Satellite television Receivers are best referred to as “signal tuners”. They will receive data from the LNB and convert it to a frequency, which in turn is viewable on your television screen. This makes it possible for you to tune to different TV channels. Receivers have a number of useful features too. They pick up a programming schedule transmission from the satellite TV provider and provide this information in an onscreen guide which is called an EPG. Lots of receivers feature parental lock-out possibilities, and many have built-in digital video recorders called a DVR, which allows you to temporary stop live television or even record programs on a hard drive which is HDD. [...]
