I have a LCD HD set with analog tuner and 722 hooked up to it. I also have a 27 CRT with analog tuner. I have Dish satellite service. Cost of living seems to explode, my paycheck doesn't. Somewhere down the road, if this situation doesn't improve, I have to cut costs. Every business cuts costs, if the relation of profit and costs gets out of hands. To me satellite tv service would be one of the first things on the list to cut. Maybe not now, maybe a year from now. I often catch myself flipping through the TV guide and wonder why I am subscribing to AEP + HD. Either I have seen it already, or it justs sucks what's coming on. I also often catch myself watching alot of OTA, mainly because of the news and such. The little devil on my shoulder tells me I'm wasting money, and I am soon gonna run out of excuses to argue with him. One of these days I am gonna place the call, and equipment will be shipped back in return boxes. On this particular day, I will still have the two TV sets with analog tuners, and I still have the right to receive public information. And this is where the coupons and converters come in the game, because I believe at this particular day, the analog tv broadcasting is already history, or being close to be history. And then I guarantee you I WILL use BOTH!
Besides that, local channels are actually FTA, and all these years I paid Dish 5 bucks a month to get them to me. I am not complaining, but in my case and for MY DMA (Tulsa), I am paying to receive local SD, because Tulsa won't ever get the damn HD LIL's. The same picture could be accomplished by TR-40, purchased with a coupon. In fact the coupon and the TR-40 makes it even more attractive to cancel Dish...somewhere down the road...