For what it's worth, I definitely recommend e-mailing or calling your cable company before you plunk down the green on an OTA box (if you plan on getting HD cable of course). Just based on a couple random experiences, I imagine a number of providers have plans of rolling out HD services in Q1 and Q2. I know I have a (comparatively) fly-by-night provider with a very rural coverage telling me HD's on it's way in April, and my brother (a couple hundred miles south), has been told february by a different company. Then again (and as I understand it), there isn't a lot of cable-exclusive HD content on system's just yet, so for the time being (and if you can pick it up), OTA may be the best option.