Digital TV Versus Analog
When the digital satellite TV was introduced, everyone almost instantly knew that TV viewing would never remain the same. Since then, digital and analog TV have been tested against one another to determine which technology is the best TV viewing technology. Although the war is not over yet, it can be safely assumed that TV viewers will have to live with both analog TV as well as digital TV for quite some time.
While there are many differences between these two technologies, digital satellite TV by far supersedes its age old competitor in terms of picture quality and sound reception. In this article, we will shine some light upon the differences between digital satellite TV and its analog counterpart.
Being used for many years, the analog TV has obviously made many loyal fans along the way. Not only is it a simple to use technology, prevailing infrastructure and the readily available equipment needed for this technology make it a no-fuss winner for many TV viewing fans. Just get a television set, call your cable guy and you will have your television beaming with hundreds of channels within no time. Without any decoder or any hardware equipment, analog TV is as hassle free as it gets and provides a satisfactory TV viewing experience to its users.
One of the biggest benefits that analog TV provides over digital TV is its compatibility and flexibility. Being the earliest known TV viewing technology, analog TV is like a standard for every television and thus you will never face any troubles in installing one in your home. On the other hand, digital satellite TV requires a greater number of pixels in a television screen for better television viewing. This means that unless you have a new generation LCD/Plasma TV that can accommodate thousands of pixels in its screen, you will not be able to enjoy digital satellite TV to its fullest.
The promise of better picture quality and multi channel sound does not come that easily with digital TV. After you have made an hefty investment on a television that has millions of pixels and guarantees high quality picture, you will need a satellite dish and a digital signal receiver that can convert those signals to digital form and provide you with never before seen TV viewing extravaganza.
Not everything in digital satellite TV is honky dory. Apart from setup troubles, digital TV also suffers from bad reception if weather conditions turn haywire. While you do not have to worry about normal weather conditions, hailstorms and thunder storms can affect the signal quality of a digital satellite TV and hamper your viewing experience.
If setup properly, digital TV is known to produce pictures with clarity that is 10 times better than that of the best analog TV reception. Apart from better picture and sound, digital TV also provides its users with a greater range of channels, ability to have channel information broadcasted right at your TV screen and the facility to pause/play TV programs and much more.