[Investment Biker]

I have directv and they do have a lot of shopping channels. We are thinking of dropping all cable service because we just do not watch it that much. With HDTV on air I now receive an over on air broadcast a total of 21 channels over the local antenna. While I would miss having access to fox news and the sports channels the rest is really not worthwhile. My wife would bitch but she rarely watches Directv.

[Bobalu]

Get an old C band dish and receiver from someone that no longer wants theirs. There are lots of them available for the asking, mostly from people that upgraded to the little dish for Dish Network or Direct TV.

You can subscribe to Fox News for less than 5$/yr
Or get a package with CNN/HLN/CNNI/FOXNEWS for 19.50/yr.

A&E/History channels are 12.50/yr as a package.
Most of the other channels that are worth watching are
similarly priced..

I'm so sad though that on Dec31 they stopped feeding Turner Classic Movies on C band :-( I loved that channel... I switched to American Movie Classics though, so at least I have something in B+W to watch :-)

[Cultural Jihad]

Voom

[ErnBatavia]

While I would miss having access to fox news and the sports channels the rest is really not worthwhile.

We've discussed dumping our Time Warner Cable, but at times such as the beginning of the Iraq War, we'd be crying for news, so we'll keep it.

Where we live, we're cornholed...no "over air" works, so it's the lesser of two expensive evils; pretty basic cable at around $45 a month,or satellite - which I've heard not much good about.

So...I guess we'll just keep plunking the $45.00 down to TW to keep Ted Turner's ability to quaff the finest gin intact.

[reagan_fanatic]

With HDTV on air I now receive an over on air broadcast a total of 21 channels over the local antenna

The company I work for (Warren Electronics) has seen a dramatic uptick in orders for off-air antennas for HDTV for precisely the same reason - it is much more cost effective than cable or satellite.

Funny how we've come full circle back to outdoor antennas again.