Anyone know anything about free-to-air?
So my girlfriend cant afford cable, so everytime i go over there, i throw a few .avi movies on a dvd and we watch em on her xbox via XBMC, which is fine... but it would be nice if i could get SOME current broadcasting, and i remember my uncle talking about free-to-air, i'm sure i could get a free ku-band satellite, and wouldnt mind manually aiming it and whatnot, just to have SOME TV!!!
-what satellites can i get? -how can i recieve "encrypted" channels? -can i get other countries stuff, IE. astra satelittes from europe, etc... -what is a good/cheap reciever? i know some of you cheapasses gotta know about FTA. |
Re: Anyone know anything about free-to-air?
Originally Posted by jmhalder
So my girlfriend cant afford cable, so everytime i go over there, i throw a few .avi movies on a dvd and we watch em on her xbox via XBMC, which is fine... but it would be nice if i could get SOME current broadcasting, and i remember my uncle talking about free-to-air, i'm sure i could get a free ku-band satellite, and wouldnt mind manually aiming it and whatnot, just to have SOME TV!!!
-what satellites can i get? -how can i recieve "encrypted" channels? -can i get other countries stuff, IE. astra satelittes from europe, etc... -what is a good/cheap reciever? i know some of you cheapasses gotta know about FTA. -You have to have the hacked firmwares and point at the right satellites -You can get any satellite within your range, pretty much this hemisphere -I recommend Viewsat receivers just make sure they're legit and not CDM |
Re: Anyone know anything about free-to-air?
http://cgi.ebay.com/VIEWSAT-VS2000-P...QQcmdZViewItem
$100 for receiver, grab someone's satellite dish, buy the LNB (buy 2 if you want around 600+ channels, but you'll need a better switch), get the firmwares and you're good |
Re: Anyone know anything about free-to-air?
the first question, was REALLY meant to be "what terrestrial satellites can i recieve from?" i can get a LNB/sat. for free.
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Re: Anyone know anything about free-to-air?
FTA rules it goes down more often now but it's free
The best sats are Echo 8 and Echo 10 those will give you all the Dishnet channels |
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PM BLUEHATCH hes got a sat setup thats unlocked I'm sure he can help you out.
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the Viewsat VS2000 Lite isnt HDTV.. . are any of the channels HD? is it worth it to get an HD reciever?
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Re: Anyone know anything about free-to-air?
Originally Posted by Sinner
the Viewsat VS2000 Lite isnt HDTV.. . are any of the channels HD? is it worth it to get an HD reciever?
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Re: Anyone know anything about free-to-air?
Originally Posted by Sinner
the Viewsat VS2000 Lite isnt HDTV.. . are any of the channels HD? is it worth it to get an HD reciever?
If that's worth it to you, then yes it's worth it. HD FTAs just came out recently. A dishnetwork or directv LNB won't work, if that's what you have (from what I've heard). Unfortunately I haven't set one up due to living in an apartment the past 2 years, and they require professional installs. Kinda hard to get dishnetwork out here to install my FTA. When I get into the house, I'll have it. I just know enough to figure the rest out, told a friend the basics, and he figured it out. |
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what about this receiver
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-VIEWSAT-ULTR...QQcmdZViewItem is it any good? it has component outputs atleast.. |
Re: Anyone know anything about free-to-air?
Originally Posted by Jorsher
buy the LNB (buy 2 if you want around 600+ channels, but you'll need a better switch)
i can get a free DirecTV LNB, otherwise i'll just buy one, do i need a dual-lnb or anything? |
Re: Anyone know anything about free-to-air?
I run a viewsat ultra and 2 modded 3100's . the viewsat ultra is great.
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Re: Anyone know anything about free-to-air?
Originally Posted by jmhalder
so i need a dual LNB? and i cant use a DirecTV one? its ku-band isnt it?
i can get a free DirecTV LNB, otherwise i'll just buy one, do i need a dual-lnb or anything? From what I've heard you can't use the Directv ones, although I've never understood why you couldn't. |
Re: Anyone know anything about free-to-air?
Originally Posted by Jorsher
You don't need dual LNB but my friend uses two. One for the dishnetwork satellite, and the other for directv, or something, I don't know.
From what I've heard you can't use the Directv ones, although I've never understood why you couldn't. dn and bell worked before on nagravision 1 now they have switched to nagravision 2(2-3years ago) that was hacked but no one supposibly has hacked dtv you want to watch dn u need a duel lnb dish with a switch that you connect to any reciver of your choice ..... i own pansat 250sm with digital recording with a hooked up external hdd but there is wide wiraity of recivers on ebay. if any off you need some files or lil more info pm me :) ps check out www.ftatalk.com al7bar.tk etc |
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