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SATELLITE vs. CABLE
We'll show you how satellite TV is at least twice as
good as cable (and costs less too)!
Want HDTV?
Cable is still facing problems delivering HDTV. Both DISH and DirecTV offer HDTV programming. DirecTV, with its single LNB (the receiving end on the Satellite Dish) will experience bandwidth problems as programming increasingly switches to HDTV. DISH has planned ahead and has launched innumerable programs to ensure unlimited bandwidth capabilities.
Want interactive-type features?
Not much interactivity is available at this state from cable providers, except for electronic programming guides (EPGs) made to look like satellite guides. Satellite offers EPGs and a new line of services from DISH and DirecTV. These interactive TV services offer personal video recorders - which pause, record and rewind live broadcasts - plus enhanced broadcasting which are only offered on Satellite.
What's offered in programming packages?
Cable packages range from neighborhood to neighborhood, whereas satellite packages are the same across the nation. "Digital Cable" offers nearly as many total video and audio channels as satellite but at a slightly more expensive price per channel. Savvy viewers need to think ahead about what channels or types of programming they want to see, and choose packages accordingly.
How many TVs will be served?
Previously, Cable's almost nationwide "lease" model allowed the maximum number of set-top boxes to be served at the lowest cost-per-set compared to satellite operators. Nonetheless, satellite (DISH in particular) has been recently catching up here, and new "additional box" plans of up to 4 receivers are being offered to the consumer at a better price than cable.
Want video recording equipment?
DirecTV offers TiVo for recording, but at an upfront cost of around $400 to buy the receiver. While DISH today offers its 508 series set-top box, with free basic personal video recorder functionality at a cost of $49 at time of activation. This has also been supplemented by DISH's 721 series, allowing consumers to simultaneously record one program and watch another.
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DISH NETWORK vs.
DIRECTV
Sports Programming
DISH offers its highly popular College Game-Day Plan and has several season-long pro sports packages. However, if you have to have every NFL game the choice as with the NFL Sunday Ticket, DirecTV has it covered. Otherwise, the sports offerings are similar, focusing on multiregional collegiate sports packages, mostly from Fox. Again, consumers should focus on what they want to watch and what is typically offered by which packages, and for what prices.
What's offered by what programming packages?
For years, DirecTV had the clear lead in the number of channels and number of specific types of programming specialties. That has changed recently. DISH today offers more channels overall, and almost as many specialty sport and movie offerings.
What are the pricing plans?
Hardware discounts favor DISH. However, DirecTV's purchase packages are today quite competitive with DISH's. Wise consumers need to ask, "How Much, How (and When) Am I Paying for The Hardware, i.e. is it cash up-front, an "In Home Service Plan" model or "free" model because of poor or no credit?
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