Video: Experiment Shows Cord-Cutting Simply Too Difficult For Average Families To Grasp

Here’s more evidence that regular people have zero time for things like Google TV , Boxee , and Roku , if only because they’re too complicated for their own good. Hill Holiday, a “caffeine-fueled ad agency,” asked five Boston-area families to participate in a cord-cutting experiment. For one week each family was asked to forgo traditional cable TV in favor of one of the following devices: Apple TV , Google TV, Boxee Box, Xbox 360 , and Roku. These devices, of course, are the premier devices for people looking to break free of their cable company while still being able to enjoy television. And how did it turn out for these five families?