FTA Satellite TV Anyone?

[derrick81787]

Has anyone from the North America region tried Free-to-Air satellite TV? It sounds sort of intriguing. I'm curious to know whether or not it would be better than my current VHF/UHF setup, but I'm a little bit skeptical. I was just wondering if anyone here has tried it, and if so, what do you think?

- Derrick

[mips]

FTA content is usually junk.

[LowSky]

here is a list of channels you might get if you buy your equipment...

http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Channels/American-FTA-free-to-air-Satellite-TV-Channels.htm

there is a lot of work to get these systems to work

[Quake]

Unfortunately, most American and Canadian channels are encrypted. The only useful use of FTA sattelite is to receive foreign TV Channels (Moroccan, Haitian, Senegal...)

[Zzl1xndd]

If I am not mistaken you can get the BBC and Channel 4 from the UK. That would be enough for me as I would live to watch Doctor Who and The IT Crowd when the are first aired.

[derrick81787]

Yeah, all of this is basically what I was afraid of. I think I will probably be sticking to my VHF/UHF antenna for right now. Thanks for the input though, everyone!