Dss: Getting In Gear

May, 1997

DSS is the only direct broadcast satellite system that offers a variety of equipment by top electronics manufacturers. While the 18-inch DSS dishes are virtually identical, not all receivers are created equal, and competition keeps pushing this product forward. To help narrow your hardware choices, we've high-lighted key differences among our favorite models. Note that the microprocessing speed of the various DSS receivers ranges from 8-bit to 32-bit. As with computers, the faster the processor...