Receivers

Not many people in today’s world can live without, depending on some kind of electronic devices. Even people in the poorest corners of the world have started to rely on them. One essential component in many of these devices is the receiver.

One of the groundbreaking events in the last two hundred years was the invention of electricity. It has revolutionised our lives. Things that took weeks and months to do can now be done in a matter of minutes or hours. Eventually, we figured out how to manipulate and control the electricity to send signals. That was when electronic devices were born. Sending and receiving signals require two electronic components: the transmitter and the receiver. Read this article to learn more about receivers. Having a better understanding of them will help you make the right choices while you are shopping for them.

Different types of receivers

In order to send data in the form of a signal, we first have to convert it from a form that is understandable by the devices. This is called encoding. Depending on the complexity of the data, the encoding process will also change. Therefore, the type of transmitter and receiver depends on the nature of data and signal. More complex data, like video, requires a higher level of encoding. On the other hand, sound signals are easy to encode and therefore require simpler devices. Here is a list of four types of receivers that are common.

AV Receivers

Even though there are compact all-in-one solutions for home entertainment systems, none of them is really a replacement for a set of surround sound speakers and an AV receiver. The letters A and V stand for Audio and Visuals, respectively. This home cinema amplifier is the brain and brawn of any good home cinema device. This will ensure that your system sounds dynamic and truly immersive. With the inclusion of high-channel speakers, the majority of AV receivers now have Dolby Atmos and DTS:X support for multiple sound channels.

Bluetooth audio receiver

You don’t have to invest in a brand new audio system with built-in Bluetooth just to have streamed audio from your computer device or mobile device. Instead, you can attach a Bluetooth dongle to the AUX port of the audio system. Basically, this lets you add a Bluetooth transceiver to the audio system. Moreover, they are simple, inexpensive add-ons. What is even better is that Bluetooth dongles are quite compact in size. These days the size of a Bluetooth audio dongle can be around 2cmx2cm. The only thing you worry about with such a small size is losing them.

Microphone receiver

A wireless microphone device is quite useful during presentations and live performances. The lack of a cable enables performers and presenters to move freely without the constraint of a microphone cord. Wireless mics also make it possible for theatre performers to have a mic for each performer. This would be not possible to do with a wired mic. This would create a tangled mess of cables on the stage and is, of course, a trip hazard. Similarly, to Bluetooth audio dongles, microphone dongles are also quite affordable and small in size.

Satellite TV receivers

Gone are the days of cable television. These days, old school cable television networks are as rare as hen’s teeth. Instead, satellite televisions have become the norm. This change has drastically improved the quality as the old cable television network used analogue transmission methods. So, these days, if you want to enjoy television programs in HD quality, you ought to have a satellite TV set-top box in your house. There are two parts to this though: the antenna and the TV box. It is the antenna that actually receives the signal, and the TV box does the job of decoding the signal to meaningful data.