Direct TV - Working, Features and Programming

Since the evolution of television, broadcasting a good quality transmission has been a big issue. In early days of television there were local antennas receiving very low quality signals resulting in limited and low quality programs. As time passed people get bored with such limited entertainment and information of the huge world around. Broadcasters introduced cable and people said wow so much channels but it has its own headaches like analogue signals, cable placement and most of all fault searches. As human nature it always move towards better and better, broadcasters came up with Direct TV - digital broadcasting network.

Direct TV Working

Direct TV is DBS Satellite TV System (direct broadcast satellite service) that broadcasts its transmission as digital signals to the televisions in the United States of America. Direct TV was first introduced in 1994 and had the most successful acceptance in the television broadcasting history. To have Direct TV transmission in your television sets you have to have:

• A small satellite dish, which receives the digital signals.
• IRD-digital integrated receiver/decoder to translate the digital signal so as your TV recognizes it.
• A remote control simply to configure and control the programming.

Direct TV’s transmission is made possible through six high powered dishes, 22300 miles above earth providing three orbital location service as granted by FCC (federal communication commissions).

Direct TV broadcast centers get programs from the channels like HBO, BCC, etc. through satellites, fiber optic cables and digital tapes. The programming is digitized and compressed, as uncompressed data is so much large as 10 to 20 seconds of video can be saved on you entire hard disk. Compression technique used for Direct TV is MPEG-2 (moving expert group-2) that compresses the digital data to the extent so that it occupies much lesser space than an uncompressed data does without having a noticeable effect on the quality of image. The data is encrypted and unlinked to the orbital satellites, which transmit the digitized programs to the customer’s Direct TV dish. To ensure the quality of digital high standard transmission there are two vast, sophisticated and well-equipped broadcast centers one in Castle Rock - Colorado and the other is Los Angeles - California.

 

Direct TV Programming Packages

In a satellite TV such as DirecTV, when it comes to the channel selection you have lots of choices like you can have the package named TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER with 215 top channels @ $93.99 per month, if costly, there is TOP CHOICE package providing 135 top channels @ $41.99 per month. When you get one package you have lots of options to manage your channels, the provided remote control provides you with the options like customized channels, favorite channels, etc. also you can make a list of channels like family channels, kids channels, sport channels.

Parental Control

Direct TV also provides parental control feature, which gives you the option of what to watch and what not. Receiver and remote control provide you with the option like

• Only block R-rated movies
• View only MPAA rating programs
• Block entire channel
• Set time limits for viewing

 

Direct TV Accessories

Direct TV also provides its customers with Direct TV DVR, Direct TV TiVo and Direct TV HDTV services. With Direct TV DVR you can automatically record your favorite programs and watch them in you spare times. And with Direct TV HDTV you can have home theatre experience with digital Dolby surround sound

Impact

Direct TV is the biggest breakthrough in the television broadcasting history after the cable as it provides 100% digital transmission with far better quality even than a digital cable. You are a child, young or old, all the information you need, all the entertainment you want, is there for you on Direct TV. Above all Direct TV has brought a huge world around you at your doorstep.

Fred Francisto

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