The Demised of Satellite Television

IPTV or Internet television has become more advanced everyday. Not only computers can stream video and watch television, a lot of computer hardware manufacturers, such as Apple, Sony, Roku, and any other companies are entering in the internet television market.  The reason people are changing their focus from satellite set top box to Internet set top box is because of it’s cost effective and portable. Internet box can be used everywhere with the Internet access.

The prices for Internet set top box are varies

• Apple TV cost about 99 dollars per unit

• Sony Internet Player with Google TV is about 169.99 dollars per unit

• Roku starts at 49 dollars per unit

People do not have to use traditional television devices, such as antenna and satellite dish anymore. They can purchase this portable Internet streaming device cheaper than the satellite dish cost. Also, some locations do not allowed to install satellite dish because of its dish size. 

I have experienced some concerns from my work, people often ask about Internet set-top-box availability instead of satellite set-top-box. They put their concern about installation since they do not have experience installing dish and set up the set top box by themselves. They have to get the correct frequencies and symbol rate information, which are different by their area.

Customers are trying to eliminate installation issue with internet set top box because of its technical skills requirement for setting up correct information are high. Please review this link to see how technical requirements are to install a satellite dish.  It requires a lot of time to understand the process and successfully installed.

In the other hand, Internet TV box can be moved from room to room and only basic Internet connection required, neither from wire connection or wireless, to stream the video or music.

In my opinion Internet streaming will become more popular in the future because of its size, cost, and low technical skills required. It can be used with all ages because of its simplicity to use the device.