Jazz musician Bill Cunliffe loves television -- but he doesn't watch it on a TV set.
"I can watch anything I want, any time I want," he said, "on my bottom-of-the-line Mac PowerBook."
Cunliffe, 53, is one of a growing number of TV viewers who get all their programs via the Internet.
For reasons that include saving money, convenience, personal choice and a hatred of commercials, these viewers are cutting the cord from cable, satellite and telephone suppliers of TV service, and even throwing away the rabbit ears and other antennas that brought in over-the-air broadcasts.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Pulling the TV cord yet staying plugged in
The L.A. Times reports:
