You would need a better scaler than your TV to get a better pic. But it still wouldn't be great. As I mentioned, D* doesn't do a very good job. I think their assumption is "how will it look on a 27" analog TV?" To most people, that looks just fine right now so they feel justified in compressing the hell out of it. Whenever I compare my local channels in SD from D* and from antenna, it is shocking. It's like they've taken that 480i resolution capability and are using a 3rd of it. I simply don't watch SDTV where I care about the PQ on my HDTV. I've got a 20" for that. For instance, the Colts game last weekend was not in HD, so I didn't watch it on the big screen. I don't want to be distracted by bad picture when I'm that into the show.