eople who had never been able to get a television receiver due to distance from town. So, not only did more people have good television reception in their homes thanks to the satellite dish, but the satellite dish could capture many more signals and thus Are you of an age where you can remember the early television receivers? If you lived in a city, you had an antenna and could pick up signals from the local television station. The lucky cities had one, two or three networks. ABC, CBS and NBC and lots of programs were shown live. Eventually many cities added something called PBS, Public Broadcasting System which didn’t have a lot to offer either. If you lived in a small rural town, you might get fortunate enough to have cable television. That too, consisted of three networks and occasionally a local channel which usually broadcast classified advertisements and community notices for 6-8 hours daily.

History

Then suddenly every backyard in America with a southern exposure was sporting a huge satellite dish. Some of the monster dishes were up to ten feet in diameter and were in real danger every time there was a windstorm. But the positive impact of the satellite dish was the number of television stations and were suddenly available, even to people who had never been able to get a television receiver due to distance from town. So, not only did more people have good television reception in their homes thanks to the satellite dish, but the satellite dish could capture many more signals and thus p

f programs were shown live. Eventually many cities added something called PBS, Public Broadcasting System which didn’t have a lot to offer either. If you lived in a small rural town, you might get fortunate enough to have cable television. That too, consisted of three networks and occasionally a local channel which usually broadcast classified advertisements and community notices for 6-8 hours daily.

History

Then suddenly every backyard in America with a southern exposure was sporting a huge satellite dish. Some of the monster dishes were up to ten feet in diameter and were in real danger every time there was a windstorm. But the positive impact of the satellite dish was the number of television stations and were suddenly available, even to people who had never been able to get a television receiver due to distance from town. So, not only did more people have good television reception in their homes thanks to the satellite dish, but the satellite dish could capture many more signals and thus

sted of three networks and occasionally a local channel which usually broadcast classified advertisements and community notices for 6-8 hours daily.

History

Then suddenly every backyard in America with a southern exposure was sporting a huge satellite dish. Some of the monster dishes were up to ten feet in diameter and were in real danger every time there was a windstorm. But the positive impact of the satellite dish was the number of television stations and were suddenly available, even to people who had never been able to get a television receiver due to distance from town. So, not only did more people have good television reception in their homes thanks to the satellite dish, but the satellite dish could capture many more signals and thus

atellite dish. Some of the monster dishes were up to ten feet in diameter and were in real danger every time there was a windstorm. But the positive impact of the satellite dish was the number of television stations and were suddenly available, even to people who had never been able to get a television receiver due to distance from town. So, not only did more people have good television reception in their homes thanks to the satellite dish, but the satellite dish could capture many more signals and thus eople who had never been able to get a television receiver due to distance from town. So, not only did more people have good television reception in their homes thanks to the satellite dish, but the satellite dish could capture many more signals and thus provide more programming. An early satellite dish might have as many as 50 to 60 stations.

When the big satellite dish companies such as DISH Network, Direct TV and Prime Star, (now defunct) started setting up their kiosks at county fairs and in the electronics stores, every homeowner in America not only could afford a satellite dish, but the dishes were small and easy to mount on houses or roofs. The satellite dish was sold as a package or levels of packages of programming, and there were 100’s of channels available.

Incentives

If you are one of the people who is still wondering whether to switch from cable or antenna to a satellite dish, you may want to consider the following. With a satellite dish, you have over 200 networks available to you, with more if you choose priority packages. You can watch anything from sports to music, from food to educational classes.

A satellite dish is easily installed, you control where the dish is placed and you control the programming that is vie