| What Kind of satellite TV deal are you looking | | | | three months and, the DVR service is free. You |
| for? HDdeals? DVR deals? Free movie channel or | | | | canupgrade to DVR or HDTV service and get a |
| reduced costprogramming deals? Maybe you are | | | | free DVR or HDequipment upgrade. The Plus |
| looking for Dish Networkdeals, or DirecTV deals in | | | | Choice package is the same priceas the 140 |
| general. Whatever the case, ifyou're reading this, | | | | channel Choice Package for 1 year with a |
| you are shopping for satellite TVservice and | | | | DirecTVservice agreement. |
| promotions. Did you know there are satellite | | | | If you are looking for something in addition to the |
| TVretailers that will give you extra freebies in | | | | basicpromotional offers from Dish Network or |
| addition tostandard satellite TV offers? It's true, | | | | DirecTV, you justhave to keep an eye out for |
| and Dish Networkretailers are much more likely to | | | | extras that are not mentionedhere from different |
| offer an extra incentivecompared to DirecTV | | | | retailers. Some popular freebies offeredby Dish |
| dealers. | | | | Network retailers are iPods, home theater |
| As of February 2007, the best Dish Network deal | | | | systems,cash back, airline tickets, LCD monitors, |
| is fourrooms of satellite TV service starting at | | | | Mp3 players,portable DVD players, and a whole |
| 19.99 a month forover 100 channels. The basic | | | | plethora of free goodies. |
| equipment included in thispackage is a free satellite | | | | DirecTV is a bit more stingy with the freebies, |
| dish, and two free satellitereceivers. You'll also | | | | and as ofnow, you'll have a hard time finding |
| have the option to upgrade to DVR or | | | | DirecTV retailersgiving up any extras. |
| HDTV service, in which case you'll get your DVR | | | | Freebies are great, but when it comes down to it |
| or HDreceiver free of charge. Not bad for 20 | | | | people wanta good deal in programming since that |
| bucks huh? Plusyou'll get some free movie | | | | is what they will haveto live with. As shown in the |
| channels for a period of time,and some Dish | | | | prices above, Dish Network isconsiderably lower |
| Network retailers offer bonus free gifts! | | | | priced when it comes to low endprogramming. |
| The new promotional offer this year for DirecTV | | | | DirecTV's most competitive low end package |
| includes anew programming line up called CHOICE | | | | ismore than double the price of Dish Network, and |
| Package, The PLUS | | | | doesn'toffer that many more channels. I think |
| Package, The PLUS HD Package, and The | | | | with this in mind,the best DirecTV deal is in their |
| PREMIER Packageranging from 49.99 to 65.99 a | | | | higher end packages whichare a bit more |
| month. The basic plus packagegets you over 185 | | | | competitive with Dish Network's high |
| channels including free HBO and Showtimefor | | | | endprogramming. |