Free to Air Satellite Receivers

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FTA satellite receivers come in many different makes, designs, and price ranges. Nowadays the bargain hunter can find a good deal on a complete system for roughly around $200. This would include 1 box (meaning only 1 TV connected to the dish), 1 FTA compatible satellite dish, and around 60-80 feet of coaxal cable (used for connecting the dish to the receiver). The average person would most likely go for a deal like this which is available all over for many different FTA receivers such as Conaxsat Mini, Captiveworks cw-600s, Coolsat 6000 premium, and 5000 platinum. For someone looking to spend a little bit more then $200 there are many other great deals for a little more.

You would easily be able to find systems for around $300 with feature such as PVR recording, DIVX movie watching, faster channel changing and enhanced guides and menus. Some great medium priced FTA receivers would be the Conaxsat Duo, Viewsat Ultra, and Sonicview SV-4000. These receivers are all great. All of them being different in their own ways. The conaxsat seems to be the latest big and popular FTA receiver. They are reliable and easy to use. Conaxsats also have an extremely fast epg (channel guide) with easy to read and navigate menus.

If you are a tecnology enthusiast and need to own the latest and greatest anytime you buy new electronics then you would probably be interested in a high end HD TV FTA receiver. HD FTA receivers are usually priced between $400-500. Some of the most popular brands and makes would be the Coolsat 8000 HD, Sonicview 8000 HD, Captiveworks 3000HD, and the brand new Viewsat 9000 HD. All these boxes are capable of viewing high definition satellite TV stations. They all basically have the best of all the features available in any other receiver and you definetely pay for it. After you get an HD receiver you will need a dish pointed at the satellite with HDTV channels, an HDMI cable which usually costs around $20, and ofcourse an HD TV.

When you are buying a free to air satellite receiver you should also keep in mind which fta receiver comes out with a fix the fastest when there is an ECM. An ECM is when the satellite TV company scrambles or "hashes" the receivers. In the event of an ECM you will lose channels. Usually starting with the PPV channels and then moving into the locals and such. When and ECM is happening you will usually need to find some good FTA Support. You will want to look for a website which supplies all the most current and latest files, keys, software, updates, and support incase you get stuck along the way. It's not hard to find the latest FTA Keys and Files. These can easily be found on any search engine. You can easily find all the latest Dish Keys this way.