Giving up DirecTV

Jul
23

The wife and I are in serious discussion recently about giving up on DirecTV all together and going to Over the Air cable and internet content.
 
While I am not worried about myself as I watch most of my video from online sources (Hulu, BitTorrent, etc..), I am worried that my wife will not be able to adapt.
 
OTA content will give us all of the local channels including 'General Hospital' the soap opera she watches daily, but it will not give us what I like to call background noise.
 
What do you think? Is it possible to give up regular TV and move to OTA and Internet Videos?