(Note: that’s not “an” SWM, since it’s generally read as “swim,” at least, in these parts.)
A customer just purchase a SWM from us, and he plans to solve a slightly different problem than we’ve previously encountered: he couldn’t get KCET (our local PBS station) in HD, since DirecTV doesn’t carry that signal in HD, even over the 5LNB dish.
He previously had KCET in HD from his OTA antenna, but when he upgraded to MPEG4, he lost the ability to diplex the OTA signal into his satellite cables. But, with the SWM, the ability to diplex OTA (or cable, or most CCTV signals) into the stacked satellite signal is back. DirecTV made sure to keep their signals on different frequencies than the common cable and antenna frequencies.
So if you’ve been stuck with a choice between OTA and MPEG4 due to the number of cables, this box can solve that problem.