To dish or not to dish?

[elSicomoro]

This will probably not occur until the end of the summer, but I'm going to throw it out there now while it's on my mind.

I watch quite a bit of TV...and I'm debating whether I should upgrade to the "next" level.

Here are the facts:

--I am the bitch of Comcast. Comcast is all well and good. The problem is that if I opt for the dish instead of digital cable, I will lose Comcast Sportsnet, which means losing pretty much all the sports teams from here in the area (as all the sports teams' games are on CSN or CN8).

--Digital cable is available to me, as well as a dish (as they would install the dish on my balcony railing).

--I only have a 19" TV, but I have no real plans to upgrade the TV for a while. Plus, I've seen digital cable on a 19" and it's fine.

--All the local channels we currently get are included for an extra $6 a month with DirecTV and Dish Network.

--I currently have basic expanded cable (i.e. No premium channels), and it runs about $46 a month for 80 or so channels. Dish Network would run about $50 a month for 150 channels. DirecTV would run $40 a month for over 100 channels. Digital cable would run $60-70 for 200-250 channels.

Opinions are much appreciated.