Satellite Television Providers The Best Satellite TV Deals
By admin | May 29, 2008
Ever notice there are more satellite TV deals than satellite
television providers? How can there be so many different
satellite TV offers when there are only two major providers?
Dish Network and DirecTV are the major players in satellite
TV service, yet there seems to be an entire army of
satellite TV promotions, offers, and deals. Why is that?
It’s almost laughable as I imagine someone googling the
search engines for the cheapest satellite TV service, or
best satellite TV packages, etc. All Dish Network offers say
programming is 19 dollars a month, yet one offers a free
home theater system, another offers money back, and still
another offers a free DVD player. One begs, “buy my dish”.
The same logic applies to DirecTV deal hunters. The price is
always 29 dollars, but then you might see free TIVO on one
offer, money back on another, and a couple are spelled
wrong. I thought we were looking for DirecTV not Direct TV
or DircTV! Oh, and let’s not forget free satellite TV
offers. I don’t know about you, but I love freebies.
There are some seriously frugal folks out there chasing down
the pot of gold at the end of the digital television
spectrum. In high definition no doubt. There are enough
satellite TV deals to keep you bouncing from web page to web
page for hours! The truth of the matter is the bottom line
offers don’t ever change. It’s true, and I’ll tell you why.
This we know, there are only two satellite television
providers we need to be concerned about, Dish Network and
DirecTV. Both satellite television companies offer a free
four room satellite TV system including the satellite dish,
receivers, plus free DVR and HDTV equipment. This variable
is not going to change among the satellite TV providers.
Satellite TV programming packages won’t change either. Dish
Network’s cheapest programming package starts at about 19
dollars, while DirecTV’s cheapest service starts at around
29 dollars. Both sometimes offer special rates on premium
movie channels and HD programming, but the base price and
programming is always constant.
The only variable that changes in these satellite TV offers
is the vendor, or reseller promotions. What I mean is, while
the Dish Network or DirecTV bottom line offer remains
constant, the satellite TV vendor may offer something extra
as an incentive for you to buy from them. This is often
times a freebie or cash back offer.
There is nothing wrong with this. In fact, it is to your
benefit there is so much competition out there. If you were
to go directly to Dish Network or DirecTV you would get the
exact same satellite TV package, minus all the goodies. If
you’re going to buy anyway, you want all the freebies you
can get right? Take cable television for example.
When was the last time you saw a reseller for cable
television offer you some money back or cool free offers
just to get you to buy from their agency? Never, right?
That’s because they don’t have to. Cable TV has you over a
barrel and there is no competition. The only competition
cable has is satellite TV, and they deal with that by
running negative ads.
Competition is good, and you make out like a bandit! So what
are the best deals in satellite TV? In the end, that is
really going to be up to you, but I’ll tell you what I
think. Anyone who’s surprised, raise your hand. OK,
seriously though, here’s what I know. My cable company used
to charge 50 bucks a month for 60 channels. Sound about
right?
Dish Network now offers satellite TV programming at 19.99 a
month for 40 channels. This is the regular price, not a
promotion. Local channels are 5 dollars extra. You’ll end up
with about 60 channels for around 25 bucks a month.
according to my calculations, that’s about half the price of
cable. Now just tack on the freebie from your vendor of
choice, and there you have it. Your best Dish Network deal.
Now let’s take a look at DirecTV who currently offers 155
channels for 29.99 a month. Add 3 dollars for locals, and
this is still about 17 dollars cheaper than what my cable
company charges for basic service alone. Now that I think
about it, my old cable company didn’t even give me a DVR
with that! Anyway, pick a freebie and there’s your best
DirecTV deal. Now I remember why I disabled the cable!
From time to time, both Dish Network and DirecTV will change
their bottom line satellite TV packages. Just remember when
they do, those stay the same from vendor to vendor. What
changes is the promotional offer. Promotional offers are why
it’s better go through a vendor rather than the actual
satellite television providers for the best satellite deals.
Daymon Hoag is the Editor for Cheapest Service and provisioner of quality Dish Network Satellite TV Service.
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