We had Dish instead of Direct TV. We cancelled the satellite, and bought an outdoor antenna from best buy for $99. We mounted it to the bracket that the Dish was attached to. Connected the antenna to the Dish cable that was already running to the TV. Works great. We did end up buying a amplifier for $25, because one station was not coming in great and it took care of that. We haven't tried recording anything yet. With then antenna, netflix and amazon prime we have plenty to watch. We binge watched Longmire on netflix so now we have to wait for the next season.