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it's top 5 I'm your host is Akhtar cutting the cord it's a trend that lots of people have try it out ditching the traditional cable packages and moving towards watching more stuff online like this video so if you're tinkering with the idea of saying goodbye to your cable TV here are the top five tips for potential cord cutters at number five taking an inventory of what you actually watch if you've got cable you got this endless stream of video being pumped into your home at all times but what do you really watch and how much are you willing to pay for it let's do some math with these three shows Lois bar rescue and my cat from hell because you know cats all three of them are available for subscription on iTunes Louie costs $19.99 my cat from hell cost $19.99 and bar rescue sells for 39.99 for a past of vol 4 because apparently it doesn't do seasons right there that's seventy nine dollars and ninety seven cents or by eighty bucks so if you want to break it down to a monthly cost you're gonna pay around six dollars and 67 cents per month but iTunes charges you a front for season pass so you're not really paying about six bucks per month and number four find out how you can watch sports if you're a fan of an out of market team like if you're a San Francisco Giants fan in New York City you can get something like a subscription to MLB TV the same options available for basketball fans with NBA TV with local teams being blacked-out regional sports fans might be able to check out playstation view but that's really limited right now sling TV is a very good option for folks who like watching sports on networks like TNT and ESPN number three an antenna can be your friend depending on where you live you can probably get plenty of broadcast channels for free in HD over-the-air using an antenna one of my favorite tools to use is at TV fool comm and it is a TV signal locator it put some information about your address and you'll find out what channels you can see if you're far away from broadcast towers you might need a large antenna if you're nearby you can probably get away with some cheaper antennas a number to pick your device if you cut the cord say goodbye to your cable box so what's gonna replace it you'll want to set top box compatible with whatever service you're using iTunes video only works on the Apple TV buddhu Amazon and a number of other services run on the Roku if you want the convenience of a DVR with you over-the-air TV you're going to need something like the TiVo Romeo channel master DVR or simple TV and the number one sip for a potential court cutter is to ask a question is it worth it at this point you have an idea of how much money TV shows services and hardware will cost you so do you really want to cut the cord you can also look into smaller cable bundles from a provider to see if it matches the pricing you figured out alternatively you can call your cable company and try to negotiate a lower rate Consumer Reports is a good guide on how to handle that kind of thing also don't forget that you're likely sticking with your cable company since its most likely they are your internet service provider so you're never truly cutting the cord if you're convinced to go the internet only route you might want to look into a faster connection for more top fives like this visit top-5 cnet.com if I've stirred up a torrent of emotions in you and you're like I asked you should have told you mentioned this bit let me know on Twitter I'm at is thanks for watching you