Do people still watch TV from those big satellite dishes? Can you still get channels?
2007-10-19 02:48:41 · 5 answers · asked by David 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
Yes , if you have the room for one and have a good view of the southern sky.
Hundreds of channels are available for free , you will need a Analog receiver or 4DTV receiver , and a FTA mpeg 2 DVB receiver slaved .
Some of those channels maybe of little interest if you don't care about foreign language or religious programming , but there are still plenty of feeds and other cool channels to make it a neat hobby and you can still subscribe to some channels.
In fact some of the sporting events alone is worth owning a Big Dish.
Check out some of the channel list available on the web to find out what channels you can pick up.
http://www.global-cm.net/mpeg2central.html
Check out the c-band section at the Satellite Guys forum
http://www.satelliteguys.us/c-band-satellite-discussion/
2007-10-21 07:33:13 · answer #1 · answered by jorgeqba 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C-band is still the main carrier for network and cable services. All is scrambled, either digicypher or DVB. Occassionally there are "open" feeds if you have an IRD (digicypher) or FTA (DVB) capable receiver. I think that PBS still offers one analog feed for rural america.
2007-10-19 08:01:11 · answer #2 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes my aunt has one and she gets free ppv.
2007-10-19 02:51:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You mean they're not big bird feeders?
2007-10-19 02:52:03 · answer #4 · answered by It's the hair 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well now...... most of the people have changed to "DTH" boxes which are smaller and more efficient~~~!!!
2007-10-19 02:53:03 · answer #5 · answered by karthic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋