The Dish Network Receiver and The Demodulation Experience

The thing with free satellite tv that most people seem to overlook is the Dish Network Receiver and the demodulation experience. When we see, hear and feel the virtual world seeping out from the confines of the television screen into our minds, the equipment that does all the work is the Dish Network Receiver. But not everyone wants to watch the same thing at the same time, in the same room, thus the Dish Network Receivers allows up to four channel displays at any given time. Four dynamically packed experiences that can be seen at the same time on four different TV sets in different places in the house!

L-Band Frequency From The LNB

The LNB receiver which sits in the focal point of the antenna dish receives all the transmissions from the satellite in space. The very high frequency from the satellite, in C-Band (around 4 Giga Hertz) or in Ku-Band (around 14 Giga Hertz), is transformed to lower frequencies in the L-Band (around 1 Giga Hertz). This enables the signal to be sent through a cable down to the dish network receiver inside the house.

L-Band Frequency and The Dish Network Receiver

So then how exactly do the L-Band frequency and the Dish Network Receiver work together? Once taken down to a reasonable frequency the receiver receives the transmission from the LNB and demodulates a channel inside. Demodulation means taking out the high frequency carrier wave and turn the signal into a real tv signal. In case of digital TV, the receiver uses the digital information to create a real TV signal which can be used by a TV.

Four Different Parallel Experiences with The Dish Network Receiver

Just imagine four different parallel experiences with the Dish Network Receiver at the same time. How can four different channels be watched on four different TV's in the house and all of them come from the same parabolic dish? Because each and every satellite signal possess inside itself all the channels offered at once. The difference is that the demodulator chooses to decode only what you ask it to. Nowadays, the Dish Network Receiver will demodulate up to four different channels at any one time.

The Dish Network Receiver and The Demodulation Experience offer four different experiences at once with perfectly complete digital image and sound. Not just one channel, for one room, but four channels in four different rooms for four different people that want four different experiences, at the same time. Most households have no more than five people, and on average it is really difficult to have all five people at home trying to watch five different programs. So the Dish Network Receiver was designed to accommodate everyone in North America, on the average. Accommodate everyone, on the average, world wide broadcasting that can be seen, heard and felt.

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