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Satellite TV Vs Cable Tv-where Do you Get your Money’s Worth?

August 18th, 2009
Satellite TV Vs Cable Tv-where Do you Get your Money’s Worth?

Pros and the cons of sat TV and cable TV

Cable TV has been here for a long time. Likewise the cost of installing cable TV has equally been high. This is not even mentioning that you have to pay an extra $20 for getting cable TV installed at any other additional room in your house. But at least it was here, before the coming of satellite TV technology. With cable TV, over 30 million subscribers are hooked up.

Parental Control and Internet TV or PC

Cable and Satellite TV both offer parental control in regard to the programs that the Kids get to watch. Cable and satellite TV also offer internet services and have now gone a step further in providing international TV channels through the internet. It is now possible to watch satellite or cable TV through the internet.

International TV Programs

International programming by cable and satellite TV providers means that you can access your local TV channels from around the world. Most folks can now access internet free TV to be able to watch free and live football and movies in different languages like Italian, Spanish, German, French, English, Russian, Urdu, Farsi, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, among many.

Installation Time for Cable and Satellite TV

The installation time for both cable and satellite TV takes an average of five days. Here I would say cable TV wins hands down given the time it takes to do the trenches in your backyard and connect all the cable work. Satellite TV looses given the fact Sat TV home connection largely involves the fixing a satellite dish with least cable-work to the TV room. It should naturally take fewer days than the average 5 it takes to get cable TV done. To get connected to satellite TV and cable TV does not require you to buy the expensive equipment as they are provided at a free lease.

Customer Service and Satisfaction of Satellite and Cable TV Companies

Customer satisfaction surveys done by J.D Power and Associates have ranked Satellite TV providers Dish Network and DirecTV as the leaders when compared to all other cable TV companies. In the survey, Dish Network and DirecTV have led in customer service for the last five years and this comes at no fluke.

Price of Cable TV and Satellite TV

Over the last3 years, prices for cable TV have increased while those of satellite TV have decreased. A survey of prices of both cable and satellite TV has shown that cable TV has increased prices by 8.2% per year. On the same period of survey, satellite TV providers have reduced their rates dramatically due to competition from the many satellite TV providers.

A basic cable connection costs roughly $37.50 a month for an average of 64 channels, including $10.95 a month for several digital channels added. If you need to install in one room the cost of installing cable TV is $39.95 including an additional $9.95 for any other additional rooms.

Programming in Cable and Satellite TV

Cable TV offers an average of 40 channels while the satellite TV providers offer and average of 80 channels. Satellite also take the lead here as they offer international TV channels in world languages like African, Arabic, Armenian, Asian, Chinese, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Israeli, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, South Asian, Spanish, Tagalong, Urdu. Cable TV international language programs vary and are less as compared to the variety offered by satellite TV.

While satellite TV features a lot of sport TV, cable TV has none or little transmission of sport television. With satellite television you are able to watch such sport TV as Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, Soccer, and ESPN among many others.

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Help answer the question about cable tv companies

Is it safe to give your Social Security Number to Cable TV companies?
I plan to sign up for a cable TV service with Comcast. I inquired with them and they said They need my name, address, phone number, and social security number to verify ID. They said having SSN tells them if I would be required to have a deposit or not. Is this normal? Are there any alternatives to giving out SSN? Thanks in advance.

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  1. August 18th, 2009 at 21:06 | #1

    Run Kramer run like the wind!

  2. August 18th, 2009 at 21:39 | #2

    I am laughing tears when I see this, its so funny. Very dramatic music.

  3. August 18th, 2009 at 21:22 | #3

    The only reason they want your SSN is to do a credit check. I say don't give it out. You may then need to give a deposit or prepay in advance. But this is a better solution than letting them have this highly personal information. Really the only people who must know your SSN are your employer and SS administration, no one else has the right to bar service from you for not providing this information.

  4. August 18th, 2009 at 21:58 | #4

    They could easily do it. The problem is that many of the channels charge the cable company per subscriber. By offering them in packages like that, the cable company can spread out the cost.

  5. denton908
    August 19th, 2009 at 06:40 | #5

    I think they filmed a lot of outdoor scenes in New York.

  6. August 19th, 2009 at 08:34 | #6

    i like the end where the cable guy says”for god sake ,if a doctor can do it why cant we” then kramer comes out and they hug lmao

  7. August 19th, 2009 at 16:01 | #7

    I love hoe Sienfeld is a funny show, but sometimes its very epic.

  8. August 20th, 2009 at 09:51 | #8

    he’s got a funny way of running

  9. August 20th, 2009 at 12:36 | #9

    They have no obligation to provide any free service. From my experience you can use the existing cable as an antenna without paying anything. If not you have to get an external antenna, or pay the $18 per month to get good signal.

  10. August 21st, 2009 at 00:30 | #10

    too fucking funny.

  11. August 20th, 2009 at 20:46 | #11

    If you want extra channels and features then yes you need a digital box, if you just want regular TV then you can have just the coax wire from the wall to your TV.
    The box will get you HBO, Showtime, Starz, etc….but it will also give you a better picture in most cases. With the box you can also enjoy on demand movies and free previews.

  12. August 21st, 2009 at 01:17 | #12

    You don't want to watch TV, it's just crap teen drama shows now

  13. August 21st, 2009 at 02:35 | #13

    Give it time. At a minimum, if you cannot already, you will soon be able to at least choose between your cable company and your telephone company for all of your access: TV, Internet and Telephone. Depending on where you live, this might be Comcast versus Verizon for example to carry these services. These can be or might be at least 2 choices for you, perhaps more with time.

  14. August 21st, 2009 at 12:23 | #14

    The real reason is that way back when he had to wait between the hours of like 9 – 5, and didn’t like that idea.

    So, he decided to do it to the cable guy. Make him wait around, instead of Kramer himself waiting around.

    And yeah, he was also getting free HBO, and they were going to disconnect it.

  15. August 21st, 2009 at 12:56 | #15

    one of the funnyest clips ever

  16. August 22nd, 2009 at 00:01 | #16

    I don't understand it…but I still don't like it.

    I live in a small, SE Wisconsin area and the only cable I have access to is Charter. Is it right? I don't believe so. I don't know how all of that works…Ma Bell? Sounds like a monopoly on cable, to me…so there is no competion because the townships/ towns/villages/cities only let one company in?

  17. August 22nd, 2009 at 07:54 | #17

    COX or QWEST

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