Speaking of that, what are peoples' experiences with attic-installed antennas? We've got one in our attic and it's mostly ok though PBS occasionally flames out. I had to add a signal amplifier to make all the stations come in.
I know outside is better but I really don't want to go up on the roof. Are there channels only reachable with an outdoor install?
FWIW, OTA HDTV is higher quality because the signals aren't (further) compressed to squeeze more channels in. I believe you also get some subchannels you don't get on cable/satellite.
We cut the cable a couple years ago and haven't missed it a bit. We don't even have a Roku or similar streaming box. We just don't watch as much TV anymore. We do stream maybe a few movies a month from iTunes or Google Play.
One thing we've noticed is how many people want to turn on televisions to baby-sit our child: haircuts, dentists and so on. It's really irritating given the well-known medical studies of how bad that is.