Free-to-Air Satellite Questions?

Anonym1ty asks: "I am currently looking into MPEG2 DVB FTA (Free-to-air) satellite systems and was wondering what experiences others have had with it. What type of systems are better? Multi-LNB or Rotor? What is the content like on the FTA end? I am not really interested in ways to get premium services for free, I'm looking into it as a pass-time just to see what is out there. With box/dish combos around $300.00 I want to know can I really find neat stuff out there, or is it just foreign language stuff with the occasional random broadcaster? I'm looking into this not from a TV viewer's angle, but more like an upgrade for a scanner/SWL listener's perspective."

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I've wondered as well

[invisik]

Most I hear is there's no good free feeds left to be worth it. I've love to get some feeds from europe and africa, but that programming doesn't reach the US.

My favorite satellite place is SkyVision. They have big dish and small dish stuff.......

-m

Re:I've wondered as well

[tonsofpcs]

They still broadcast it C band, the only difference is they are migrating to a DVB MPEG-2 signal. You can read about this on the NASA-TV website:

The new Digital NASA TV will be on the same satellite (AMC 6) as current analog NASA TV, but on a different transponder (17). In Alaska and Hawaii, we'll be on AMC 7, Transponder 18.

www.happysat.org

[Anonymous Coward]

lots of good info there.