1 year late for the DTV transition

So, over the weekend I moved, and as a consequence, I cut the cable. My old apartment was giving me free cable, so I watched it. Moving into the new place, we made the concious decision not to have that extra bill or time-suck. So I went and got a digital converter box, so that we can still get the local weather. Its nice to have access to it, but, we certainly aren't looking to stay glued to it. Anyway, its been one year, almost to the day since the switch, and I finally got my box. And, my oppinion? Well, its resoundingly a failure. I can't get the basic channels well at all. And if I want to get KNVA, one of the local stations I used to work for, I have to adjust the antenna's so that I can't get anything else. If I want to keep the majority, about 5 stations, I don't have access to either of the stations I used to work for. And even then, at best I am only getting approximately a 60% signal level, and there are terrible dropouts and stuttering. I feel about as impressed with digital television as I do digital cable, and if I were paying for it, I would cancel. I don't have a problem with the digital formats for storing of video or television, but, I have yet to see a digital transmission system that works or looks well. Netflix is pretty good, but, its still obviously compressed, and its not live by any means. More opinions will come later. I get my internet connection at home tomorrow supposedly, I am using tethering right now, but, thats only so useful. Maybe I will start looking for an all online service, preferably with an XBMC script or plugin for watching online news video.