I just got the distant networks turned on with NPS and the picture quality looks alright to me on my hd tv but the sound is loud on one station. All I did was punch in my zipcode from a "white" area and use my cell phone number from my 2nd account for my aunt and put my smart card numbers from my real account on line at their website and boom today I got all the Atlanta and San Francisco channels . All on my 622 hd dvr. I already have Houston locals in Hd /sd since I "moved" with Dish and I have my ota stations from Beaumont and now the distants on top of it. I don't know if I will keep them but I do know that they look very good for now. If anything conflicts I have backups now. Oh and I applied online yesterday night at 10:00pm and they were on by 10:00 am today.