We tested the best live TV streaming services like Sling TV, YouTube TV, Hulu Plus Live TV, and others that let you watch your favorite shows, news, and sports in real time, so you can finally cut the cord.
Philo offers a refreshingly simple streaming solution at just $28/month, featuring 70+ live TV channels and thousands of on-demand shows without unnecessary contracts or fees.
When I recently mounted a new 77-inch LG C3 OLED TV, I went with this articulating model by USX. Its claimed rating - for TVs up to 86 inches and weighing 132 pounds - was more than enough to cover my TV, which weighs less than half of that at 51.8 pounds.
One major difference that is tough to even remember, let alone to describe to someone who didn't live through it, was how parochial information was back then. Take any obscure factoid, for example: What happened downtown this afternoon? Where was a certain rock star born? Who was the goaltender on the 1980 Swedish Olympic team? Today, you can call it up in a matter of seconds; back then, you had to either have the knowledge, have someone who did, or have access to people or resources that did. Otherwise, you shrugged and went on with your day. There was no falling down Wikipedia rabbit holes.
Television shows gaining a substantial audience outside of their country of origin is far from rare in 2025. Perhaps the biggest success story in this realm has been K-dramas, but "slow TV" has also drawn a growing number of admirers.