How Does Direct TV Work?
Though small compared to the first satellite receivers, the DIRECTV dishes provide an amazing variety of entertainment. Your Direct TV network satellite dish receives transmitted signals from 6 high-power satellites. These satellites are known as, DBS-1, DBS-2, DIRECTV 1-R, D4-S, DIRECTV 5, and finally DIRECTV 6. The satellite TV technology used by Direct TV is so sophisticated that one of these satellites is capable of transmitting specific channels to pre-designated areas of the U.S. This allows for local channels, as well as national and international ones, to be picked up and beamed out throughout the United States. With broadcast centers in Colorado, Los Angeles and Castle Rock, Direct TV’s satellite TV system supplies digital quality sound and images of DVD standard. This crispness is achieved through the technology that allows the programs used on the network to be digitized, encrypted, and compressed as necessary before they are sent out via the system to subscribers. The clari
