Turned out for the few channels DH and I were very interested in, we had to pay for the more expensive package and got loads and loads of channels we had no interest in. Decided long ago that it wasn't worth the money to watch only a handful of shows each week.
We've typically lived rural so without Dish or Direct TV, we get no broadcast TV. Have not had it for about 10 years now, and really don't miss it. Can get any news or weather from the Internet anyway. We have Amazon Prime and have lots of movies to watch, and would rather pay $3.99 to "rent" the few we are interested in, since we don't watch them very often. Was never good for bad weather since clouds interfered with the signal.