I've had the experience the last 2-3 weeks of going off DirecTV and watching TV with an antenna like God intended. I'm amazed at the digital picture -- every bit as good as DirecTV provided, though it tends to get all pixillated occasionally. I have Netflix and the major league baseball package streaming from the internet via a Blu-ray player, and can access whatever TV episodes are on youtube. I'm not sure how it will work out when football season rolls around (DirecTV has an exclusive on the NFL package), but for the summer it's fine and DirecTV has already offered about 35% off for the first year if I re-up.