Help, Cutting Cable Cord

May not be on the internet as well as not over the air.

1. Either that or a Channel Master. I won't write at length here but look at the Channel Master to record your Over The Air daytime shows.
2. In this vernacular, it's when a show is available now, over the web as opposed to when you must be watching when it show. For over the air (OTA) you have to record it for later.
3. That's on the web and for most folk, you don't need to know. Figure there are short and detailed "how it works" on the web. I think you can read as deep as you want to go.
4. Most likely an internet connection and a PC to use when the Roku won't do.

you are wanting to watch stations that are not available on streaming devices though in some cases, when they are, you must have a cable subscription to watch.

Some shows are temporary available for watching on the networks website a day or so after original airing. However to watch those requires a computer or an app if available. Some are also available through hulu but again some will require cable subscriptions, this includes General Hospital.

A lot of local tv stations stream their news you can catch the weather and news. If you like sports, then forget cord cutting.

I am a cord cutter and have been for years. I hooked cheap walmart computers to each of my tvs so I can watch just about anything. Those tvs paid for themselves in 6 months.

I had a digital outside antenna for a couple of weeks and found that signal strengths varies throughout the day based on the weather, trees/houses and traffic. I do mean auto traffic. Cars and trucks interfere with the signal. For some channels, I had to turn the antenna but when you do that, you have to do another channel search on the tv in the settings. became a pain - especially since when there was something I really wanted to watch, the signal was almost always bad.

when you are a cord cutter, if your internet service provider has data caps, then most likely you will be extremely limited as to what you can watch. Everything you watch will count towards that cap.

finally, on streaming devices such as roku, there are a lot of ads during some of the shows you watch. in some cases worse than what you see on cable. I ran across one channel that had three minutes of ads every seven minutes. It got crazy when I had a roku. some channels require subscriptions if you want to bypass the ads.

like going on a weight lost. Saving money is nice but..there has to be a life style change, otherwise it won't work. To begin with over-the-air TV like the old day which begin with a good antenna system. Next you can try the internet stuff..of which I can't say much about, for I am not into that but my grandkids did mention "showbox" that they watch. Personally, Netflix is enough for me. But remember also, that streaming video require decent internet speed.