| Comparing Dish Network and cable is never going | | | | 3 Programming |
| to be the easiest of tasks. As the owners of the | | | | Another area where Dish Network scores over |
| Dish-Network-Directory, the Dish Network retailer | | | | cable. Dish Network displays over 360 digital |
| comparison site know, it can be difficult to | | | | channels, including a huge variety of film, sport |
| compare because retailers on both sides are | | | | and foreign language channels. Local channels are |
| looking to highlight their plus points and hide the | | | | also available in most areas. Cable supports about |
| areas where they under-perform. Let's take a | | | | 260 channels - a mixture of analog and digital |
| look at these 5 most important factors that | | | | channels, plus a good local channels service. |
| make Dish Network better than Cable TV. | | | | 4 Free Equipment |
| 1 Cost | | | | It's easy to illustrate the advantage of Dish |
| Everyone looks straight to the bottom line when | | | | Network over cable when it comes to what you |
| comparing two products. Well this is one of the | | | | can get for free. Dish Network offers free DVR, |
| easiest areas to compare. The monthly average | | | | free HDTV equipment, with reinstallation of the |
| national consumer cost of Dish Network is in the | | | | equipment should you decide to move. Cable can |
| $30 to $35 region. Compare this with cable where | | | | offer none of these. |
| the average consumer cost is over $50 per | | | | 5 Market Trends |
| month. When you look at this on an annual basis, | | | | If you take a look at satellite TV versus cable |
| the average Dish Network subscriber is saving | | | | over the past couple of years, it soon becomes |
| about $200 per year compared with cable. Don't | | | | clear which way the market is moving. Buying a |
| forget also that Dish Network offers free | | | | product in a growing market is always good for |
| installation, something you have to pay for with | | | | the consumer since competition leads to improved |
| cable. | | | | quality and lower costs. Let's take a quick look at |
| 2 Transmission Quality | | | | the figures. In 2005, 27% of U.S. households had |
| There are two ares to comparing Dish Network | | | | satellite TV services, up from 12% in 2000. |
| with cable here. Looking first of all at digital | | | | Meanwhile, 60% of households had cable TV |
| channels, Dish Network is one hundred per cent | | | | service, down from 66% in 2000. Dish Network |
| digital. Cable on the other hand still has a high | | | | added a million subscribers in 2005. |
| quota of analog transmissions, and the digital | | | | Conclusion |
| products tend to be premium channels. Quality of | | | | It's important to have all the facts clearly |
| service is also important since you don't want to | | | | presented when comparing Dish Network with |
| miss a program due to loss of service. Dish | | | | cable. These 5 facts should be enough to |
| Network service outages are much lower than | | | | persuade anyone that Dish Network has the |
| cable. | | | | advantage over cable. |