the Super Bowl?
We’ve seen plenty of articles lately talking about how to watch the Super Bowl as a cord cutter. It’s interesting that TV antennas are now considered the alternative way to watch TV, when really; antennas are the ORIGINAL way to watch TV. This year, the Super Bowl is celebrating 50 years of being on broadcast […]
According to Best Buy Expert, Cut the Cord with Antennas Direct
It’s no secret that at Antennas Direct, we’re a little bit nerdy. We are dorks at heart who love learning about the newest technology and staying on top of the trends. You should have seen Richard Schneider, Antennas Direct president, drooling over the drones at CES. For that reason, our nerdy hearts have always loved […]
Antennas Direct ClearStream Eclipse Named the Best Indoor HDTV Antenna
There are a lot of antennas on the market; however, we do believe that we are the best. And after hours of testing, The Wirecutter can back us on this claim. Those pros at The Wirecutter tested over 10 models of indoor antennas in two different locations (one suburban and one urban) and compiled data […]
Don’t Become a Cable Company, Netflix
It was just a few months ago that we wrote our blog “Netflix and Chill Just Got More Expensive”. And since that blog, it looks like Netflix has decided to raise their prices YET AGAIN. Now, we understand the occasional slight price increase, but twice within a 3 month period? You’re starting to sound a […]
2015 was the Year of the Cord Cutter
2015 was the year of the cord cutter. We have dubbed it so. People cut the cord in record numbers, thrilled to finally break free from their unhealthy relationship with cable. There’s not just one thing or moment that we can pinpoint that drove people to this breaking point, but we have a few theories. […]
New Year, New Cable Price Increase (Yet Again)
As a belated holiday gift to their customers, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Dish and AT&T (just to name a few) have announced they will all be raising their cable rates in the New Year. What a wonderful gift…Not! Happy freakin’ New Year to you. The continued cable hikes have averaged 5.9 percent a year […]
The Cord Cutters Conundrum: Which TV Antenna Is Right For Me?
TV antenna selection is more than simply imputing a zip code on a website, that’s why we have created this guide to help ease the process. Unfortunately, there is no one size fits all solution. To correctly select a TV antenna, we need some basic information about your location, then follow some important installation notes. […]