Satellite or cable service for local TV broadcasts?

[antdude]

Hello.

In a few months, my family and I (three people) will be relocating/moving to another house. We won't be able to get free over the air (OTA) due to a small mountain/giant hill blocking transmitters for Los Angeles/L.A. broadcasts. It is impossible to get a very high antenna (would require a high rise building height with twenty floors -- 193 or more feet for the local English stations in green color according to TVFool.com!). So that means we will have to order cable or satellite TV for TV feeds. Since we don't watch many movies and stuff (we just rent or stream), we will still keep it simple and basic. Hopefully, cheap/low cost. Basically, we want all local broadcast channels including foreign ones (asian like Chinese on HTTV 62.2).

We are definitely ordering Time Warner Cable (TWC)'s Road Runner Internet service since that is the only fastest and cheapest ($52.99 per month for standard package) since nothing else and/or good is available (no DSL, no FIOS, satellite and dial-up sucks and are too slow).

TWC sales said for monthly payments as of Christmas break of 2011 (after promotions):
$24.50 (basic/local broadcast TV; doesn't seem to have all the foreign independent channels/stations)
$52.99 (regular Internet package)
$10 DVR rental (heard cable DVRs suck? Or should we get our own [however, I can't find one that doesn't require subscriptions like DTVPal and ChannelMaster DVRs]
$49.99 for installation charge

Total = $84.79 per month for service (without $49.99 for installation charge).

Bundled packages and a single bill would be nice too if it is cheap/not much different, but if satellite TV service is a lot cheaper than we will get it. However, it will suck if the whole cable goes out/down, then no Internet and TV.

I read and heard that satellite TV services for TV stuff can be cheaper and better quality. We will also need to get a new DVR (we still have VCRs, but why?) to replace DTVPal DVR (only for OTA). There are several satellite TV services like EchoStar, DishTV, DirecTV, etc. Which ones to get? We have never owned satellite TV services before so this will be new to us. Also, we still use old CRT TVs but we will get HDTV ones later on when they break/die (could be years).

Thank you in advance.

[juan]

This might work someday http://www.satelliteguys.us/streamin...w-startup.html

[antdude]

This might work someday...

It's only in NYC and I am on the other side of the country, and won't be able to wait for years/decades/whenever.