| It's difficult to make an educated decision as a | | | | deal of films in the way of on-demand, too, but |
| consumer about whether or not cable or satellite | | | | satellite, with its opportunity for you to tailor the |
| TV is the way to go. To the untrained eye, both | | | | channels you receive, including TCM and AMC, |
| look like pretty good choices--after all, anything | | | | actually has a slight advantage. |
| that brings you 500 channels can't be bad! But not | | | | The outdated concern that you're somehow going |
| all of us need 500 channels, and sometimes the | | | | to be able to watch the news in Timbuktu |
| channels we do get aren't anything close to what | | | | without the ability to tune in to your own 10 |
| we'd like to be watching. Thankfully, there have | | | | o'clock report has long been disproved, but with |
| been a lot of changes on the part of cable | | | | the digitalization of all television and many viewers |
| providers and the satellite TV companies alike, | | | | now being forced to make a switch to either |
| and it's easier to select a package that more | | | | cable or satellite TV, this concern rings true again. |
| closely fits your needs. It is those needs, in fact, | | | | For television viewers just now entering the digital |
| that makes it so easy to figure out which is the | | | | world, rest assured that on both cable and |
| right choice for you. | | | | satellite TV, local access channels are still available, |
| For sports fans, there's absolutely no comparison. | | | | and you'll be able to continue watching your |
| Any sports fan who has ever had to relocate | | | | favorite reporters dish the hometown dirt. |
| from their hometown, where they root for the | | | | One myth that never seems to die involves the |
| home team and the home team only, knows the | | | | functioning of satellite-specific equipment versus |
| pains of waiting for a national station or ESPN to | | | | the "reliability" of cable. Anyone who's ever had |
| pick up your game. Who wants to be sitting there | | | | cable is well-aware that it's just as possible for the |
| on Sunday watching a team they don't care | | | | cable to go out in a thunderstorm as it is for |
| about? Enter NFL Sunday Ticket, an opportunity | | | | there to be insufficient signal on your dish. |
| to watch your home team from anywhere in the | | | | Furthermore, what do people think the cable |
| country, whenever they're playing. Want to see | | | | companies are relying on to beam in their |
| what they're going to be up against if they make | | | | coverage? It's just a question of connecting your |
| it past the play-offs? You've got more football | | | | TV set--via wiring--to their satellite. And a great |
| available to you than you could ever actually | | | | deal of the wiring in place to deliver cable is |
| watch. The clear advantage here? Satellite TV. | | | | known for being faulty and temperamental. When |
| Viewers who love movies have a less clear choice | | | | dealing with technology, there's always room for |
| ahead of them. Both cable and satellite TV have | | | | something to go a little bit wrong, but in this case, |
| made it easy to get the premium movie channels | | | | the fact of the matter is actually that satellite TV |
| like HBO, Showtime, and Starz, and both types of | | | | delivers a clearer picture in a more reliable |
| programming offer bundle packages where you | | | | manner, as long as you have your dish properly |
| can enjoy a premium channel for a | | | | installed. You're still going to need that cable for |
| less-than-premium price tag for a period of a | | | | your internet, though. The advantage for |
| half-year. Mostly, it depends on how much of a | | | | television, however, goes to satellite TV. |
| movie buff you actually are. Cable offers a great | | | | |