Why on earth would anyone in their right mind go out and buy a satellite system in this day and age, when there are people who give them to you for free. The two top satellite service providers are giving them away right now, when you sign up for any of their stellar programming packages. No one is really quite sure why they do it, because they have the most channels available and the best overall customer satisfaction ratings, of any other service provider anywhere.

So you would think that alone would be enough to draw new customers from far and wide and it does with more and more people switching to cable every day. Maybe it is a temporary promotional package, that they have forgotten to cancel. If that is the case, don't say anything to them when they bring the system to your home or business and install it all for free for you.

Maybe they will never remember to stop giving away all the great state of the art satellite equipment and everyone will just go on getting it got free forever. Dish Network and Direct TV are both doing it and its a fantastic freebie. They let you pick through all their choices in satellite receivers and dishes and decide what you want and all you pay for is the great programming you receive from them.

If you want to join Direct TVs family of high definition viewers you will have to pay a few bucks for their high definition receiver, but its still a "give away" deal. Their receivers are all loaded to the top with great features. The DVR recievers will allow you to record up to one-hundred hours of programming, while you are away at work or busy with something else. You can even record one program, while you are watching another

If your not up to surfing through the over two-hundred and fifty channels that you can get from either of them, you can easily create your own menu of all your favorite programs, that shows up on the screen at the touch of a button. Want to find a program or movie and you don't want to spend any time looking for it? Just enter the name of the movie or even an actor in it, into the automatic search function and there it is on your screen, with a brief description of the story line and a list of all the actors in it and any other relevant information on the movie.

There are so many other one touch features for you to use, such as instant replays in slow motion so you can watch Janet Jacksons Super bowl half time strip show over and over as many times as you want to. So when you are ready for the step up to satellite TV contact Dish Network or Direct TV for you free satellite TV system and remember not to remind them that they don't have to give all the great stuff away any more.