1. HOME TELEVISION: (match your requirements to solutions)

• Determine Your TV Requirements

• gather your present service, features & billing history: cable/FIOS

• "Cut the Cord" Cable TV Alternatives ; survey to find lower cost alternatives

• Video Solutions

• antenna vs cable vs "AEREO" selection (streaming via media player or TV via Aereo).
  NOTE: the option to use AEREO was killed on 6/25/2014 by a supreme court rulling 6-3 that AEREO was violating copyright law by publicly performing copyrighted works when it re-transmitted the TV broadcast channels.
  

• best streaming media players (per Consumer Reports)

• No cost DVR (free ways to record and playback on your PC)

• Netflix ; Hulu Plus ; & Amazon
• apps and websites that allow viewers to watch ABC, CBS, NBC