I told a fib because we do have cable bundled in with our rental. But I personally almost never watch it. And I strongly suspect that the cable vendor is going to do away with the economical bulk subscription plans that permit residences such as ours to obtain basic service for less than $10 a month. When that is replaced with a $60-$70 digital subscription plan in a year or two, we really will get rid of it.
There is a small band of local over-the-air HDTV enthusiasts who maintain a lively thread on http://www.avsforum.com Everyone can find their own geographical area on there. I am doing this more as a “see-how-it-works” project than to actually spend any time watching it, but I guess Fox Sports is one of the available stations now so I will see the occasional event on there.
One think I like is that the local station engineers sometimes participate on the thread and answer inquiries (and complaints). The local hobbyists seem to keep these station engineers pretty honest as far as transmitter antennas, power levels, and HD programming.
The card I am getting is the HD-5500 from pcHDTV, which is by far the best choice for Linux. ( http://pchdtv.com )
I already have recording software setup — it is mythtv and is the same idea as tivo.