One problem with DBS, or Direct Broadcast Satellite, is people don't know how it works. When most of us try to explain MPEG compressioin to Joe Six-pack, his eyes are glazed over by the time we get to Statistical Multiplexing or Forward Error Correcting Code. The have a hard time understanding how Dish and DirecTV can fit multiple channels of their favorite cable programs into the space of just one TV channel.
So, in the interest of promoting greater understanding, and to further the penetration of DBS into people's homes, here's how your DBS provider gets all of those cable channels into one transponder channel:
...and finally, to help fight the "Cable Pig":
So, in the interest of promoting greater understanding, and to further the penetration of DBS into people's homes, here's how your DBS provider gets all of those cable channels into one transponder channel:
...and finally, to help fight the "Cable Pig":
