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Direct TV And Its Features - College Paper

Direct TV And Its Features

This essay compares the difference between, Cable Television and Direct Television. At he end of this report you should have enough information to choose between the two. First we will compare the two by cost, quality (clarity of picture), installation, and convenience. Cable Television has been around since the early 80’s, that was the only alternative to regular antennas. If you choose to receive cable TV, then you had to pay an outrageous fee to your local cable company. Then in the mid eighties to early nineties there were all sorts of new home satellite dishes. They were so big you need a six foot by six foot unobstructed space somewhere on your property to install it. You ...

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Normally your local cable company (Jones Intercable) would set up your cable programming packages for you. You were able to choose from four packages. Your first choice is basic for $11.50 a month. It only has twenty channels. That include most of the normal free channels you already get with your antenna. With cable you receive the broadcast clearer than a regular antenna. Then you have the next step up which is Basic Plus, which has 58 channels, you will pay $32.27 a month. Then there is an option of adding one of their 5 premium channels, for and additional fee from $10.95 to as high as $13.35 per channel extra per month. You are able to have your choice of HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Movie Channel, or Stars. If you can not live without all the channels, then they have a program that is less expensive then buying all the extras individually. The five pay packages, which give you all 58 channels and all five movie ...

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Added: 1/2/2008 03:03:53 AM
Category: Computers
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 886
Pages: 4

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