High Definition Programming - Dish Network®

HDTV is the future of television and is the best viewing possible for sports! Read Why You should Watch Sports on HDTV to learn how HDTV can upgrade your sports viewing. You will also find that all of your other shows will be much improved when viewed in high definition. On most HDTV sets, the digital broadcasts of standard definition content can be scaled automatically to full wide screen with great results. Of course, with Dish Network all of your shows are digital, another plus for satellite TV.

Just in! Read the CEA press release - Super Bowl XL Kicks off the Year of HD which explains that steadily increasing HDTV sales are being driven by sports programming.

Dish offers more HD programming

EchoStar Communications, the parent company of Dish Network, just announced it has secured the rights to offer 15 Voom HD networks. This will greatly expand their HD offerings as they vie to become the HDTV programming leader.

Live Life in High Definition

High Definition television, or HDTV, gives viewers crystal-clear pictures integrated with Dolby Digital 5.1 channel surround sound - the entertainment experience that has been imagined but was never possible on standard analog televisions. HDTV reproduces theater-quality sights and sound by digitizing TV programming, allowing it to be transmitted and received the same way that a DVD player can reproduce movies with big-screen quality effects.

Easier than ever to Upgrade

With DISH Network, the leader in HD satellite TV, it's easier than ever to upgrade to HDTV. All you need to receive lifelike HD programming from DISH Network is:

An antenna pointed at DISH Network's HD satellite
An HD satellite receiver
An HD compatible television