Jul 28 2009
Why Most Of The People Are Shifting From Cable TV To Dish Network?
Cost, Picture Quality, Program options, customer satisfaction, are some of the reasons that are driving consumers to shift from cable to Dish Network. These numbers are on a constant rise. Lets address some of the major differences in the two options.
Cost
The cable costs were as high as $42.76 per month in 2007 with the costs increasing another $10-20 for digital channels and another $15-20 for HD channels in some areas. Installation costs may vary as well but generally hover in the range of $49.99 with an extra $10 per room.
Satellite television on the other hand costs $19.99 for the basic package consisting of over 60 channels. The average package ranges around $29.99 per month with $5 for the local channels. The equipment and installation is free. This is inclusive of digital programing and there is no extra cost to upgrade the same either.
Programming
The major difference in programming is that cable offers the channels in an over the air format while the satellite television providers offer the same in digital format. To receiver the same channels on cable in digital format an extra charge applies.
The equipments furnished for the same are generally furnished for free by both the cable and Dish network operators. With cable, you may not require anything or even if necessary all you need is a cable network box. Whilst with the Dish network, you need a satellite dish and receiver. Dish Network also offers the DVR or HDTV receiver for no extra charge.
Reliability
As per the rankings by J.D. Powers and Associates the cable outages average over 3-5% per year, while satellite television outages border at around 1% and are generally brief and only during heavy rainfall. If a cable outage occurs it is generally over weeks at a time.
Once again it depends on the consumer’s personal option.If one does not watch TV a lot one could choose from the basic packages in either cable or satellite television systems.
