Are locals really that important?

[esteg]

I had a BUD in the late 80's ,still have it and watched NFL Sunday Ticket up to this year on it . I have Dish network for many years now. Had to set up a NFL Sunday Ticket on Pegasus, only thing i get from them. I haven't watch any TV from the two local stations ABC and NBC, ABC doesn't have local news. Point being i have not watched local TV ,don't miss it and will not put up a ugly OTA antena to get it.

[jeffwtux]

I had a BUD in the late 80's ,still have it and watched NFL Sunday Ticket up to this year on it . I have Dish network for many years now. Had to set up a NFL Sunday Ticket on Pegasus, only thing i get from them. I haven't watch any TV from the two local stations ABC and NBC, ABC doesn't have local news. Point being i have not watched local TV ,don't miss it and will not put up a ugly OTA antena to get it.

You guys are serviced by Pegasus in the UP? That sucks.

[Chris Blount]

I had a BUD in the late 80's ,still have it and watched NFL Sunday Ticket up to this year on it . I have Dish network for many years now. Had to set up a NFL Sunday Ticket on Pegasus, only thing i get from them. I haven't watch any TV from the two local stations ABC and NBC, ABC doesn't have local news. Point being i have not watched local TV ,don't miss it and will not put up a ugly OTA antena to get it.

Hi esteg and welcome to DBSTalk! :welcome_s

I guess it really all depends on your point of view. I use my locals all the time to view local news and network programming. The thing that really makes me use them more is having a DVR. Since I can time shift the programming and cut commercials, I use my local channels more than any other channels on my dish.

So what I'm trying to say is that locals are important at least in my case.

[Cyclone]

Well, when Dish/Direct started to offer locals their sales took off. So it matters to other people.

[esteg]

I get the east national feeds for the networks,use them for some pimetime viewing. I live 5 miles form cable country so i am force to use Peqasus for NFLSTicket

[Jacob S]

It matters more to those that cannot pickup a signal OTA, does not have cable available, goes camping/travelling a bit taking their dishes with them, do not want to pay for cable when they could have the locals on Dish/Direct much cheaper, and can record the shows on their DVR receivers.

[TV38]

Very simple. YES.

[Karl Foster]

If locals weren't available on Directv in my area, I wouldn't have Directv. I was never able to get the wife to bite off on satellite until locals became available.

[Steve Mehs]

Locals aren’t a big deal for me either. NYPD Blue, Third Watch and the 2 CSIs are the only shows I watch on the networks. I'm not big into sit-coms (Drew Carry once in a while), I can't stand reality shows and I get my local news from the radio. With Dish, for the extra $3 for locals, I can record my shows on the 508 so it's worth it. I'd rather use my Radio Shack antenna for locals, which I don't consider ugly at all :), but it a pain to realign to get stations from Rochester and Toronto with decent PQ.

I didn’t mention football on Sundays since there’s no reason for me to DVR it, and with my antenna pointed right I can get more NFL action from Canadian OTA tv then I can on my locals.