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If you watch any television at all, you probably know that the competition between the cable TV and satellite TV services is quite fierce. I see commercials all the time from the cable companies that attack the reliability of satellite TV. Personally, I’m a devoted Dish Network Satellite TV customer and I really don’t care for cable TV companies very much at all.

As much as I dislike cable, up until recently, they did have one big advantage over satellite and that was "on demand" programming. Although my Dish Network service does offer quite a few pay-per-view channels, there really was no extensive on demand programming like what the cable television companies are offering. That’s beginning to change.

Recently I turned on my Dish Network VIP-622 DVR and was greeted by an on-screen message that informed me that a new software upgrade was applied automatically to my unit. Curious, I read the details of the upgrade that were offered.

I was quite surprised to learn that my DVR could now be connected to my broadband internet connection. That may not sound all that exciting until you learn that this new capability allows Dish Network to begin offering a lot more on demand programming that will be delivered to my DVR over the internet.

This new development makes my experience as a Dish Network customer even more satisfying.

The competition between satellite and cable is not likely to end any time soon. The commercials will continue and you will see competing offers for the best Dish Network deals and the best cable TV deals for a long time to come.

Filed under: Satellite TV, Television