It was a late Sunday afternoon when I went over to my friend’s house to watch last football season’s "Super Bowl." When I arrived at his house we settled in, got the popcorn, drinks, and chocolate ready, and sat down to enjoy the game. Shortly after we seated ourselves, I started talking to my friend about how much I disliked my cable and wanted to change my service but couldn’t seem to come up with anything better. He pondered my distress and minute and told me maybe I should try what he uses, Dish Network Satellite service. "What!" I said. I had never heard about. So then since we had a few minutes till kickoff, he decided to go over how much he liked his service and what Dish Network has to offer for me. He told me he added the platinum HD package to his Turbo HD Gold package to bring in just a small $39.99 a month. But of course he told me if you don’t have an HD television they also have standard definition packages for some of those who haven’t upgraded yet. For example he told me about one of their most well known packages which are simply called the "DishFAMILY" package which is obviously titled after the 50 family-friendly standard definition channels it offers for $19.99 a month. Then he started to tell me about the Classic Bronze 100— but wait! The game was starting! We took a break from our journey in the television service world to cheer for our teams and to snack down on our popcorn and buffalo wings and most of all to watch the great All-American game of football on my friends high definition TV fueled by the so far seemingly wonderful Dish Network Satellite Service. Soon halftime came along we decided to do something better than watching the half time show, dig into Dish Network and what it has to offer again. When we left off, my friend was about to tell me about the Classic Bronze 100 for standard definition TV. This package is one of many which seem to just build upon the previously mention DishFAMILY package. The Classic Bronze 100 plainly consists of over 100 channels. Then there is the Classic Bronze 100+ which consists of over 100 channels which includes local channels and regional sports Networks. Then comes along the “Classic Silver 200” which of consists of over 200 channels. And building on the Classic Silver, Dish Network’s most popular package, the “DishDVR Advantage” which offers 200 of your favorite channels, SIRIUS music and your local channels, plus 2-room DVR service and Free Standard Professional Installation is a great choice for anyone. Second to last in this string of packages comes the “Classic Gold 250” which has 250 great channels. And then last in the list came the best of the best of the standard definition packages, the “America’s Everything Pak” which boasts 31 commercial-free premium movie channels from Showtime, Starz, HBO and Cinemax; NBA TV and all the great programming in the Classic Gold 250 package. But now it was time to finish watching the game and to cheer for our team and have a great time. Although I had originally just come over to watch the game, I brought back something much better, an answer to my turmoil with cable, Dish Network Satellite Services.

Once I happened to visit my friend Dr.Murali to wish him a safe journey as he had to leave India for London to visit his daughter. When I went there he was in the nursing home to attend a case so I was to wait for him in his apartment. His wife was telling us about their new Dish Network. First I thought that she was talking about some ordinary TV channel. It was a pleasant surprise for me. I don’t have a TV with a satellite dish. She ws skimming through the channels. I saw the magic with my eyes wide open. The channels included all programs to everyone’s liking.

I decided at once to get Dish Network to satisfy my daughter who was pestering me to get one. I asked my friend about the variety of channels available. She informed me that DishMEXICO was something worth checking out.

The dish TV ads are there on TV but I never paid any attention to them. Now I understood how ignorant I was. I ignored the ad and now my friend’s wife gave me the slap on my face by showing the same ad and asked me to get one like that. When we were discussing about it my friend came and joined in our chat. He briefed about his London visit and in the midst our talk again took a diversion.Dr.Murali told me that even he didn’t know much about the dish TV. Only his wife gave him tips about DishMEXICO. Now he was able to watch program he likes. His interest is cricket match. His wife glues to the serials telecasted. I wondered how it was possible for them to watch the programs at the same time. He told me that it was very simple as when he was watching his wife would be busy with preparing their meals giving up her program. As we were busy in our talk his wife switched on the TV and showed the BBC news and after some time she changed the channel to POGO. Like wise she changed the channels with a click. Nearly 100 channels are there for our choice. How wonderful!! I returned home and told my father about dish TV. We sat to sort out means to get one as our house has many unequal interested heads living together. First I enquired about the price. I had a pleasant shock to be informed that it didn’t cost as I feared. It was in three digit expenditure in Indian currency. We again sat for another round of talk about the shop from where we have to purchase dish TV. My father knows many shopers.So the task of giving order was assigned to him. My daughter already fixed timing for each one to watch their favorite channel. This again made us to sit for another peace talk to compromise to see a particular program, I decided to get another Dish Latino and a new TV to be fixed to my daughter’s room. This arrangement was to thwart an attempt of kicks from her. So all were settled peacefully for watching our best channels. We early waited for the fantastic day of installation of DishMEXICO in our house. In India it has become an unwritten law that any inclusion or exclusion should be informed to the near by houses or relatives. As per the rule I relayed the news to every one around our house. The dream day came. The Dish Latino was installed and I had a tough task of preparing tea and tiffin for the guests. The grand show kicked off with news.Oh! ho! A sharp contrast voices rose from all corners. Then only we realized that people came with a dream of seeing all the channels on the same screen! Oops! We didn’t have that facility to see everything on the same screen. What to do? Those came were only the old people who wanted to pass time some how or other. I had tough time in explaining them that we called them for a sample show and not for showing anything for their demand. After this incident I never inform anything to our neighbors especially the old retired persons. Now I am proud to have the dish TV to see as many channels as we wish!

I was over my girlfriend’s house the other day and I noticed as she was browsing through channels, ones that I had never heard of. I asked her what kind of cable package she had. She said she didn’t have cable that she had Dish Net work. I asked her whether it expensive and she replied that it was half the price of cable. I noticed that she had channels like Daystar, Angel One, Colours and KBS World. I had never heard of any of these channels.

As soon as I got home I looked up all of the different packages that Dish Network offered. They had the Classic Bronze 100, the Classic Silver 200, Classic Gold 250, and TurboHD. The Classic Bronze 100 seemed like the most popular package. It was reasonably priced and it had everything, with over 100 channels. Classic Silver offered over 200 channels, and the Classic Gold 250 offered over 250 channels. HThey also had the TurboHD package and that package offered HD channels only ! How cool is that ?

Dish Network also had some of the best deals I had seen in a long time. They have regular specials of up to 4 rooms hooked up for free with no equipment to buy. They also had a special of free upgrade to dual HD-DVR. They even had specials with TV Guide subscriptions, and one year worth of different movie channels for a penny for one year with package purchases. Some channels I noticed were offered free for 3 months. There were so many packages that it was like a candy store ! I was so excited I got to choose which channels I wanted and I could pick channels that my son wanted to watch, and I could also pick channels that I wanted to watch without having to spend hundreds of dollars. One thing I noticed about Dish Network is that their prices are always reasonable whether it is a special or regular price. Other companies offer specials and then when the special promotion is over the prices hike up so high that one can’t afford them anymore.

The packages that Dish Network offers are awesome I can afford the specials and the regular prices with no problem. I also noticed that most of the deals they offer are good for two years. I never heard of anything like that. I think that is awesome. I can budget myself better knowing that my prices wont go up for two years.