I am too far to pull in locals from either city without using a huge rooftop antena and then I would not neable to record it which is huge for me. As for service calls I think I am OK /w anything besides a box going bad in which case they wouldnt need to come out anyways.

I just switched to D* today from comcrap and stupid me didnt research and I didnt realize I am missing 2 local HD channels. However, my friend live 30 miles north and his zipcode gets locals from a different city that does have the local HD channels. Would simple calling them and telling them I...