That's still 100 extra bucks, x2. I don't think you thought much about it edmund....the antenna signal for his locals and anything else he has (cable, FM) is still riding on the distributed coax line throughout the house...EVERY TV on that line can tune their local channels in seperately, or choose channel 3 for Sat A receiver, or channel 4 for Sat B receiver. All you're doing is add 2 more channels to it. Then at least you can watch whatever local channel you want without tying up the tuner on the VCR, which shouldn't be purchased in the first place cause it's totally unnecessary. If channels 3 or 4 are taken up by local channels, get a 2 channel modulator and change the outputs to UHF channels higher up in the system. Come on, seriously edmund. You're talking about doing some half-assed ghetto rigged job for more money than he could do it professionally, and have a lot more options available.