We're in Western New York and cut the cable long ago with a roof antenna. It's a good area for it because we not only get all the networks, we get Canadian broadcast. But when we bought in The Villages, to be snowbirds, it didn't work as well.
We picked up about 35 channels but many spanish, religious, and spanish religious that didn't interest us. Still, we had at least a dozen good. But, the big deal breaker was no NBC. That was with an indoor Terk antenna on the end table. I probably could have done better with a big antenna in the attic (no roof mounts in the Villages). I tried the Terk in the attic and it wasn't much better. I'm in a relatively high, clear area, your results may vary.
Anyway, I ended up getting Dish Network. It's a very cool system. Automatically records all prime time network shows (8pm - 11pm) plus two more tuners for your personal selections. We take the box back and forth. But I signed up for two years and hope to be able to dump it at the end of contract. I'm hoping for most everything to go online by then. I have an Acer Aspire Revo HTPC and use Hulu (free, not Plus). Hulu is great, but limited. I also have Amazon, Netflix, Roku, and GoogleTV. Depending on your needs and interest, there's more available than you can watch in 24 hours.
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