| How do you decide which satellite provider is the | | | | company does offer different options in just |
| best one out there? There are the obvious things | | | | about all of these languages, so determining the |
| that the average person compares when | | | | best would honestly be a personal preference. |
| determining this. The first thing is start up cost | | | | You can find out which channels are offered in |
| and installation. More often than not, this factor is | | | | which languages by visiting each of their websites |
| usually the same between the two companies | | | | Bothe companies are paying close attention to |
| that battle over the "who is the best?" title. | | | | high definition programming. Both carriers have an |
| DirecTV and Dish Network both usually offer a | | | | impressive lineup of HD channels. Dish Network |
| free installation and start up. Meaning that when | | | | has the capacity of 70 national HD channels while |
| you call to order service, chances are you won't | | | | the Direct TV HD package has the bandwidth for |
| have to pay anything up front. That is a great | | | | 150. Both providers are beating out cable for the |
| deal, but doesn't really help you decide who to go | | | | amount of channel options to get the most out of |
| with if they are both free. | | | | your HDTV. |
| The next factor that is considered is the monthly | | | | With all of the similarities in the companies, you |
| cost of the service and the channels that are | | | | may still be on the fence. However, if you are an |
| offered. In this area, again, the two companies | | | | avid sports fan, and you are interested in the |
| seem very similar. They both offer more than | | | | premium sports packages, then this might just be |
| 250 channels. When you start to dig deeper | | | | the deal breaker. Dish offers basic packages for |
| however, you will see where the differences start | | | | football, baseball, basketball, soccer and hockey. |
| to appear. On the surface, it can be difficult and | | | | DirecTV on the other hand far surpasses that. |
| confusing to see facts. | | | | Sure, they offer those sports. But only on |
| For instance, at a glance the basic programming | | | | DirecTV can you get their NFL Supercast. If you |
| package from Dish Network seems cheaper than | | | | have Supercast, then you have the ability to |
| that of DirecTV. However, when you take a | | | | watch every NFL Sunday Ticket game live on |
| closer look, the package from DirecTV has a few | | | | your PC from anywhere. This means that you |
| more channels. It also has your local channels | | | | can still catch that game, no matter where you |
| included in the package price, where as you have | | | | are as long as you have your PC. You also get |
| to pay extra to receive your local channels from | | | | scores, stats and highlights throughout the games. |
| Dish Network. | | | | If that alone isn't enough for you to decide to go |
| In the case of foreign language channels, both | | | | with DirecTV, they go beyond the basic sports |
| DirecTV and Dish Network have a very good | | | | packages. You can get rugby and cricket games, |
| selection since satellite TV is easily broadcast | | | | as well as Nascar HotPass. Nascar HotPass makes |
| nationally. You can get channels in languages such | | | | you feel like you are right there in the pit with the |
| as Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Greek, Italian, Korean, | | | | pit crew and right there with your favorite driver |
| Vietnamese and even Polish. There are other | | | | behind the wheel. |
| languages as well, for both providers. Each | | | | |