One very annoying incident is when lightning strikes damages your cable and satellite TV systems, such as DStv, GOtv and many others. It is so annoying that most times, it destroys decoders, Televisions and LNB devices beyond repair. No cable nor satellite TV system is totally immune from lightning strikes and consequent damages. However, there are certain safety measures or safe practices, which gives you total protection against lightning strikes on DStv and GOtv as well as all others. Before we go to telling you what to always do to protect decoders and TVs from lightning strikes, you need to […]
LNB
LNB is an abbreviation which means Low Noise Block-down. The LNB is the most important component of the satellite dish. It is the camera-like device located at the pointed mouth of the satellite dish – usually for satellite TV services. Overtime, improvements in technology gave rise to a more effective and compact form of LNB called the Smart LNB. Interestingly, the MultiChoice satellite TV brand DStv became the first to adopt the Smart LNB technology. It is usually deployed in emerging complex DStv connections such as the DStv Triple view ExtraView, etc. What is a “Smart LNB”? As earlier […]