[brianl703]

You missed the implied point that you don't need a digital box for every TV. In fact, you don't need any box if all you want to watch on that TV is the unscrambled analog channels.

With satellite, you are screwed if you so much as want to watch ABC or CBS on another TV and don't have an activated box for it.

[Space Wrangler]

As far as watching the broadcast networks go, I get CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, WGN, and PBS over my antenna nearly perfectly. NBC, CBS and ABC are perfect. Fox is a tad fuzzy, but barely noticeable. The others vary, but since I rarely watch any of those, it's no big deal. I ran my antenna AND my satellite through my pre-existing cabling, and can watch the broadcast channels on any of the five tv's in my house. During football season, I will actually physically move one of my sat receivers to my study to watch any games on ESPN that might come on. A little bit of a hassle, and one I wouldn't have to do if I had cable, but for $20 a month, I can live with it.