The difference between cable TV and satellite TV is a little hard to distinguish anymore. Cable TV comes from cable wires that come into your home from some remote location somewhere, and satellite TV comes from wires that come into your home from a disc, called a dish, that is attached to your home somewhere.
Both cable and satellite are digital and are controlled from a box that sits on top of your television. Both have the option of high definition, though some packages offer HD TV as a standard (you can bet you're paying for it somehow, though). And both cable TV and satellite TV offer more channels that you don't watch than channels that you do watch. They both cost about the same, too.
So why would someone choose cable over satellite or the other way around? For most people it is a matter of convenience and availability. People who live in remote areas may not have cable TV available to them at all and have no choice but to use satellite. People who live in large, crowded inner cities or in apartment buildings may not be able to use satellite TV because of the airways being blocked by other buildings or just not having a place of their own to install the dish.
For those who do have a choice between cable and satellite it comes down to the channels that they do watch, and even the channels that they have no interest in, and sometimes the cost to get the channels they want on the televisions they want. Most people have a few favorite television networks that they watch, perhaps a dozen if they are channel surfers. Even a surfer might go through all 1,200 channels before finally settling on the same channels that he or she always seems to watch. If cable or satellite TV doesn't offer their favorite channels, they will use the one that does.
Some people have a problem paying for a bunch of channels they will never watch, but paying extra for the channels they want. This is a problem that runs across both cable and satellite TV because both offer packages of networks to choose from. You always get the same basic channels and then you can upgrade to more somewhat basic channels or upgrade even more to premium channels. If you want movie channels you have to pay even more for each movie network you want. But the problem is that those basic channels that you have to have are mostly channels you won't watch at all.
So, if you can get the channels you want, with less of the channels you don't want, wouldn't you choose that type of TV over the other? Of course you would. But if both cable and Direct TV satellite television are offering the same channels in their packages, you would likely choose the one that is the least expensive. Or, like most people, you would just stick with the one that you already have because it is the most convenient. However, if HD programming is a priority, Direct TV may offer the best choice.
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