Feb
13
Digital Satellite 101
Filed Under Satellite Television
One obvious (others exist) alternative to cable television and specifically high definition cable television is direct broadcast satellite (DBS for short) DBS comes in several flavors most notably DirecTV and DISH Network but regardless of which you pick both share many similarities. Both charge a subscription fee, anywhere from $29.99 on the low end to well over a hundred dollars a month with premium channels.
Both DISH Network and DirecTV offer DVR’s, some form of (albeit limited compared to cable) pay-per-view and most importantly high definition programming. For several years DirecTV had the edge in overall HDTV programming available but DISH took the lead back in late 2006, adding another 5-6 stations on top of what DirecTV already offered. Expect this superiority to ebb and flow between the two providers in the future.
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