Thursday, December 29, 2011

Are Satellite TV Sports Packages The Best Things Since Sliced Bread?

By Emily Thomas


PC satellite TV is the new kid on the block in digital satellite TV technology. So just what is so fascinating about being able to watch satellite TV on PC? Even as we discuss, there is an exodus of current viewers who are watching satellite TV channels on television sets to satellite TV on PC. Let us discover more about this PC satellite TV technology and see if the old satellite TV system is obsolete or still relevant.

There are channels devoted specifically to a single sport like the Golf channel, MLB Network and NFL Redzone so sitting down and watching your favorite sport 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year (366 on Leap Year) is actually possible.

Perfect For Rural Areas For the many that live in the rural countryside, they are well aware of the restrictions their location is saddled with. One of those luxuries burdened by distance is the lack of cable television service. Due to the higher expense of extending their service to remote parts of the country, cable services have limited range and that is where satellite comes in. Recent surveys have estimated that over 40% of people living in rural areas of the country subscribe to satellite television service. Satellite TV service has been the best and, for some, the only option for residents of rural areas to receive extensive television programming. It's actually quite the ideal location to have satellite television barring, of course, really bad weather during certain seasons. The wide open skies of rural cities outside of the metropolitan area provide the perfect setting to align a satellite to point for maximum signal strength.

That means you don't have to worry about how your fantasy players are doing or what the scores are, you can actually see what's going on while you're working, or supposedly working. Just get connected to the internet and you can be watching your favorite team in action.

More or Less Expensive Than Cable? It's an understandable issue for many people in the market for a television service to find not only satellite TV companies with the best prices but also the ones with the better value. In terms of value and without all the charges for equipment, installation, and activation fees tacked on by other cable TV services that are free on satellite TV services, the incentives for consumers to consider satellite over cable have been major deciding factors for people new to satellite TV. Satellite TV providers, especially DIRECTV, offers some of the best incentives to new customers with exclusive savings on premium packages, which not only start affordably but also come with no equipment to buy and free installation and activation as well as great customer service for as long as you remain a customer.

Your pastor or preacher can't help but forgive you for missing church when he knows how much dedication you have to seeing your favorite golfer on the links on Sunday morning. However, with the Golf Channel available on your TV sports package on satellite, he'll have to come over to watch the tournament with you since it's available all year around. Granted, he may not be appreciative of the fact that you're not making it to Sunday services but when he's watching the final putt of the U.S. Open on your 60" HDTV, which he'll appreciate.

Satellite TV Companies You don't have to search very hard to find that there only two major satellite TV providers in the United States-Dish Network and DIRECTV. When consumers in the market for satellite service or want to make the switch from cable, they will most likely look to one of these two brands. What are the differences between the two companies? Many have asked and wondered, and the answer is pretty simple. The value in pricing may belong to Dish Network as their packages are less expensive after the first year promo than DIRECTV's packages after their first year promo. What DIRECTV delivers for their slightly more expensive regular-priced packages are more unique channels in HD. Many of the HD channels Dish Network claims to have include dozens of video-on-demand channels and they're also missing a host of popular channels on a couple of their most basic packages. DIRECTV's collection of 162 HD channels is the most offered by any TV service provider. Miscellaneous charges from Dish Network include a $99 upfront fee charged to customers that want paper copies of their bill (who do not sign up for auto bill pay) to higher lease fees for additional receivers. 3D HDTV owners will also find better value with DIRECTV being the first TV service provider to feature four brand new 3D channels for the 3D experience at home.




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