If you are a TV fanatic and love to watch every day, then you will want to make sure that are always entertained with the latest programming. This can only happen if you have the best satellite TV provider offering you a great choice of channels to watch. Now, most of the providers offer a large number of channels and these can range from news to documentary, movies to series, and children's channels.

The number of channels is not the only thing that you will want to look at when choosing a top satellite provider. You will also want to look at the price that they are offering. Most satellite subscriptions are cheap, but you will still need to do some research to find the one that gives you the best channels for the cheapest price.

Another factor to consider is the type of satellite channels you get. Most of them are being transferred to HD or high definition, and by 2010 all of them will be. This is why you should find the ones that are offering you all the latest HD channels in movies, sport, news, kiddies, TV, and much more.

When you get the HD providers you will also have to note that your set top box is going to need to be changed. Most of them are allowing an adapter device to be connected to allow you to still watch the channels with your old set top box. They will not show in HD though.

If you want to get the ultimate viewing pleasure, you will have to get a new HD set top box from your top satellite provider and then also invest in a new HD TV. This can be full HD which offers you 1080 p (progressive scan), or it can be 720p which is known as the HD ready TV's.

Once you have chosen your new TV and you have your new set top box from the best provider you have chosen, you can begin watching all your favorite shows all day and all night. Most of the time you will have 24 hour viewing on all the channels, although some providers do show channels that do not run for the full 24 hours.