directv is getting local HD by the end of the year, but in the mean time a set of rabbit ears is all u need to get local HD.
Picture quality from both blows shitty cable away, no comparison, HD and standard.
The only reason i have directv over dish is dish does not have the YES network, but the programming is almost the same, dish does have all of those voom HD channels, but from what i hear they arent really worth it.