said by BillRoland: I know its a highly subjective topic...
It is and everyone's eyes are different. It's foolish to ask "which is the best". I guess if one wants to compare based on numbers, in theory cable
should almost always win. Next would be DirecTV since they transmit at a higher resolution (1920x1080i for 1080i channels) whereas Dish does 1440x1080i for the same 1080i channels. That said, can people
see the difference ? Probably not....
Also, too many people with Dish will say "Dish is the best"; people with DirecTV will say "DirecTV is the best"; and so on.... How many people have multiple service providers at the same time
and compared with the same TV ? You can't compare one service from a year ago to another service today nor can you compare on different TVs since the TV itself is a big factor!