Satellite/hybrid television system
First Claim
1. A satellite TV system to supply a plurality of TVs comprising a dish antenna for receiving a plurality of satellite TV signals simultaneously, splitter means for receiving the satellite TV signals and to split said plurality of satellite TV signals into individual satellite TV signals, a plurality of channel strips to receive input signals including said individual ones of said satellite TV signals, said channel strips each comprising a series array of a single tuner circuit and a modulator circuit, said tuner and modulator circuits being matched to each other, the number of said channel strips being in the ratio of no more than two to one to the number of said individual satellite TV signals, all of said input signals being in the gigahertz range, a control computer, a signal distribution and control matrix between said plurality of channel strips and said plurality of TVs supplied by the system, said matrix receiving all of said individual satellite TV signals and controlling the interconnections between all of said signals and all of said TVs on an individual basis, and said computer controlling said channel strips to match a particular input signal to a particular pre-tuned TV channel frequency on a particular TV.
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Abstract
A satellite TV system including a plurality of channel strips and a control computer wherein each channel strip includes a tuner and a modulator matched to each other and are both computer controlled. The tuner selects the particular satellite signal and the modulator selects the particular channel position on the TV. Both tuner and modulator circuits include a divide by 2 component which permits use of lower cost electronic components while producing high quality TV pictures or other outputs.
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13 Claims
- 1. A satellite TV system to supply a plurality of TVs comprising a dish antenna for receiving a plurality of satellite TV signals simultaneously, splitter means for receiving the satellite TV signals and to split said plurality of satellite TV signals into individual satellite TV signals, a plurality of channel strips to receive input signals including said individual ones of said satellite TV signals, said channel strips each comprising a series array of a single tuner circuit and a modulator circuit, said tuner and modulator circuits being matched to each other, the number of said channel strips being in the ratio of no more than two to one to the number of said individual satellite TV signals, all of said input signals being in the gigahertz range, a control computer, a signal distribution and control matrix between said plurality of channel strips and said plurality of TVs supplied by the system, said matrix receiving all of said individual satellite TV signals and controlling the interconnections between all of said signals and all of said TVs on an individual basis, and said computer controlling said channel strips to match a particular input signal to a particular pre-tuned TV channel frequency on a particular TV.
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