Wireless Cable TV

Wireless cable TV is a service that is a Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service or MMDS. This type of television service is sent on a high frequency to a converter box connected to the TV, this is used in place of running actual coaxial cable from the cable box to the TV. It works much like wireless internet does from your modem to your laptop, or other electronic device.

Some of the benefits of wireless cable tv are the availability and the affordability. Wireless cable is available in areas that have a scatter population or areas that are so spread out that building a traditional cable station are not possible. It will cost the cable company less to build a wireless station, so they in turn can pass the savings onto the customer.

Many people wonder how a wireless cable TV works. To put it as simple as possible, a scrambled satellite signal is received by a central antenna and converted to a wireless signal and distributed to the coverage area by special transmitters. Then the signal is picked up by special receivers on the customer’s roof and delivered via coaxial cable to a cable box inside the home. You must have a wireless converter box within the home to send the wireless signal from the cable box.

You can receive anywhere from 100 to 300 channels total. All educational programming is required to be available for wireless cable TV. The actual number of channels that are available for you to view all depends on the signal that is sent to your area. If the signal has been digitally compressed then you will have more channels of programming available.

Depending on the wireless cable TV system you use determines if the weather will affect your connection. Systems that do not compress the signal can be affected by rain or fog, this is because the signal will be reflected and can cause the picture to distort on the TV screen. If the signal is digitally converted there is less chance that the signal will deteriorate. The farther the wireless convert is from the TV the weaker the signal will be when it reaches the TV.