You can argue all day on which satellite TV service is the best but it’s all an opinion. It all depends on how much money you are willing to spend on TV’s and a satellite service. Certain packages you buy will require a more high definition TV so you may receive all of the channels they provide. There are many different combinations of satellite TV services but we will go through all the basic packages and not the add-ons to save some time.
This in depth guide will show you which service you should pick based on what channels and satellite TV services they provide.
Basic cable satellite TV service
This is the most basic service available. It is for analogs TV’s and doesn’t require a satellite dish or a satellite receiver to transmit to the television. A basic set of antenna can pick up most of the signal but a cable is required for better quality and more channels. This satellite TV service can cost anywhere from 9 dollars a month to 19 for the expanded one. You essentially get about 20 channels with the cheaper service and up to 59 for expanded.
“Cable” TV service
This service delivers its signals to analog TV systems but they still don’t get too good of picture quality. You can get over 100 channels with this service and is a great buy if you want to pay 50 dollars a month. These services come with all kinds of great TV channels. Like MTV and VH1. They also include plenty of educational programs like discovery, and the history channel to name a few. This service might require a satellite receiver but no dish is required. Excellent bargain with the movie channels and on demand movies that they come with.
Satellite TV service
This is the mega package of the satellite TV services. You can get thousands of channels with this package that you will never watch the same thing ever twice! This package has at least 10 of every sports channel and hundreds of movie channels like HBO, Cinemax, and stars. This service requires a satellite dish and a receiver.
HDTV satellite service
This is a fairly new service to be included in the satellite services list. It is the highest quality TV service available to man kind. A special TV’s are required to view these channels and are not accessible through analog ones.
