I personally think that if Dish does not offer HD locals they should figure out some way to install an antenna free of charge. You pay for the antenna but dish comps the installer for install.
i think at&t should give me free land line phone service at my house, cause their cell service sucks there, kind of in a dead spot..... doubt that is going to happen
or maybe, you could call up the tv station and convince them to give you a free antenna installed... i mean that would benefit them, you would be able to watch their programming in HD then
Dish in the business of satellite tv, not ota tv... and in my opinion, yeah, its nice if you have HD locals, but it is also early in the game. Just cause Directv has them doesnt mean dish absolutely has to, and viceversa. If it is really important to you to have our hd locals, go with Directv, or pay a few bucks to have an ota antenna installed.
Personally, i'd rather dish not install ota... thats just more headaches for the installers, and wasted money on dish's part, which would probably end up getting rates increased