Satellite TV - For When Cable's Disadvantages Outweigh Its Advantages
If it is reaching that time of the year when your cable subscription needs to be renewed, it may be time for you to reevaluate the service you currently have and decide whether it is really the best option for you to continue it. When it comes to reevaluating your cable service, you should think about the various advantages and disadvantages that come with it, and compare it with the other various forms of home entertainment service that are out there. For the most part, these include free broadcast TV service and satellite TV.
The main - and possibly only - advantage of free broadcast service is that it is free. Compared to both cable and satellite service, this free broadcast service yields poor receptions quality and very limited programming options. If you very rarely watch TV and feel like you are throwing away money paying for a cable subscription that you do not use, you may want to give up your cable service completely and switch to free broadcast service.
If you watch TV fairly regularly, however, and care about getting good reception and sound and picture quality, you will probably be better off going with a cable or satellite TV subscription.
Though satellite service has been gaining on it in recent years, cable is still the most popular source of home entertainment in the United States. Cable's main draws for the most part have to do with content and format. Content refers mainly to programming variety, which, as mentioned before, is much higher with cable than with free broadcast service.
Cable not only comes with more channels, but since it is a private service, its content is not restricted by the same censorship rules that apply to free broadcast programming. This means that with cable service you will receive access to more mature and adult content than with free broadcast service. Satellite TV is also a private service and offers just as much - if not more - programming variety as cable. Cable has the upper hand here only in that it can be used for television and Internet service.
Aside from content, the other main advantage of cable has to do with format. Both cable and satellite service these days - unlike free broadcast service - operate in digital format. This means clearer overall resolution, as well as high definition capabilities. Though both cable and satellite service deliver more or less the same level of digital picture and sound quality, one disadvantage of satellite service is that it requires bulky equipment like a satellite dish.
On the other hand, cable service requires terrestrial cables that run from main office of your cable provider to your home. And if you live in a rural or remote location, or somewhere that has particularly rough terrain, these cables may not be able to reach your home, and cable service may not be available to you. Satellite TV service, in contrast, is available everywhere. Satellite service also tends to encounter less complicated technical problems and often comes with better customer service than cable.
The main - and possibly only - advantage of free broadcast service is that it is free. Compared to both cable and satellite service, this free broadcast service yields poor receptions quality and very limited programming options. If you very rarely watch TV and feel like you are throwing away money paying for a cable subscription that you do not use, you may want to give up your cable service completely and switch to free broadcast service.
If you watch TV fairly regularly, however, and care about getting good reception and sound and picture quality, you will probably be better off going with a cable or satellite TV subscription.
Though satellite service has been gaining on it in recent years, cable is still the most popular source of home entertainment in the United States. Cable's main draws for the most part have to do with content and format. Content refers mainly to programming variety, which, as mentioned before, is much higher with cable than with free broadcast service.
Cable not only comes with more channels, but since it is a private service, its content is not restricted by the same censorship rules that apply to free broadcast programming. This means that with cable service you will receive access to more mature and adult content than with free broadcast service. Satellite TV is also a private service and offers just as much - if not more - programming variety as cable. Cable has the upper hand here only in that it can be used for television and Internet service.
Aside from content, the other main advantage of cable has to do with format. Both cable and satellite service these days - unlike free broadcast service - operate in digital format. This means clearer overall resolution, as well as high definition capabilities. Though both cable and satellite service deliver more or less the same level of digital picture and sound quality, one disadvantage of satellite service is that it requires bulky equipment like a satellite dish.
On the other hand, cable service requires terrestrial cables that run from main office of your cable provider to your home. And if you live in a rural or remote location, or somewhere that has particularly rough terrain, these cables may not be able to reach your home, and cable service may not be available to you. Satellite TV service, in contrast, is available everywhere. Satellite service also tends to encounter less complicated technical problems and often comes with better customer service than cable.
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