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    I tried charging an EV at home and it was a shock I wasn't expecting

    L1 works fine for this retiree at home with my Nissan Leaf. With its smaller 40 kWh battery, I'm able to add about 3% to the battery each hour. Since I'm mainly running errands close by when I do go out, I rarely have to plug the car in more than a few hours at a time. And sure beats the cost...
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    News I just cut the cord — and this is the service that won

    Personally, all of these live services are just a horrible rip off to me, especially when you compare them to both the subscription VOD services (Amazon Prime, regular Hulu, Netflix, etc.) and the numerous free services (IMDB TV, Peacock, Pluto, regular YouTube, etc.). I've had trials of...
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    News You may not want Paramount Plus now — but you’ll need it soon

    Paramount+ is a very mild makeover of All Access, so overall, very underwhelming to me. But I think it does have potential that they're currently not utilizing. ViacomCBS owns Pluto, so it seems like a lot of content on Pluto could be shared with Paramount as well (it might require some...
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    News Cord cutting in 7 easy steps: Leave cable TV behind

    I cut the cable TV cord over a decade ago. Following the recommendations in the article, my own first recommendation would be rather than making a list of channels that you want, simply make a list of the types of content that you want. Then simply search for that type of content, and be open...
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    News Cord cutting in 7 easy steps: Leave cable TV behind

    This is the reason I've avoided Spectrum streaming. You said it yourself - your internet is $45, but with the addition of streaming, it's more than doubled your price especially with the taxes and fees. I currently have Spectrum internet at $38 and certainly don't want to double that for the...
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    Review Chromecast with Google TV review

    4.4GB of shared storage available. Should be fine for streaming apps, which tend to be fairly small. But if you want to play games as well, you can run out of space fast. We definitely need a way to supplement storage. Especially if you want to play games with this, you will likely run out...