Bill Frost
Bill Frost has been a journalist and TV reviewer since the 4:3-aspect-ratio ’90s. His pulse-pounding prose has been featured in The Salt Lake Tribune, Inlander, Coachella Valley Independent, Las Vegas Weekly, and many other dead-tree publications (see BillFrost.tv). In addition to being a Senior Staff Writer at CableTV.com, Bill is a syndicated streaming TV columnist forSalt Lake City Weekly and other alternative weeklies, and host/producer of TV Tan Podcast. By night, Bill cranks a Flying V with his band at the bar.
Sling Orange vs. Sling Blue: What’s the Difference?
by Bill Frost | Jan 29, 2024 | Brand Reviews, Reviews, Versus Reviews
How do you choose between Sling TV’s same-priced, color-coded livestreaming plans? It depends on what you’re looking for: Blue gives you more channels and streams, but Orange carries a handful of gotta-have networks like ESPN and Disney. And neither is great for local programming, FYI.
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Chromecast 3rd Generation Review 2023
by Bill Frost | Jan 29, 2024 | Equipment Guides, Reviews
Google’s Chromecast 3rd Generation is a plug-and-play streaming device in the most literal sense: simply insert it into your TV’s HDMI port, and you’re ready to go. Well, there’s also a second plug for power—but setting up a Chromecast is still ridiculously easy, not to mention cheap.
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6.66 Best Horror TV Shows
by Bill Frost | Jan 29, 2024 | Entertainment
Narrowing the list of “best” horror TV series down to a single digestible read is a task almost scarier than the shows themselves—how do you exclude The Twilight Zone? What about The Walking Dead? Why was Teen Wolf even considered?
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Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Review
by Bill Frost | Jan 29, 2024 | Equipment Guides, Reviews
Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K, like most streaming sticks and dongles on the market, is good for those who want the benefits of a set-top streaming box without, well, the box.
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Roku Ultra Review 2023
by Bill Frost | Jan 29, 2024 | Equipment Guides, Reviews
As the name suggests, the Ultra is Roku’s top-of-the-line streaming device—and it lives up to the title. It doesn’t look much different from the original matte-black squares from the dawn of Roku (yes, streaming was a thing back in 2010), but the Ultra is a fully-loaded modern powerhouse.
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Sling TV vs. Fubo
by Bill Frost | Jan 29, 2024 | Versus Reviews
Sling TV and Fubo rate closely in CableTV.com’s live TV streaming editorial rankings, but for different reasons. Thanks to its endless package customization option and relatively lower pricing, we’re giving the edge in this matchup to Sling TV.
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TiVo Stream 4K Review
by Bill Frost | Jan 29, 2024 | Equipment Guides, Reviews
At $30.95, the TiVo Stream 4K is one of the cheaper streaming devices on the market, and it features a cross-platform aggregation function that can save you some jumping between apps. Unfortunately, that function is limited to a handful of apps, only one of which offers live TV streaming.
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The Daily Show Guest Host Lineup 2024
by Bill Frost | Jan 25, 2024 | Entertainment
The Daily Show has been a news-adjacent institution since 1996, when it launched on Comedy Central with host Craig Kilborn. Then came anchors Jon Stewart (1999–2015) and Trevor Noah (2015–2022), but the news desk now sits empty in 2023. Well, not exactly. On Tuesday, January 17, The Daily Show relaunched with a series of weekly guest hosts.
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Amazon Fire TV Cube Review
by Bill Frost | Jan 24, 2024 | Equipment Guides, Reviews
The Fire TV Cube is the full-featured, bigger/squarer brother to Amazon’s Fire TV Sticks. The Fire TV Cube is also one of the most futuristic and feature-rich streamers we’ve reviewed on CableTV.com, and one of the first to challenge our love for the Roku Ultra (that’s a big deal around here).
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Worst Super Bowl Halftime Shows
by Bill Frost | Jan 23, 2024 | Entertainment
CableTV.com recently ran down the six Best Super Bowl halftime shows of the past few decades, so it only seemed fair to weed out some of the worst. There’s a reason you probably don’t remember these six Big Game debacles.
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