HDTV on FTA satellite ?

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Maybe PBS on Ku...but none otherwise.

"Tom" <te@-NOSPAM-pobox.com> wrote in message
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> Are there any HD programs or channels on the FTA (free to air) satellites
> ?
>
>

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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:06:20 GMT, "Tom" <te@-NOSPAM-pobox.com> wrote:

>Are there any HD programs or channels on the FTA (free to air) satellites ?
>


Sure, you will want this:
http://store.yahoo.com/hightech/it912s.html

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I can verify that you can't...the post said FTA...that does NOT mean 4dtv
with an adapter!

"Del Mibbler" <mibbler@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "curmudgeon" <curmudgeon@buzzoff.net> wrote:
>
>>Maybe PBS on Ku...but none otherwise.
>>
>>"Tom" <te@-NOSPAM-pobox.com> wrote in message
>>news:M2wKd.25148$iC4.3440@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com...
>>> Are there any HD programs or channels on the FTA (free to air)
>>> satellites
>>> ?
>
> Nebraska ETV's package on IA5 C-Band includes PBS-HD. I think a 4DTV
> with HD adapter should get it. Can someone with that hardware verify?
> A 4DTV without the adapter can get the other Nebraska channels.
>
> Del Mibbler

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"dg" <dan_gus@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Can a 4DTV receiver receive any FTA stations without a subscription? I have
>access to one of the receivers and may hook it up if it will provide me with
>any FTA tv.
>
>THANKS!
>--Dan

It can show analog and Digicipher 2 programs on C and Ku without
subscription, as long as they're not scrambled. And it can handle
scrambled ones with a subscription. Won't do DVB, unfortunately. We
have one at work with no subscription to anything. Don't know if we
had to authorize it to get updates; I wasn't involved in the
installation. It does receive the Nebraska ETV channels on IA5, which
are DC2 but not scrambled. But we don't have the HD adapter, so I
don't know if it would get the PBS HD channel that is part of that
package. That's what I said to the original poster, who asked if
there was any FTA HD available on satellite. That prompted
Curmudgeon's response below.
>
>"curmudgeon" <curmudgeon@buzzoff.net> wrote in message
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>>I can verify that you can't...the post said FTA...that does NOT mean 4dtv
>>with an adapter!
>

Del Mibbler

There is many HD channels on fta. Good place to start is FTA Satellite