In order to take advantage of the benefit of satellite TV, equipment will need to be bought or leased from the programming provider and installed in the home, or vehicle depending on the type of service you are hoping to have. The dish, the in-home controller and a remote control are the basic pieces of satellite TV equipment you will need, but if you plan to have televisions in different rooms capable of watching different shows, there is a few more items you will need.
Consider the basic setup for one television, the satellite TV equipment you will need is the dish, the mounting bracket and arm that holds the dish to the house or to a mounting pole in the ground and enough cable to get from the dish to the house. If you are using a dual LNB, you will need to have two lengths of cable. Both cables are then connected to the back of the set top box and will enable you to watch one channel while recording on another channel. If you want two televisions hooked up the same way, you will need a dual splitter.
The splitter will have two inputs on one side and four outputs on the other side to which the cables from the LNB are connected. Two of the outputs are for cables going to one television and other two connect cables to the other television, allowing to record one channel while watching a second channel on both sets. Without this piece of satellite TV equipment, you will only be able to watch or record one channel.
Every Television Requires Its Own Programming Card
Every television connected to the satellite will need its own satellite TV equipment such as a descrambler box equipped with the programming card. Unless you own one of the new televisions that are licensed by the satellite provider that has a built in descrambler, this satellite TV equipment is necessary.
The set top boxes, typically provided free from the satellite company, are also available for purchase from selected retailers. The only advantage of owning your own satellite TV equipment is that if it breaks, you can buy a replacement and go back to watching television the same day. If you have to have a replacement sent to you, the service will not be available for two or three days until the new satellite TV equipment arrives. You will still need to call the satellite service and have it programmed to your level of service, but you can have your programming back in a couple of hours instead of a couple of days.
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