well here is another reason i am dropping directv
up until 2 months ago directv gave us the fox local out of minneapolis. i got it in HD. well where i live we have a local fox channel in town(its garbage by the way). So directv gave us the local one and took away the minneapolis one. the new one says HD, but its cropped SD. so now when i watch my vikes i dont have HD and cant even see what the score is cause the sides of teh screen is cut off. Now the local channel has told Directv they have a HD signal they can gladly send them but Directtv told them it is a bandwidth issue and they dont have anymore room for local channels in HD. so i pay for HD and want to see sports in HD but because of Directv's decisions, i cant. so **** them. even if they keep all the channels they are threatening to take away.
my local cable company gives me more local channels in HD, i will get now both fox local channels in SD and HD.