jmdidday wrote:Save yourself $200/mo, pain from the literally stinky devices that never work and always need to have a signal resent, cables running all over your home....and install an HD antenna. Dont be afraid...it works beautifully. The picture is actually better and I am willing to bet that for most of you, 90% of the programming you watch is on free public TV. Sure, you'll miss ESPN, and MNF, and HBO realtime - but within a year, federal regulators will change all of that. You can buy the episodes from Amazon or itunes; shows on AMC and FX post their episodes in realtime. These guys offer a dying service, they overcharge us for it, they dont support devices such as Roku, and provide horrible customer service. Make a stand and hang it up. For $200/month you can do a lot to entertain yourself.
I wish I had your optimism. Federal regulators are the ones who allowed Comcast and every other operator to kill Clear QAM which allowed anyone with an HD tuner to get all the broadcast networks in HD at no additional cost. The FCC may not be as bad as the FTC, but they are still in the pockets of the companies they are regulating.