Now that I'm equipped with solid channel information, I'm going to look at the prices on both satellite and cable TV packages. I made a chart below to make it little simpler for me to understand the prices. I hope you find it useful.
Satellite and Cable TV Price Comparisons (as of December 2009) |
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| TV Provider | Package Name | Channels | Regular Price | Sale Price | Terms for Sale Price |
| Dish Network | Bronze 100 | 120+ | 39.99 | 24.99 / 12 months |
24-month commitment |
| DirecTV | The Choice | 150+ | 55.99 | 29.99 / Until 2011 | Credit approval required |
| Comcast | Digital Starter | 80+ | 55.05 | 29.99 / 6 months | NA |
| COX | TV Preferred | 172+ | 61.98 | 49.99 / 12 months | 12-month commitment |
| Dish Network | Silver 200 | 220+ | 52.99 | 37.99 / 12 months |
I Like This Plan |
| DirecTV | The Choice Xtra | 200+ | 60.99 | 34.99 / Until 2011 | I LIke This Plan |
| Comcast | Digital Preferred | 100+ | 72.00 | 44.99 / 6 months | |
| COX | TV Premier | 201+ | 65.98 | 53.99 / 12 months | |
| Dish Network | Gold 250 | 260+ | 62.99 | 47.99 / 12 months |
I Like This Plan |
| DirecTV | The Premier | 265+ | 109.99 | 83.99 / Until 2011 | |
| Comcast | Digital Premier | 200+ | 119.45 | 84.99 / 6 months | |
| COX | TV Ultimate | 225+ | 107.96 | 89.99 / 12 months | |
| Dish Network | DishFamily | 55 | 24.99 | - |
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| DirecTV | Family | 50 | 29.99 | - | |
| Dish Network | Everything Pak | 290+ | 102.98 | 87.98 / 12 months | |
Whew~ there are just too many choices and options to consider!
At this point, I'm leaning toward Dish Network's Silver 200 or Gold 250. These two packages have the most attracting price tags on. The only reason why I like Dish Network's plan over DirecTV's "The Choice Xtra" is the number of channels vs price. Dish Network's "Silver 200" plan is 8 dollars cheaper with more channels.
Another thing I noticed, both cable company's prices are horrible. I really don't understand why people even consider subscribing to a cable TV company. Look at the price for Dish Network's "Gold 250" and Comcast's "Digital Premier" packages. The "Digital Premier" package is almost twice the price of "Gold 250". Maybe I'm missing something here. If any of you know why someone would choose a cable TV service over a satellite TV service, please explain to me.
Maybe I will find out as I look deeper into extra service fees on the next page. Maybe.. maybe.. there might be some horrible extra fees added on satellite TV services. We will see.
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