I just use 'over the air' Antenne TV. box was $10 after the govt rebate thing. Cable is not an option yet as it's unavailable here still. and altho DirecTV works ( and used to have it ). it can be very sketchy in the rain due to the trees next to my house..

I'v thought about FTA satellite. but once you drop a few hundred on the setup. Then you gotta find a single satallite you will be happy with otherwise drop a couple hundred more on a rotater. Then calculate azmuth ect, which isn't hard ( did it with the direct equip ). but english channels are dropping from the FTA list