FTA Receivers

FTA Receivers
Hi,,

I was wondering to have a Free to Air service for my home where i can watch the TV Serials and movies for free or atleast a cheap rates. But while discussing on it i came to know that FTA receivers play a important role for Free To AIR service and it has some varieties too. To be frank, i have no idea about these FTA Receiver.

Could you guys please make me know what are these FTA Receiver and what are their types? Help appreciated.

#2
14-08-2009

Techno01
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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Re: FTA Receivers
Free to Air television and radio broadcasts are sent unencrypted and may be received via any suitable receiver and FTA receiver is a satellite receiver which is equipped to receive unencrypted FTA satellite transmissions.Modern decoders are typically compliant with the MPEG-2/DVB-S and more recently the MPEG-4/DVB-S2 standard for digital television, while older FTA receivers relied on analog satellite transmissions which have declined rapidly in recent years. There are lots of FTA brands that offer FTA receivers in two types that is FTA HD Receivers and FTA Receivers.

#3
14-08-2009

Trio
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Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 2,752
Re: FTA Receivers
Most FTA receivers are stand-alone hardware boxes which are very like the networks of the Dish or DirecTV receivers look. Some PC-based FTA satellite receivers also exist. These devices allow you to FTA satellite on your computer to watch.

With HD FTA Receivers you will be able to get all the channels in HD. You do need a satellite dish that can capture HD channels. You can try Viewsat MaxHD which is the best selling Free To Air Receiver with faster processor (200 MHz), double the memory of the Xtreme (32 Mb SD RAM), and a USB communications port for easy data updates.

#4
14-08-2009
Anand D.
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 136
Re: FTA Receivers
A Free to Air Satellite receiver refers to satellite receivers that are designed to receive unencrypted FTA satellite transmissions.Quality manufacturers of FTA satellite receivers include Viewsat, Pansat, Coolsat, Fortec, BlackBird, UltraStar, Ariza, MultiStar, Digiwave, and Twinhan.