On the one hand, we do seem to be headed into a pretty fragmented market. On the other hand, if you're willing to cut the cord or at least switch to a bare-bones cable subscription with just the basic channels and no HD, that leaves you with a pretty sizable budget for streaming services and content purchases compared to a typical expanded channel lineup cable subscription. Of course that may mean limited access to certain types of content--live broadcasts in particular--especially if you don't get OTA. And it makes for a rather fragmented user experience. But it will probably actually be cheaper than a standard cable subscription, at least for now.

I'm very close to doing this but then I watch very little sports or other live events.