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Why watch tv episodes online?

A lot of people have been watch tv episodes online recent years for satellite Watch Tv on PC service.
Many of these people once had cable service but decided to switch to satellite.
The DISH Network Corporation said in January of this year that it had now gone over
the 13 million mark for U.S. households that used their Where Can I Watch Tv What is it
that so many Americans see in satellite TV technology that they weren't getting
from their old cable company? This article will try and uncover some of the reasons.

Why Feed the Pig?

Alot of Americans have made the switch from cable due to cable's high monthly
cost. Cable rates keep climbing with no end in sight. According to the National
Cable and Telecommunications Association the average Basic cable package starts at
$42.76 per month. That is their cheapest package. DISH Network on the other hand
has packages that start at just $19.99 per month. If you want alot more programming
channels with your cable company, the monthly bill can be well over $100.00 a month.
So alot of Americans have simply decided to stop feeding the pig.

Why Watch a Fuzzy Picture?

watch tv episodes online companies use a combination of analog signals and digital signals. This often produces
a very poor picture quality. A fuzzy picture. Satellite TV companies such as
DISH Network use 100% digital technology. This produces crystal clear and sharp
images which are easier and more enjoyable to watch. Also, cables are under the
ground and sometimes little critters can knaw away at the cable thus allowing rain
water to seep into the cable and this also causes a very fuzzy picture. With satellite
TV, the coaxial cable runs from the satellite dish on your roof down and straight
into your house avoiding this problem. So people are tired of watching a fuzzy - distorted
picture.

Why Can't I Receive Cable Service Where I Live?

A major problem with subscribing to watch tv episodes online is that often if you live out in remote
areas or mountainous areas the company simply can't lay cable in many locations.
If they can't lay the cable, then you don't Satellite TV on your pcs any cable service for your area.
Also, laying cable is a time and labor intensive proposition. Vast areas of the
country are to this day without cable service simply due to the fact that the cable
companies simply haven't gotten around to laying cable in those locations.
Dish Network satellites are located at approximately 22,300 miles above the earth's
equator in geosynchronous orbits. They are always there 24/7 beaming down their
satellite TV programming. So virtually anyone can sign up for and receive satellite
TV service. No more being told - "Oh, we're sorry; but our cable company doesn't
service that area".

Why Is My Television Screen Blank?

A recent study done by J.D. Power & Associates shows that cable subscribers suffer through up to 5% of downtime on their service. That figure is only 1% for satellite TV subscribers. And these
cable outages can last for hours before they get the problem resolved. With satellite
watch tv episodes onlineoften you can just unplug the TV for 30 seconds and then plug it back in and
that will often fix the problem. So it seems people actually want their TV to work
when they turn it on. Silly them.

Direct TV will officially launch their on-demand service in the second quarter, so technically is should be out by the end of this month. How will the product compare with the true video-on-demand (VOD) products provided by cable TV companies like Comcast?

A window to look through is the beta testing that has been going on with Where Can I Watch Tv TV "On-Demand." Ongoing testing by users has been happening since August 2007, and reviews have been split fairly even on the service. Some customer's have found the video-on-demand service to be a great enhancement, while others have disappointed in the service so far.

The original on-demand service that is available from cable operators like Comcast and Time Warner offer the customer the flexibility to pick their remote control and watch shows at their convenience. In some ways on-demand is like a TiVo or a digital video recorder, the end user has control on when they want to view the program. The difference with on-demand however, is that the cable company holds the programming for you rather than the customer recording it on their own device. A centralized group of servers holds the programming for cable customers to access via a programming menu.

Cable companies have thus made the claim that they have more high-definition programming. That claim is debatable, as they are measuring their HD by the number of programs available, not the number of channels. For example, Comcast's Project Infinity HD rollout promises 1000 HD choices by the end of 2008. Cable companies have thus promoted this instead of the actual number of HD channels they have. While Direct TV currently has the lead with 95 national HD channels, cable companies have between 20-60 channels depending on the company and region.

So how will Direct TV compete in the on-demand arena? The company has put into play two different delivery methods in order to reach their customers with this service.

The first method uses the end-users DVR and their high-speed internet connection. The customer connects to their broadband provider, generally cable or DSL. The customers download speed must be faster than 750 kbps, and should be higher to really use the service effectively. Content is downloaded to the DVR, and then the programming can be accessed from there.

The primary obstacle here is that it is not really true Video-On-Demand. If a Direct TV customer wants to watch an "on-demand" program, he has wait for some of the content to download to the DVR before being able to start watching. Some beta testers have reported download times for an entire movie to be between one and four hours based on the customer's connection speed.

The second method Direct TV has formulated involves sending movies and other content directly to the customers DVR. The content would then be stored for subscribers where they can access it at a later time. This method certainly solves the download issues previously referenced, but brings up the issue of how much pushed content will customers accept on their DVR?

While DVR's generally have capacity to hold around 50 hours of HD or 350 hours of standard definition content, that is nowhere near the thousands of hours of programming available via cable. Transmitting the content to the DVR will use up the capacity, and customers are will be very protective of their DVR space. Most Direct TV customers would rather use the space for content they have decided to record, not what Direct TV wants them to watch.

So will Direct TV succeed in matching cable TV's on-demand offerings? Certainly time will give us a better answer. Having to wait to receive what is considered "on-demand" content will not make most Direct TV customers happy.

Braxton Swingle covers Dish Network and Direct TV at the Satellite TV blog.

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