Ask Slashdot: The Dish

Figured I'd step on Cliff's toes and ask my own question. I live in an area with poor cable service and have pretty much accepted that if I want the Sci Fi channel and all the other cool channels, I'm going to need to get a Dish. Net access would be nice, but its not going to be a deciding factor. Ideally I wouldn't need cable- I don't care about local channels but I need the networks too (FOX for the X-Files and Futurama especially). So here it comes: Which Dish? I see many networks with many features, but which one is best? I want lots of channels, but I'm not rich. But I'd like my surround system to sound really good (course first I probably better get a center channel and some good rear speakers *grin*).