Dish Network Receivers Have Great Features and Convenience by Julia Hall

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Dish Network Receivers Have Great Features and Convenience
by Julia Hall

There are a lot of reasons why people sign up for satellite TV service from Dish Network. Dish Network offers a lot of channels in a variety of different entertainment packages. As an added bonus, Dish Network makes signing up for satellite TV service that much easier and more affordable by providing satellite receiver units at no extra charge. This is a smart business move because it makes it so much easier for people to subscribe to the service. The fact that Dish Network also provides the satellite receiver equipment also means that it can include value enhancing features in each unit. That makes Dish Network's service more attractive and allows it to generate extra revenue by charging nominal monthly fees for the extra features.

What kind of satellite receiver you end up with will largely be determined by what you tell Dish Network you want when you first sign up. For example, if you tell Dish Network that you just want standard definition programming in one room of the house, but you want the option of watching hundreds of channels on that one TV, you'll probably be give a Dish301. The Dish301 is Dish Network's basic satellite receiver model, but it comes with big features like access to the Dish Interactive Electronic Program Guide, Parental Control Locks, on screen Caller ID capability, and more. The Electronic Program Guide, which is often called the EPG for short, is just like the television listings in any local newspaper, only it appears on the television screen and is interactive in nature. You can scroll through it using buttons on your Dish Network remote control to see what's on various channels and what will be on in the near future. You can even jump directly to any channel you want just by highlighting it and pressing the

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Julia Hall writes articles for consumers who want to find the best

Posted on: January 26,2007

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