| Once in while you feel the need to upgrade your | | | | system of transmission. Analog transmission is |
| home entertainment for yourself, family or the | | | | through the air and is subject to much |
| Kids. Your choice of the best way to go in | | | | interference. |
| television home entertainment can be a painless | | | | On average cable TV seems to have increased |
| and cheap experience or a hard and expensive | | | | their subscription fees by 8% over the last one |
| affair. It is all pegged on the choice of type of TV | | | | year while monthly subscription for satellite TV |
| you make and the implication it has on costs. This | | | | has dropped with more promise on further drop. |
| is due to the fact that most pay per view TV | | | | The reliability of cable TV also seems to be lower |
| channels come with a monthly subscription fee. | | | | than that of satellite TV. While satellite TV failures |
| Depending on the choice between cable TV and | | | | were less than 1% those for cable TV average |
| satellite TV your costs will vary. Another factor | | | | 2-4% in an average viewing month. |
| that is usually overlooked is the service level of | | | | After sales service |
| the pay TV type you get installed. Some will have | | | | Satellite TV has been ranked by several review |
| unending interruptions, while others will be | | | | websites as the top ranking as opposed to cable |
| affected by the weather. It's good to know which | | | | TV. Winning the honors are cable TV and dish |
| the best quality TV channel to install is. | | | | network in customer satisfaction for the last |
| I once found myself with this choice to make | | | | several years back to back. |
| between cable and satellite TV. While cable TV | | | | After my thorough review of the TV channels it |
| won on some areas, satellite TV also had its own | | | | was clear that satellite TV was winning by a clear |
| advantages. So I decided to make a list of the | | | | margin. What was also the most important finding |
| most important factors that I wanted in any pay | | | | is that I could get TV on a pc through satellite |
| TV I was going to buy into. | | | | TV. Through the internet, the TV companies had |
| Cost of TV installation and subscriptions | | | | started an internet based service that only |
| One of the first things on my list was the cost of | | | | required you to buy a satellite TV on pc |
| installation and subscription for pay TV. I went to | | | | software. |
| several websites for suppliers of cable and satellite | | | | TV on a PC Service |
| TV and found that each of them offered | | | | I decided to try the pc TV software first and |
| equipment on a free lease. Installation costs for | | | | Boy was I glad. In 2 minutes flat I was watching |
| satellite TV were free while those of cable TV | | | | sports channels including Football, Baseball, |
| depend on the rooms to be connected to the | | | | Basketball, Hockey, Soccer, and ESPN. What's |
| cable. Installation of cable TV on a main room | | | | more these guys had over 3000 TV channels |
| costs $ 39.95 and each additional room costs | | | | including international TV stations from many |
| $9.95 to get a line. Satellite TV seemed cheaper | | | | countries like Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, |
| on the monthly TV subscriptions. Whilst the most | | | | Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia, |
| basic and cheapest cable TV company monthly | | | | Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, |
| cost is at $39.95 per month, a basic and least | | | | Cuba, Czech Rep, Denmark, Dominic. Rep, Egypt, |
| expensive satellite TV subscription was $ 19.95 | | | | France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, |
| per month. | | | | Indonesia, Iran Luxemburg, Macedonia, Malaysia, |
| Satellite TV also won by a huge margin on the | | | | Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, |
| number of channels available. The most TV | | | | Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russian Fed, Saudi |
| channels on cable TV were 180 while those of | | | | Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, |
| satellite TV were 350. Both cable and satellite TV | | | | Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United |
| channels offered optional HDTV services at | | | | Kingdom, Ukraine, USA, Vatican City, Venezuela, |
| additional costs to the normal service. | | | | Vietnam among many others. |
| TV Quality | | | | I guess it should be easier for you to make your |
| Another big plus for satellite TV that I noticed | | | | choice on the TV to get installed to your home or |
| was the fact that they offered an all digital and | | | | pc. |
| sound transmission. Digital satellite TV means that | | | | Please look at my website for how to get your |
| the reception, picture and sound quality are of | | | | PC connected to satellite TV on the internet. |
| high standard as compared to cable TV's analog | | | | |