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What is satellite TV service? Is that a question that is on your mind? Here is an answer for you. Between cable TV and satellite TV, satellite offers ease of installation as compared to cable. Cable TV needs technicians to install coaxial cables directly to your home. This installation may take a few hours but they still require a lot of labor.

With satellite TV service, the equipments are portable and it needs roughly an hour of installation. 
Satellite TV equipment is basically only three: a satellite dish, a receiver box, and a remote control. The external dish is mounted on the roof or any place out of doors of your home. The receiver box is connected to the TV set and finally, the remote control allows the user to select a channel. Sometimes mounting the external dish may take longer depending on circumstances such as wind and rain, hard to drill walls, and reception strength. It is possible to see dishes on top of trees or poles. 

Why do we need these equipments? The satellite in space transmits the programs. The beam is like a big footprint over the earth but the signal can only be decoded by the receiver. Since the signal comes from space, the signal is weak. Hence, the dish serves as an amplifier of the satellite signal. The receiver box does the decoding of the signal, and then images are projected on TV. 

Most satellite providers are clever these days. They have also included a smart card in the receiver box to only allow customers to view the packages they have signed up for. This is one way to ensure that there are no freebies for using their services. The smart card is one way to prevent people from abusing their subscription. 
With further advancement in technology, there is now the option for High Definition Television or HDTV.

This means the programs are broadcast in higher resolution than the normal traditional television signals. These images look 3D, so real and lifelike. This offers more enjoyment to users and is the new trend in entertainment. Subscription is comparably higher than standard satellite TV. But standard satellite TV dishes and receivers cannot be used for HDTV. A new set of equipment is needed. 

For HDTV, there are four things required; an HDTV-ready television set, an HDTV-compatible satellite dish, receiver, and remote, an HDTV broadcast and an HDTV subscription from a satellite HDTV service provider. 
An HDTV-ready television costs more and comes in several modes. A normal standalone HDTV set or a set integrated with a receiver. The latter is of course, more costly. 

After learning about satellite TV service, it's a good time now to look at the subscription rates and do a comparison for the best offer in the market today. There are only two major players in the market but don't forget about local channel programming. It's nice to know what is happening in the local scene and ask for this option before signing up.