Cable and sat teevee not needed to watch some good teevee.
Digital broadcasting is free, offers tons of programming (including PBS), and many are in high def.
There is an all
classic movie channel, GetTV, that recently began broadcasting over the air (OTA/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television) on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_subchannel for free
reception in most US markets.
You only need a teevee that receives digital signals (about the only kind left) and an
antenna, or an older analog teevee with a digital converter box.
No
fees whatsoever (except for watching commercials). And many channels are HD too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GetTV ( and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me-TV , which airs classic series and movies, plus others ) is all old movies, all the time (except three hours on Friday morning for E/I). GetTV is carried as a subchannel of the Spanish language
network Univision in many places, but is broadcast in
English.