When choosing a Satellite TV service people tend to ask, what gives HughesNet System an edge? First of all, a HughesNet System uses nationally manufactured hardware in a patriotic and business respective way.

The HughesNet System is adaptable to different needs for different kinds of people throughout the country. The HughesNet System delivers high-quality digital experience unlike any other Satellite TV service in the country with the latest in hardware possibilities.

Of course, Satellite TV has a parabolic dish that captures digital transmissions from a satellite in geosynchronous orbit around the equator. But what technology is superior in a HughesNet System?

The HughesNet Satellite Dish was an innovating factor when it came out as it used a smaller frequency with better reception than larger dishes. The great thing about a HughesNet System is that they are always on the cutting edge and innovating, that's why the HughesNet System has HughesNet DVR technology.

Linked to the IRD (integrated receiver/decoder) device that is used to translate channel frequencies for the television system, some HughesNet System IRDs can translate up to three different channels at once.

When using a HughesNet DVR however, the HughesNet System can record up to two different channels simultaneously with a limit of up to 70 total hours of programming. Best of all, the HughesNet System DVR technology can be reviewed at owner convenience when there is time, with the push of a button on the remote control.

Also, the HughesNet System delivers high-quality digital experience through HDTV. High quality means crystal clear image and sound, wide screen Movie Theater like accommodations and existing new technologies the more and more this kind of technology becomes common place.

The HughesNet System offers a better, clearer and more highly defined picture than traditional analog TV, 5 to 10 times clearer. The wide screen size is 16:9 compared to the traditional 4:3 used by analog broadcasting. The HughesNet System also uses surround Dolby sound for those with entertainment systems and want to feel the action around them.

The HughesNet Satellite TV System like all developing entertainment technologies, in the end, means being prepared for the future of television. Some outstanding technological ideas have come and gone throughout our very lifetimes. Some might say that Digital TV is the system of the future and will end the business of Video Rental once and for all within the next 25 years. In fact one Satellite Communications technician was quoted recently in response to the question about digital broadcasting and how long it would take to end Video Rental business, he said "about 25 years."