Dude, only 2 weeks ago I went to Dish Network/Tivo after being like you ... rabbit ears, cheap cable, etc., trying to tape VCR ... A guy from Cambodia climbed on my condo roof and put up the satellite, hail Cambodia.
It's federal law now. No condo or apartment can keep you from getting satellite.
Sell your mobile home, move into a tent and get Dish Network/Direct TV and pay an xtra $6 bucks a month for the DVR and another $6 for all the regional Fox networks/regional Comcast etc. it's so so worth it. Just watching all the women's sports gives you 24 hr satisfaction/distraction ....