In 1977 , Taylor Howard, a professor at Stanford University, who worked with satellite technology, may have been the first to build a satellite dish to receive HBO programming at his home. This maeked the beginning of TVRO satellites. The technology has limitations, though. First, it used the low-power C-band(3.7 GHz to 4.2 GHz)frequencies, Which meant the dishes were large and unattractive. Some communities even banned the dishes because of their appearance. to operate