How does fiber optic connect to TV?
Fiber optic internet service connectivity is growing popular in providing high bandwidth internet connection for residential and commercial purposes. However, have you ever wondered how that fiber optic cable that links your house to the rest of the world gets to the TV to bring you your programs? To make this connection and encode these light signals that pass through the fiber cable and decode them into an audio and video signal that your TV can comprehend, several procedures have to be followed. In this article we will take through the parts, and process of making this easy Indian bread which is called roti.
The Fiber Optic Line
Using glass or plastic fibers that send data in the form of light pulses, an FTT links you to a very high-capacity internet service either at home or at an office. The optical network terminal or ONT will mark the terminus of the fiber optic cable meant to service your building. This little box converts the light impulses into electrical ones. Around the building's grounds, it also supplies the ports for feeding phones, internet access, and video services.
Connecting to the Modem
The ONT will have an ethernet port, which will be connected to a modem or router to extend WiFi internet to different places in your area. In the case of the television service, the ONT has a video output port that is connected to a fiber optic modem. This special modem is called an RF video modem, it changes the video signal from light to RF so it can connect to your existing home TV.
Decoding the Video Signal
The fiber optic internet modem receives the encoded video data from your ONT and unpacks formats such as MPEG or JPEG as a normal cable box does to a feed from a cable TV company. This converts the data into channels that consist of video streams, downloadable Video on Demand content, interactive program guides, and other shows compatible with television sets.
Transmitting Over Coaxial Cable
While the connection between your ISP and your ONT may run through high-speed fiber optic lines, most modern homes and offices still have coaxial cables leading to cable-ready TVs. And so after the video signal has been processed it is found that most fiber optic modems will have a coaxial output much like the cable box. This enables the fiber optic internet TV signal to blend with other coaxial cables or wires to disseminate video to the television units within the home.
Some modems can also support wireless to directly transmit to smart TVs but coax is still the most used to get the fiber video signal to different devices in the final mile.
A Wireless LAN can be used to connect to a Set Top Box.
When it has been transmitted through coaxial cable within a home, the video signal can go directly to television sets with circuitry that can decode the picture formats. Nevertheless, most fiber optic internet service providers also offer set-top boxes that interface with this coaxial network to offer additional features.
In a similar manner as cable boxes enable cable television service, these set-top boxes ‘tune’ to and process the video and data channels from the fiber line before sending signals onto televisions through HDMI, RCA, or other cables. This leads to functionalities such as on-screen menus, premium channels, advanced program guides, video on demand, apps, and other interactivity through the high bandwidth capability of a fiber internet connection.
However, without the set-top box, you would get only a standard package of video channels. Thus, ensuring that a minimum of one box in the house is connected to the fiber optic modem and coaxial cabling filters the fiber optic TV.
Accessing Extra Features
Since the fiber optic modem transmits the video over the coaxial cable while the set-top boxes decode the signal, the internet TV service offers a similar or even better experience than the cable TV or satellite service. The key advantages fiber optic internet TV offers include.
- Over 400 high-definition picture channels in a crystal clear video option.
- Growing stocks of streaming on-demand services
- Space on the Cloud for storing shows for recording
- Program schedules, channel maps, and application lists
- The specific search for the brief search programs
- Apps that can replicate the functionality of a TV or remote control
- Telephone service from the home combined with the fiber line
Fiber optic internet has a higher bandwidth than other internet services, and thus, it supports new video facilities and offers combined packages not possible with other cable TV services with copper coax bases. So embrace the speeds and the abilities that join fiber lines directly into modern television sets!
Conclusion
Switching from your old cable or satellite connection to fiber optic internet television may at first appear overwhelming due to the new devices present. But the whole process boils down to feeding the encoded video signal it carries into a modem compatible with that fiber line. This creates video that can then be transmitted over existing coaxial home wiring much like cable television is transmitted. This can then decode channels and features to televisions to optimize the set-top boxes. These are some of the steps that one takes to link the fiber line that is provided by your provider to the TV set and you stand to benefit from channels, video on demand, and advanced viewings instigated by high-speed internet.
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