Other TVs

DTV, or digital television, is now the standard broadcast signal for all television stations in the country. This means all channels you will be receiving are digital, rather than analog. However,...

Unless you want to use standard antennas to receive only local television stations, you must choose between subscribing to a cable TV service or a satellite TV service. Both options have their...

An accidental hit of the TV remote control or a wrong selection in the TV menu can cause a black box to appear on the television screen. This black box is one of two things: it may be a closed...

Cable provides high-quality digital television in many urban areas. Before the advent of satellite television, cable companies had a monopoly on the cable only channels. Phone companies now...

We all know the frustration of turning on the television only to find that the screen isn't displaying a picture. So often, this seems to occur right around the time that our favorite program or...

Local television stations broadcast digital programming through over-the-air digital radio signals. The signals are beamed from one of the station's transmitter towers and received by your digital...

By the middle of 2009, all television stations in the United States will broadcast exclusively in digital, rather than in analog as they have done for many years. The switch frees up a great deal...

Television transmissions are signals that come into your home to display an image on your TV. These signals can be sent over the air, through an antenna or satellite dish, or through a network of...

Free-to-air receivers are essentially satellite dishes much like those offered by DirectTV and DishNetwork. The dishes pick up satellite signals in the same manner as a typical satellite dish...

With the digital age of television upon us, many users have begun to convert all of their televisions to digital signals. While a simple antenna can offer digital service, many consumers are...

An amplified antenna is a device designed to improve the image quality of broadcast television in a situation where signal loss is occurring. Signal loss can happen for a variety of reasons, from...

An amplified antenna is used to improve the quality of the television signal being received, thus resulting in improved audio and video quality. "Signal loss," or the loss of quality in the...

A coax cable is a copper wire that is covered in insulation and comes in various lengths depending on how much is needed for a particular job. The cable is pliable enough so that it can bend and...

The signal that will become the picture on the television screen starts as a tape at a studio distribution center. The signal is beamed up to a satellite, where it shoots to networks and cable and...

If your cable rates have gone up again, the service and programming may no longer provide the best value for your entertainment dollar. It might be time to choose one of the two major satellite TV...