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Digital satellite TV is part of national regulations starting with February 17, 2009. This means that all the television stations in the US have to use the digital format exclusively to broadcast their programs. Digital satellite TV meant the beginning of the end for analog transmission systems. Satellite dish users will not be too affected by the passage to digital broadcasting, but not the same thing can be said about those who rely only on the TV antenna for signal reception. Under such circumstances, one can either subscribe to digital satellite TV or integrate a converter box to decode the digital signal into analog format.

There may be a drop in the prices for digital satellite TV packages, yet, high definition (HD) programming stays trapped in the area of pretty expensive options both to make and broadcast, since the monthly fees closely mirror the potential investment costs. The majority of TV stations will not allocate special budgets to invest only in high definition transmission, and won't go for such a drastic modernization. In other words, digital satellite TV clients will not see any changes after 2009, because their providers are already operating in the mode required; on the other hand, it is for cable companies to do massive changes to the network as part of the renovation of the analog service.

The great part about digital satellite TV is the quality of the service obvious both in the video and the audio broadcast. Furthermore, the only way to benefit from high definition systems is to incorporate digital technology; so far the downsides of the digital mode have not become obvious to satellite dish users, as all they only need some quality equipment that is generally offered by the service provider. Then, digital satellite TV options can be extended to very large houses, as the system is compatible with up to eight rooms; however, the costs will be a match to such a TV variant.

Though many comparisons, tips and suggestions are present online, people very rarely understand the complexity of the digital satellite TV option as compared to cable systems. Incidents sometimes reveal the bad bits, while upgrades prove that there is a better way than the one you've been sticking to. This implies that it is pretty difficult to identify the flaws of a system which you have no idea about since despite the great TV service quality problems may appear, even if in a limited or reduced form without consequences for large numbers of users.