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Originally Posted by reho33
Ditto. Montana PBS has excellent programming. I agree with all of the above. Just because DVB has more channels in Europe doesn't mean that someday it may improve here. The profit driven model of the USA might not allow it to expand further than it is right now. You will probably never see premium content like on cable or DBS but look at it this way...... for the person that lives in a real fringe area that canno't receive broadcast TV, FTA fills the bill. On Ku CW,MY,PBS,and some other networks are free for the taking. With a little more effort (c-band) NBC,CBS,ABC are also there. Granted , you might not get your local news but you will get network programming. In Europe and the Middle East, they had to use FTA out of need as there was little if none broadcast programming available. Problem is, it takes work. People want instant gratification so FTA is not for them. Of course if there were a system that was so simple to setup a child could do it, I would sell those systems on QVC.......would make a hell of a gift! Think of it. 250-300 dollars for a system with a motor AND easy to setup? I think that they would go flying off the shelves...... |
I actually expect the US to go subbed DVB before to long. After all just look at the big dish as an example. I know of one uplinker who is uplinking 4DTV content in dvb format (I found their channels on
C Band complete with their name). The channels I found were premium channels not available without a sub of some sort with the exception of the mux on C Band DVB but they are not intended for DVB and am confident they will go encrypted before long. So if that uplinker is doing in DVB I think before long we will see a use for CI receivers here in the US.
Combine this with all the happy little HA people and small dish is really the only realistic option for the masses (dish wise). As I see it for the big dish providers it will be either sell out to DN or
DTV, slowly watch the decline of their business or opt in for something like a FTA system that you can sub to.