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| Monthly Cost Comparison | National Average Analog Cable* | National Average Digital Cable* | Dish Network Top 100 | DirecTV Total Choice Plus |
| Package Price | $40.11 | $51.42 | $32.99 | $41.99 |
| Local Channels | Included | Included | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| 2nd TV Programming | FREE STANDARD | FREE STANDARD | FREE STANDARD |
$4.99 |
| Total Monthly Cost | $40.11 | $51.42 | $37.99 | $51.98 |
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SATELLITE vs. CABLE
We'll show you how DISH Network beats cable every time (and costs less too)!Where do you live?
Apartment? Or a single-family/duplex home?
A clear line of sight from a dish antenna to the south western sky is necessary to receive a direct signal from the satellite. Nearly 98% of all residences are able to have a dish antenna.
What is offered by cable in your area?
Is the cable provider in your neighborhood offering analog-only, true digital, or a hybrid analog/digital service? Satellite signals are considered to be the highest quality as they are first generation (directly from the Broadcaster to you). Digital Cable cannot be considered "Truly Digital" as it is generally a fourth or fifth generation signal relayed from sub-station to sub-station before reaching your residence. The relay of Digital Cable diminishes the overall quality of your picture and sound. Satellite offers a clearer digital than digital cable.
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What's offered in what 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 chose packages accordingly. Satellite saves you money!
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What are the up front costs?
Does cable offer you HDTV systems with a low up front costs? No! Satellite
gives you access to brand new technology for a modest upgrade fee!!
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Want HDTV?
Cable still is facing problems delivering HDTV. Both DISH Network 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 Network has planned ahead and is the
leader in delivering HDTV content.
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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 Network in particular) has 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.
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| Which Package Should You Go With? | |
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The Dish Network Top 100 plan is a great way to go if you want the lowest price (for number of channels received) all-digital price in America! (go) |
