When you sign up for television service with Dish Network , you're getting more than just an entertainment package. You're getting the quality programming, high level of customer service, and great technology that have earned Dish Network a ranking of number one in customer satisfaction from JD Power and associates and the respect the entire television industry.



A high level of quality in it's programming is evident in all of Dish Network's entertainment packages ranging from the forty channel Dish Family all the way up to the two hundred and fifty channel Platinum Level HDTV package. Dish Family provides economy minded families with great channels like Animal Planet, Hallmark Movie, TV Land, C-SPAN, and Discovery Kids, which will educated, inform, and entertain the entire family.



Dish Network also offers great plans like America's Top 60 Entertainment Package which provides sixty great channels like NASA, Country Music Television, Spike TV, Cartoon Network, the Disney Channel, the Men's Channel, USA Network, the Discovery channel, Home Shopping Network, and more. America's Top 120 Entertainment Package adds sixty more channels including American Movie Classics, the Speed Channel, Turner Classic Movies, the FOX News Channel, Toon Disney, and Animal Planet to name just a few. America's Top 180 Entertainment Package increases the selection by sixty more channels like The Movie Channel Extra, seven Encore movie channels, Nicktoons, Wisdom Television, Boomerang, GolTV, SoapNet, VH1 Classic, The Biography Channel, and National Geographic to name just a few. America's Everything Pak adds HBO and Cinemax movie packages as well as the STARZ! Super Pak and Showtime Unlimited, making it a great selection for the family that can't get enough movies.



If you want the ultimate television experience, you owe it to yourself to consider Dish Network's HDTV (High Definition Television) programming packages. The entry level HDTV programming package starts out with 80 regular channels and 25 HDTV channels including Family Room HD, Monsters HD, NFL Network HD, Kung Fu HD, GamePlay HD, ESPN HD, Universal HD, HDNet, Film Fest HD, Discovery HD Theater, and more. The Silver level has the same High Definition channels but offers 200 regular channels and the Gold Level increases the number of HD channels to 26 while adding another 40 regular channels. The Platinum level adds Showtime HD, HBO HD, and STARZ! HD to bring the total up to 29 HDTV channels along with the same 240 regular channels of the Gold level. As an added value, when you sign up for an HDTV package, Dish Network will provide an HDTV receiver at no extra cost.



Dish Network provides great technology even if you don't sign up for HDTV. All Dish Network receivers come with software designed to make your viewing experience easier and more relaxing. The Electronic Program Guide is the central piece of this software. With the Electronic Program Guide, you can browse through all of the program offerings up to nine days in advance (depending on the receiver model), and get information about each program that will help you decide what you want to watch. Parental Control Locks also make it easy to leave kids alone with the television with a clear conscience once you've limited what they have access to based on MPAA rating, channel, or even individual program.



In , an optional free Dish Network Digital Video Recorder (DVR) completes the viewing experience by letting you record up to two shows at once to watch when you want to. It also lets you pause and replay live TV so you can go back and catch that crucial line or make your own instant replays of the game.



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