SMATV

The SMATV system or Satellite Master Antenna Television allows total control on each TV. This system is the perfect choice if you run a Hotel of holiday resort as well as care homes, prisons and hospitals.
SMATV allows you to choose to have TV Aerial or Satellite Dish or if you wish, you can have both of these options.

You are able to allow guests to access any number and combination of TV channels and this can vary from room to room. So for example, you could offer a mix of standard TV channels such as BBC1 and ITV as well as Sky News and Sports.

MATV is an ideal choice for more budget restricted housing projects and particularly for the public sector such as affordable housing, prisons or hospitals. This was very popular before IRS systems became available due to the launch of Sky TV.

As the name implies, an MATV System consists of a TV Aerial which is able to receive both analogue and digital signals and a DAB radio aerial.  A very simple example of MATV would be a house with an TV & Radio Aerial on it’s roof feeding down to a number of TV & Radio points in various rooms. The only difference is the scale of the number of points and the extra equipment used to allow the signal to be strong enough to give good picture and sound quality.

IRS Systems or Integrated Reception Systems allow multiple  viewing options in every dwelling, so your residents can choose from Analogue or Digital Terrestrial TV (Freeview), Satellite Channels (Sky) as well as receiving FM and DAB (digital audio band) radio.

All this can be achieved using just one satellite dish, TV Aerial and Radio Aerial. So, if your planning stipulates a limited number of aerials and dishes or you just want to provide your residents the very best in Digital TV reception without ruining the aesthetics of your building an IRS system is the choice for you.

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