How does dish, cable, and antenna television compare to one another?

Answer by  techgeek (98)

It depends on a lot of things - your location, local cable providers, budget. In general, cable and dish provide many more channels then antenna, but at a cost. Antenna is free after install costs, but you might not pick ip much unless you're in a major city.

Answer by  Amber40 (24961)

Well as far as quality goes dish and cable are pretty close. Both offer good picture in most cases and have HD channels. However satellite can suffer from bad reception. Antenna has the least amount of channels and usually lower quality but it is free.

Answer by  technogeek (6640)

Antenna television gives you the basic local channels in your area. Cable gives you only what the cable company offers and there will hardly ever be a blackout in inclement weather. Satellite television offers more channels than cable, but might blackout in bad weather.

Answer by  annie52foof (1459)

I prefer cable over antenna and dish. Personally I do not like seeing the dish attached to a house, roof yard etc... and I get as many chanels as I want just by using cable tv.

Answer by  ShawnL19 (310)

As far as picture quality goes, there is almost no difference between the three. A dish generally has more High-Def channels. Using a antenna is free, but less viewing selection.

Answer by  zackf (105)

Dish has mostly good quality connection, however, it costs money. Antenna is free, however, it has bad quality. Cable is excellent, however, it is not available everywhere and is paid.