subject: The Best Features of Satellite TV Are Only Getting Better [print this page] The Best Features of Satellite TV Are Only Getting Better
There are many impressive aspects of satellite TV services in general, so many that it would be difficult to cover them all here in this article. For starters, there is the impressiveness of holding down the customer satisfaction crown for so many consecutive years (more than 10 by now) at the expense of satellite's main rival, cable. Yet to really get to the bottom of it all, you've really got to appreciate the fact that all of the many wonderful things about satellite television just keep getting better: it is that sort of continuous and deliberate improvement in the service that is making satellite television the preferred television service across the United States and many parts of the world. Let's take a look at a bit of the history behind these drastic and incredible improvements, then, in order to help people out there really appreciate what is so special and unbeatable about this service:
If you're currently a satellite subscriber or have experienced a satellite TV connection lately then surely you noticed just how reliable the signal connection is. Yet, if you think back 15 years or so, you'll remember that we were all deriding satellite as an incredibly spotty and sub-standard service! And here we have a perfect case of how constant and truly spectacular improvement is at the heart of the satellite industry: Leading providers, in full knowledge of the fact that their customers were quite displeased by the constant cutting in and out of their service, didn't rest until improvements were made.and boy, how they were made! Wireless communications experts labored day in and day out to find ways to raise the signal reliability, and what they found was that they needed to change the signal frequency bands being used to transmit from their uplink dishes out to the satellite in space, and from there back down to subscribers' dishes on earth. These changes have resulted in 99% signal reliability through leading satellite TV providers, and it's only getting better!
Then there is the issue of programming variety, an area in which satellite providers have never been that badly off yet in which they continue to make tremendous leaps forward. There have always been tons of channels available via satellite, and these days there is no better service available to discriminating viewers that are intent on getting the best in foreign programming, sports coverage, local and national news, and the best in movies and TV shows from across the entire planet. The programming options just seem to grow and grow on satellite, and that is attracting the attention of many people, whether current customers or not.
Finally, satellite providers have outdone themselves on the HD front. Starting considerably behind cable providers in this regard, satellite providers have quickly proven to be much more committed to incorporating new high def programs and entire channels than their rivals, and the results are plain for all to see: While cable providers have been offering a measly few-dozen high def channels for years now, satellite providers are now offering more than 130 such channels and the list is growing by the year!
