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Originally Posted by William Eng
AC3 is digital encoded sound used in a stereo system. PBS runs several shows at the same time but you need an additional device to decode it, otherwise you hear nothing. The satellite receiver sends out the sound portion as an optical signal. Some people use a stereo system to decode this, others use Extigy, others use their computer. Yet they are the same shows shown in different time zones. Nevertheless, you can get PBS with sound from Montana PBS. Its great. I even joined their membership and in return I get a monthly TV guide detailing their programming. Since there is a 2 hours time difference (I'm in Eastern time zone, while Montana PBS is Mountain time zone), I use my VCR to tape what I want to watch.  |
With the combination of
C-band, Ku-band, commercial DCII and FTA, you can get a really wide variety of PBS type programming including but not limited to Nebraska PBS, Oklahoma PBS, Utah PBS, Montanna PBS, Georgia PBS, Lousianna PBS, plus the national feeds, ie the eastern and pacific feeds mentioned above, there is a 1 hour delay during prime time, plus there is Annenberg CPB channel and a Create channel, plus several channels PBS uses to uplink individual programs. There is a LOT of PBS up there, and I've left out a couple.
The word is that PBS is switching to content delivered via network, so it may be that much of what is available now may go away, but the more modes you can receive, the longer you can continue to view PBS via satellite.