I went to get teh transformer thinggy to make an antenna about 2 months ago, and found a solid HD until for $25 at the local TV/Ham Radio/CB Radio/electronics place. I figured the time and frustration was worth the difference to me so I snagged it. We are about 43 km from the CN tower, but have an excellent line of sight on it. Buffalo is across Lk Ontario about 110 km. I get 21 channels via HD Antenna, including 2 in french and 3 multicultural channels. nearly half of the channels are from Buffalo.
Even free, many of the channels are too expensive, but I like getting CTV, CBC, TVO, PBS, and a few of the movie channels aren't bad. Last night I tuned the TV to the classical music channel and let it put me to sleep.