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I recently bought a house and it has a satellite dish already installed. I dont have a subscription to satellite nor do I intend on getting one, as I don't watch much TV.
I was told that I can get a FTA box and hook it up to the dish that is already in place, and pick up satellite signals that way, without paying a subscription charge.
Will this work? Is there a certain type of box that I need to get (I live in Canada)? Do I need one for each TV in the house, or can I run cable from one box to multiple TVs? And will I have to reset something in it once in a while (get a new card or something) or will it just... work? I have a custom media-center type computer, so is it possible to hook up the signal to my PC?

I really don't know anything about satellite TV, so any help I can get is much appreciated.

Answer 1

>I was told that I can get a FTA box

Yes there are such boxes, but the kinds of channels you can receive (legally) for free tend to be unusual.

>hook it up to the dish that is already in place

That depends on the dish. Unless it was used for FTA before, probably not.

>Do I need one for each TV in the house,

If you want to watch different channels on the TVs.

>And will I have to reset something in it once in a while (get a new card or something) or will it just... work?

That sounds like an illegal hacked box to steal from a pay satellite service. That is not what I'm describing.

If you look around at the web sites that are linked to below, you can find out more info than I know.

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Added comment:

There is free legal satellite TV in North America. Typically you need a larger dish than the paid services and the kind of programming you can get tends to be PBS, foreign language, religious, NASA TV.... Stuff that is not encrypted.

Answer 2

The other 2 answers are pretty definitive.
I would suggest that to someone who isn't that interested in watching TV, the risk far outweighs the benefit.
An alternative might be to contact the satellite provider and get yourself set up with a line of credit and watch pay for view selections that really catch your fancy.
If they don't want to play, subscribe for a month and disconnect as you see fit. Since there are usually at least 2 providers you tell one you are switching.
As a subscriber, (Direct TV), I can tell you 98% of what is on at any given time is not worth watching.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

YES THERE IS A BOX THAT YOU CAN PUT BEHIND YOUR TV BUT IF YOU GET CAUGHT IT'S A 10,000 DOLLAR FINE I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT UNLESS YOU JUST DON'T CARE OR ARE VERY DARING YES YOU CAN SPLIT THE CABLE THROUGH THE HOUSE TO THE OTHER TVS YOU HAVE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT ( I MEAN HOOKING IT UP TO YOU PC) GOOD LUCK HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 5

You can watch satellite tv on your PC if you have got broadband internet.