New Technology Makes Cable An Even Better Alternative

There are a number of reasons why it might be a better idea to go with a cable TV
company than a satellite TV company if you happen to be in the market for a new TV
service.  That's because there have been some recent technological advancements that
make cable a much more attractive source of home telecommunications services in
general than satellite TV and many other forms of telecommunications.

The most recent advance to make a big difference in the ability of satellite TV to
compete with cable TV is Switched Digital Video.  SDV as this technology is called
enables a cable TV company to make better use of existing bandwidth.  In the past,
cable TV companies have sent all of their channels to all of their subscribers all at once
and then let each individual digital receiver filter out all of the channels that the
household wasn't subscribed to and then further filter out all of the channels that weren't
being viewed at any given time.  That system worked well enough when there were only
a hundred channels, but now that there are literally hundreds of channels in existence
and many data intensive HDTV channels on top of that, that system just doesn't work
anymore.  Switched Digital Video offers an alternative by allowing a cable TV company
to deliver just the channel that's being viewed to any given receiver at one time.  This
frees up an enormous amount of bandwidth while taking away many of the practical
limits on how many channels can be delivered over a cable!

As you might imagine, SDV technology ties in nicely with video on demand services.
ON DEMAND is the service that delivers a large variety of movies on an pay per view
basis as well as some free content.  ON DEMAND is included automatically with every
digital subscription.  Premiums On Demand provides unlimited video on demand
access to select programming from major movie channels in exchange for a monthly
subscription fee.

While you might not be thinking of phone service or high speed Internet access when
you're shopping for a TV service, cable TV service from Comcast or another company
like it can come with both of these useful services and you're likely to get a much better
value from cable company than through a satellite TV company or a conventional
phone company.  First of all, digital cable technology ties in extremely well with high
speed Internet.  This is easy to see from the fact that broad band digital cable high
speed Internet service consistently delivers four times the speed of DSL or satellite
Internet. There are also a number of advantages that a cable TV company can provide
in terms of features and value for a home phone service as well.

A cable TV company is definitely worthy of your consideration when shopping for a
number of services.

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