Satellite TV From Dish Network

Just when you thought they couldn’t do it, Dish Network has gone ahead and achieved its goal of having 100 HD channels ! Effective August 1 2008 the following channels are being added to their Dish HD line-up:

ActionMax HD - Ch. 313

CBS College Sports HD - Ch. 152

Lifetime HD - Ch. 108

Lifetime Movie Network HD - Ch. 109

Planet Green HD - Ch. 194

Encore HD - Ch. 340

HBO 2 HD - Ch. 301

HBO Comedy HD - Ch. 307

HBO Family HD - Ch. 305

HBO Latino HD - Ch. 309

HBO Signature HD - Ch. 302

HBO West HD - Ch. 303

HBO Zone HD - Ch. 308

Starz Comedy HD - Ch. 354

Starz Edge HD - Ch. 352

Starz Kids & Family HD - Ch. 356 and

Starz West HD - Ch. 351

“In January, we promised our customers that DISH Network would boost our national HD channel lineup to 100 by year’s end. Today, we are proud to say that in less than one year, not only did we deliver on our commitment, but we exceeded it,” said Eric Sahl, senior vice president of Programming for DISH Network. “We continue our pledge to DISH Network subscribers to add more national channels and local HD markets, as well as offer the best sports and movies in HD.”

Heard of TurboHD ? Good, because neither have I, until today ! This is basically an all-HD package which will be available in four packages; TurboHD Bronze, TurboHD Silver, TurboHD Gold, and TurboHD Platinum. More on this to come in the very near future.

Signing up for Dish Network can give you up to $120 back, and not the dishnetwork com 100back that everybody searches for.

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Dish Satellite just unveiled 3 new HD packages for all you HD freaks; dish HD Essential, dish HD Ultimate, and dish HD Base. They cost an additional $10, $20, and $29.99/mo respectively.

They come jam-packed with all the best channels ! dish HD Base, for example, was created with the HD fanataic in mind. It features over 45 channels (not a misprint) in high-def ! Cable tv only offers under 20 channels in HD in most localities. That is paltry when compared to what DishNetwork offers. On top of that, Dish Satellite will soon offer local channels in HD in 100 towns and cities, thus making them the true leader in HD !

If you are a cable subscriber I think you already know what you have to do.

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With there being two major satellite tv providers in the United States, most people get confused as to which one they should subscribe to. Well, what are the differences between Dish Network and DirecTV ? Let me break it down for you briefly.

Dish Network does not charge you $49.99 for their DVR’s like DirecTV. For $299.99 DirecTV will give you their HD Receivers. With Dish Network you can get it for free. For an additional $5.98 you get the Dish DVR.

DirecTV packages start at $29.99, and Dish Network’s start at $19.99/mo.

For sports fanatics DirecTV would be the best choice as they offer more in sports programming. Dish Network fairs better for those looking for international programming. You can find channels in the following (but not limited to) foreign languages; French, Farsi, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Italian, and Chinese.

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