When do you have enough TV channels to choose from?
According to the satellite TV industry, there is no such thing as enough. Every year more and more households are sticking out their own little satellite downloading system and beaming in anywhere from 100-600 channels of entertainment and information.
Our overwhelming desire for this kind of electronic-overload is played for laughs in the commercials aired by DISH Network and Direct TV.
In one series of ads the satellite installer has the stuffing hugged out of him by an emotionally overcome client. Another shows satellite installers carefully trained in CPR so they can revive their stunned clientele.
In still another a husband and wife happily abandon their bedroom to let the satellite TV guy get them hooked up right away. The couple then s…