Your right, of course about the price coming down, I'm sure it already
has since the time when I bought mine, and will continue to do so, as unit
supply begins exceeding demand, like VCRs for under $50... You just have to
be willing to wait. Personally, I am only interested in the major networks,
and live in an area where I receive many stations OTA. I cannot see paying
a $39.00 or more per month Cable or Directv bill, and would rather invest in
equipment like this instead. Looking at it from this point of view, it
would pay for itself in just a few months versus a cable or satellite bill.
I used to be a C-band subscriber because they at least let you buy channels
individually for a reasonable rate (usually $1.15 or so per desired channel
per month). I hate the fact that they (Cable, Directv, etc.) force a whole
group of channels down your throat with high rates, and in some cases the
"ONE" channel you may want is part of their $85/mo. group, etc... - It's
highway robbery. I am just stubborn enough that when free OTA TV is a thing
of the past, I probably will quit watching altogether. Unfortunately the
general public has proven overall that they are perfectly willing to pay for
TV, so I look to the future to hold even Terrestrial DTV signal scrambling,
with subscription fees. If you look at the structure of the digital data
transport stream, the ability to incorporate scrambling is already
incorporated! yuck...