Cutting the Cord on Cable | Kevin Sintumuang for the Wall Street Journal

I’m quitting you, cable.

This will go easier if we can just admit it: We’re not right for each other anymore. I’m cutting the cord, getting rid of that white coaxial cable of yours and that clunky, dusty set-top box it’s connected to. This antenna, laptop and Roku box are moving into the living room with me because, well, they’re cheaper and slicker than you are—inside and out.

A really good article about the current state of cable TV and why the author decided to cut the service. It also provides all the streaming gadgets available, from Roku and the Apple TV, to game consoles and others.

My wife and I decided to cut the cable about 2 years ago. We were paying way too much for no content and for the most part we were watching series and movies rented or bought via iTunes. The cable offered those series on open (over the air) networks with another annoyance: commercials. So we didn’t see a point in paying for something we could get for less money and without commercials. So I bought an Apple TV (the original) and we’ve been enjoying the combination of Apple TV + Antenna + Netflix streaming for the past 2+ years. We pay WAY less and we get no commercials.

Life is good and simple.