| Satellite TV was the rainbow after the storm in | | | | picture on the screen, can't do its job. When this |
| my life. I had just left my drudge of a job, as an | | | | happens little blocks pop up on the screen. This is |
| overworked sales clerk. I was bored at home, | | | | called picture break up. If the rain or snow storm |
| feeling really low. I did a lot of looking around in | | | | becomes more heavy, the data will became so |
| stores and window shopping just to get out of | | | | reduced that the video freezes its movement. |
| the house. I saw a promotion in the window of | | | | The computer crashes. Unplugging the receiver, |
| one of the video stores in town. It was for a | | | | removing and reinserting the smart card usually |
| satellite TV system on sale. Since I didn't have | | | | fixes the computer crash. When the storm has |
| cable TV At the time, this ad really attracted me. | | | | passed and the dish can receive, the satellite TV |
| I went in and had a look at the quality and | | | | data at a normal signal strength, everything will |
| content of the satellite programming being shown | | | | work, normally once the receiver is plugged in and |
| on one of the TV sets showing it. The picture | | | | turned on. |
| was so impressive. The picture quality was so | | | | When I moved residences, I had to reinstall the |
| crystal clear, and sharp. The brochure the clerk | | | | Satellite TV dish. This involves attaching a mast to |
| provided me indicated that there were over 50 | | | | the wall of your house, with a clear view of the |
| channels to watch. Of course I jumped at the | | | | southern sky. That means no trees, houses, or |
| chance to brighten up my life. | | | | anything, in the way of the line of sight the dish |
| That evening the store owner installed the dish. | | | | has to the satellite location in the sky. The mast |
| He laid the cable and hooked everything up. The | | | | must be levelled vertically. The satellite dish is |
| system was turned on and then nothing. The | | | | placed on the mast and set to the approximately |
| receiver had to wait to be activated. This took | | | | height and direction of the satellite location in the |
| over 24 hours to occur. When it started working | | | | sky. The receiver is then connected to the wire |
| it was terrific. It featured all the movie channels | | | | lead from the dish, and the TV. When the |
| one could wish for. HBO, Cinemax, the Movie | | | | receiver is turned on and put in tuning mode, a |
| Channel, the independent Film Channel, and more. | | | | graph will display the satellite signal strength. The |
| There were more sports channels than one could | | | | satellite dish is moved ever so gently by a hairs |
| watch. MTV quickly became one of my | | | | width, up and down, side to side, until you reach |
| favourites. Shows like Road Rules, and The Real | | | | the highest satellite signal strength. This gives you |
| World, made my day. It was like being in touch | | | | the best chance of viewing longer during a rain or |
| with a world I had never known. | | | | snow storm. |
| Satellite TV signal reception has vulnerabilities. | | | | On the whole satellite TV is the best TV viewing |
| During heavy rain or snow storms, the amount of | | | | you can experience. You usually get more for |
| data carried in the signal is reduced, sometimes so | | | | your dollar, and it's worth every penny spent. |
| much so that the computer which constructs the | | | | |