TV advertising can literally drive one up the wall. It doesn’t matter where you are or what you’re doing, the cable and satellite TV companies seem to be able to get at you to try and convince you that their system is the best, the cheapest, the clearest and the loudest. They all offer discounted rates and special ‘deals’. The two main companies fighting it out are satellite companies DirecTV and Dish Network.

Here are the facts: Standard sixty channel satellite television monthly prices, including hooking up all your television sets, is generally around $33. A sixty-four channel analog cable will cost you around $40. So satellite will not only cost you less but gives you higher quality pictures and sound.

The war between DirecTV and Dish Network rages on, each trying to outdo the other on price and offering you exclusive access to something the other doesn’t have in their drive for more customers. True NFL football fans go with DirecTV because they offer the exclusive NFL Sunday Ticket. The NFL Sunday Ticket provides the subscriber with 14 professional football games each week which is something that no other provider does.
Both providers offer access to college football games with the purchase of additional channel subscriptions. If you wish to watch your shows in high definition (HD) then go with Dish Network who offer 29 HD channels, while DirecTV only offers 9.

Viewers who wish to subscribe to international channels should choose Dish Network who offer thirty different foreign language and culture channels. On the other hand DirecTV only offer ten and most of them are in Spanish but if that's what you need, it’s a bit cheaper. For those who prefer to purchase access to pay-per-view channels, Dish Network provides 60 channels compared to DirecTV’s 55. Dish Network offers 6 Adult PPV channels and DirecTV offers 5.

DirecTV seems to have more customers reputedly because of their excellent customer service. They have more than 16 million subscribers on their books in America. In order to remain number one, they offer high end equipment and professional installation at no cost to customers. Their state of the art equipment comes with a gift of a personal digital video recorder, a DVR, to new subscribers.

The DVR can make sure you never miss a program or movie that you want to see. It allows you to digitally record and store up to 70 hours of video. It also comes with a remote that has a pause, fast forward, rewind and skip that allows you to pause and resume live television. You can also skip commercials with recorded programs.