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[William Eng]

1. Unique international channels, not found on cable or OTA
2. Feed channels, get the news before it is aired.
3. Digital quality picture, no fuzzy stuff, or shadows
4. AC3 sound from PBS, works great with my stereo
5. Don't forget about the numerous radio channels, lots of unique music. Sometimes, I will just run the signal to the stereo and listen to the music while the TV is off.
6. Very reliable equipment from Sadoun; going 2 years so far which pays for itself, but I think the motor may be the first to go. Sometimes its not obeying the commands from the receiver.
7. Easy to use ONCE you have it setup.
8. Discovering new channels and posting it here!!
9. Affordable, can't beat these prices

[funkypc]

why in your opinion it is a GOOD idea for someone to own a true FREE TO AIR satellite system.

1) I love scanning for wild feeds.
2) It's free
3) It's legal
4) It doesn't go down
5) It's a nice hobby

[satcom1]

1.- RetroTV programng to my memories.
2.- Indulge myself in PBS.
3,- Make new friends in FTA forums.

[MasterOfNone]

1. Variety- I got my FTA receiver up and running the night before the Olympics began. On the next morning, I flipped it on to see if I could catch highlights of the opening ceremony, and wound up seeing the whole ceremony live with no commercials and no annoying announcer telling me what I was seeing (at least not in english anyway)
I stayed tuned to Abu Dhabi Sports for the next two weeks to see the Olympics from a non American-centric and non Beach Volleyball-centric viewpoint. The whole thing wrapped up with being able to see the gold medal volleyball match live last Saturday night.
Definitely worthwhile to have FTA for that!

2. Global Perspectives- What do the Russians think of Solzenitzen's death? What do they think they're doing in Georgia? How do the Chinese view the Olympic Games? Tune in to the english broadcasts of Russia Today or CCTV9 and find out. In addition, both have excellent travel reports about places you've never heard of.

3. Record your shows- Want to be able to record your favorite shows after your VCR tuner stops working next February but not pay monthly fees for a DVR? Most FTA receivers have recording capabilities, and you can pick up ABC, FOX, RTN networks from anywhere in the US.

4. Channel surfing- Do you find that you start looping back through the local off the air channels too quickly when looking for something to watch? With hundreds of FTA channels, there's a lot more surfing to do.

5. Geeky sense of accomplishment-- When you get your dish motor successfully scanning the whole Clarke Belt +/- a half degree or so, you get a sense of accomplishment that most non-techies can't even begin to understand.

[DiscoLoveGrapes]

1. Channels and perspectives from around the world. If you're sick of celebrity gossip disguised as news, check out a few of the 24-hour English News channels or a number of International English news programs.

2. Wild Feeds - catch a small town high school game, a local reporter live on the scene, or even national announcers goofing around during the commercial break.

3. Watch a large number of PBS channels and programs, including HD channels for free!

[jayelem]

1. Keeps me informed of World News w/ perspectives not found in U.S. newscasts.

2. It's a hobby full of surprises especially when you blindscan a particular satellite and find a great feed like a sporting event or awesome breaking news, that's what I call fulfillment.

3. The most frugal way to add fun channels to your existing OTA lineup , who needs a monthly satellite or cable bill.

4. The funnest thing about FTA is all the complimenting accesories such as motors, switches, and extra LNB brackets that allows us to watch more satellites with ease and makes me feel as if I have my own independent cable company LOL.

[FTAgal]

why in your opinion it is a GOOD idea for someone to own a true FREE TO AIR satellite system.

1. News feeds giving you access long before anyone else ie: debates and court rooms etc.

2. International and us news from everywhere. Coast to coast in every time zone us and access to world news in many launguages.

3. It free tv! Network channels and movies [even though they might not be brand spankin new movies] However scans can provide feeds of sporting events and movies.

4] No Contract, no monthly bills.

[bloomdog]

1. It's free.
2. International TV is fascinating to watch.
3. The challenge of it all is the best!

[buckner1673]

What's on FTA You Ask ?

Courtesy of THE FTA Show ( Aka CryptKeeper )

RTN LISTING (Galaxy 18 Ku Band and Galaxy 28 C Band )

21 Jump Street
Adam 12
Airwolf
Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alias Smith and Jones
The A-Team
Bachelor Father
Battlestar Galactica
Black Sheep Squadron
The Bold Ones
Buck Rogers
Delvecchio
Dragnet
Ellery Queen
Emergency
The Greatest American Hero
Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
Harry and the Hendersons
House Calls
Hunter
The Incredible Hulk
Ironside
It Takes A Thief
The Jack Benny Show
Kate and Allie
Knight Rider
Kojak
Laredo
Leave it to Beaver
Magnum P.I.
Marcus Welby M.D.
McHale's Navy
Mickey Spillane's
Mike Hammer
The Monkees
Munsters Today
Night Gallery
Off Beat Cinema
O'Hara U.S. Treasury
Operation Petticoat
The Partridge Family
Quincy
Renegade
The Rockford Files
RTN Mystery Theater
Run For Your Life
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Simon and Simon
Switch
That's Incredible
Unreliable Sources
The Virginian
Voyagers
Wagon Train

Children's Programming ( Galaxy 18 Ku Band and Galaxy 28 C Band )

Hip Hop Harry
Love2Talk
My Bed Bugs
The Outdoorsman
Wild America

FOX LISTING ( Galaxy 18 Ku Band )

Terminator: The Sarah Conners Chronicles
Prison Break
House
Bones
'Til Death
The Moment of Truth
Kitchen Nighmares
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader
Don't Forget The Lyrics
Cops
America's Most Wanter
America Fights Back
The Simpsons
King of The Hill
Family Guy
American Dad
MadTV
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
The OT
Do Not Disturb
The Fringe

CW LISTING ( Located on C Band )

Gossip Girl
One Tree Hill
90210
Surviving The Filthy Rich
America's Next Top Model
Stylista
Smallville
Supernatural
Everybody Hates Chris
The Game
Reaper

MYTV LISTING ( Galaxy 18 Ku Band )

The Academy
The Best of In Living Color
Celebraity Expose'
Control Room Presents
Decision House
Jail
Meet My Folks
NFL Network Total Access
Paradise Hotel 2
Street Patrol
The Twilight Zone
Under One Roof
Whacked Out Videos

ABC LISTING ( Galaxy 28 & Galaxy 18 Ku Band )

ABC Now ( News ) ( Was on Galaxy 26 but was relocated to Galaxy 28 temp. )
According To Jim
AFV - America's Funniest Home Videos
All My Children
The Bachelorette
Boston Legal
Brothers & Sisters
Dancing With The Stars
Desperate Housewives
Dirty Sexy Money
Eli Stone
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
General Hospital
Grey's Anatomy
High School Musical: Get in the Picture
I Survived A Japanese Game Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Life On Mars
Lost
The Mole
One Life To Live
Opportunity Knocks
Private Practice
Pushing Daisies
Samantha Who?
Supernanny
The View
Ugly Betty
Wanna Bet
Wife Swap
Wipeout

PBS LISTING ( AMC 3 ) ( Will be moving to Galaxy 14 soon )

The Adirondacks
Adventure Lodges
Affluenza
Africa
African American Lives
African American World
Africans in America
Aging Out
AIR: America's Investigative Reports
Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers
Alcatraz is Not an Island
Amato: A Love Affair with Opera
America at a Crossroads
America Quilts
America Rebuilds I & II
America Responds
American Experience
American Family — Journey of Dreams
American Field Guide
American Flag, The
American High
American Love Stories
American Masters
American Photography: A Century of Images
The American President
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
American Roots Music
American Storytellers: The Sensible Thing
American Valor
America's Ballroom Challenge
America's Investigative Reports
America's Walking
An Evening with Quincy Jones
Ancestors in the Americas
And then One Night: The Making of "Dead Man Walking"
And Thou Shalt Honor
Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow FYI
Antiques Roadshow UK
Arguing the World
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Arthur
Assignment Hanoi
At Close Range With National Geographic
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State
Austin City Limits
Australia: Beyond the Fatal Shore
Avoiding Armageddon
Back to the Floor
Backyard Jungle
Barney
Battlefield: Vietnam
Becoming American
Benjamin Franklin
Berenstain Bears
Berga: Soldiers of Another War
Between the Lions
Beyond Brown
Beyond the Border
Big Apple History
Big Time Losers
Bill Moyers Journal
The Black Press
Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home
The Blues
Bob Dylan: No Direction Home
Body & Soul
Bonhoeffer
Boohbah
Boomer Century
The Border
P.O.V.'s Borders
Boulder City
Broadway: The American Musical
A Brooklyn Family Tale
Brother Can You Spare a Billion? The Story of Jesse H. Jones
Brothermen
Brown is the New Green: George Lopez and the American Dream
Buena Vista Social Club
The Buffalo War
Building Big
By the People: Election 2004
Caillou
California and the American Dream
A Capitol Fourth
CARRIER
Caring for Your Parents
Caught In the Crossfire
Century of Quilts
CEO Exchange
Cezanne in Provence
Changing Stages
Character Above All
Character Studies
Chasing the Sun
Children of the Camps
Children's Hospital
China From the Inside
Chinatown
Churchill
Circle of Stories
Cities of Light: The Rise & Fall of Islamic Spain
Citizen Kurchatov: Stalin's Bomb Maker
City, The (La Ciudad)
The Civil War
Click & Clack's As the Wrench Turns
Clifford The Big Red Dog
Closer To Truth
Closing the Achievement Gap
Collected Stories
Colonial House
Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy
The Congregation
Conquistadors
Conscience and the Constitution
Continental Harmony
Cooking Under Fire
Cop Shop
Copenhagen
Country Boys
Cowboys, Indians and Lawyers
Coyote Waits
Craft in America
I, Cringely
Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War
Cucina Sicilia
Culinary Travels With Dave Eckert
Culture Shock
Curious George
Cyberchase
Daring to Resist: Three Women Face the Holocaust
Death of the Dream: Farmhouses in the Heartland
Deford Bailey: A Legend Lost
PBS KIDS Democracy Project
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Depression: Out of the Shadows
Design Squad
design:e2
Destination America
Dickens
Digital TV: A Cringely Crash Course
Digital TV, PBS
Disconnected: Politics, the Press and the Public
DNA
Do You Speak American?
Don't Buy It
Dragon Tales
Dragonfly TV
Duke Ellington's Washington
Earth On Edge
Echoes From the White House
Edens Lost and Found
EekoWorld
EGG the arts show
Egypt's Golden Empire
Einstein's Wife
Electric Money
Elie Wiesel: First Person Singular
Emile Norman: By His Own Design
Empire of the Bay
Empires
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets
Endgame: Ethics and Values in America
Ending AIDS: The Search for a Vaccine
Enemies of War
Escape From Affluenza
Evening at Pops
The Everlasting Stream
Everyday Baking from Everyday Food
Everyday Edisons
Everyday Food
Evolution
Exploring Space: The Quest for Life
Exposé
Extreme Oil
Eyes On The Prize
The Face of Russia
Faith and Reason
Faith, Hope and Capital
A Falconer's Memoir
Farm Aid 2003
The Farmer's Wife
Farmhouses in the Heartland
Fat: What No One Is Telling You
FETCH
Fight in the Fields
The Fillmore
Fire and Ice
The First Measured Century
First Person Plural
First Year
Flashpoints USA with Bryant Gumbel and Gwen Ifill
Food for the Ancestors
For Gold and Glory
A Force More Powerful
The Forgetting
The Forgotten Americans
Frank Lloyd Wright
Franny's Feet
Freedom: A History of US
Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore
Frida Kahlo, The Life and Times of
From Swastika to Jim Crow
From the Top
From the Top at Carnegie Hall
Frontier House
Frontline
Frontline/World
George Shrinks
Get Up, Stand Up: The Story of Pop and Protest
The Gin Game
Global Connections
Global Watch
GlobalTribe
Going Places
Gonzalez Family
Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
Gormenghast
Grand Star
Great Food
Great Lodges of the Canadian Rockies
Great Lodges of the National Parks
Great Performances
Great Projects: The Building of America
Great Wall Across the Yangtze
The Great War
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
Gulf Coast: Road to Renewal
Guns, Germs and Steel
HandyMa'am With Beverly DeJulio
Hans Hofmann: Artist/Teacher, Teacher/Artist
Harriman Expedition Retraced: A Century of Change
Harry T. Moore (Freedom Never Dies)
HDTV (PBS Digital TV)
Healthcare Crisis: Who's at Risk?
Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism
Hemingway Adventure (Michael Palin's)
Heritage: Civilization And The Jews
Heroes of Ground Zero
The Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease in America
Hidden Korea
History Detective Kids
History Detectives
Hitchhiking Vietnam: Letters From The Trail
Homecoming
Hometime
Hopes on the Horizon
Horatio's Drive
How Art Made the World
Huey P. Newton Story
Hunt for the Hood
I, Cringely
Illicit: The Dark Trade
In Search of Ancient Ireland
In Search of Myths & Heroes
In Search of Shakespeare
In the Balance
In the Mix
The Inaugural Classroom
Independent Lens
Independent Spirits: The Faith and John Hubley Story
Indian Country Diaries
Innovation
Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth
Islam: Empire of Faith
It's a Big Big World
It's My Life
Jack Johnson, The Rise and Fall of
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
Jay Jay the Jet Plane
Jazz
Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Adventures
The Jewish Americans
Jewish Cooking in America with Joan Nathan
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
John Gardner: Uncommon American
Lady Bird Johnson
Journal Editorial Report
Journey Into Amazonia
Journey to Planet Earth
A Journey Towards Peace
Julia Child: Lessons With Master Chefs
Just One Night
Justice and the Generals
Justice for My People: The Dr. Hector P. Garcia Story
Kate Chopin: A Re-Awakening
Keeping Score
Ken Burns American Stories
Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power
The Kennedy Center Presents: The 2005 Mark Twain Prize celebrating Steve Martin
The Key of G
Kids World Sports
Kofi Annan: Center of the Storm
Kratts' Creatures
La Ciudad (The City)
L.A. Holiday Celebration
Lady Bird Johnson
Lance Loud! A Death in An American Family
Last Best Hope
Launching Young Readers
Lawrence of Arabia
Legacy
The Legacy
Legacy: Being Black in America
Legendary Lighthouses
Lewis and Clark
Liberty! The American Revolution
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
A Life Apart
Life Beyond Earth
The Life of Birds by David Attenborough
Life Part 2
Literacy Link
Literature and Life
Live From Lincoln Center
Livelyhood
The Living Edens
Living With Suicide
Local News
Lost Liners
Made in Spain
Make Way for Noddy
Manor House
Marie Antoinette
Mark Twain
The Mark Twain Prize
Martin Luther
Masterpiece
Matters of Race
Maya and Miguel
The Meaning of Food
MediaShift
Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
Memorial Day Concert
The Merrow Report
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
Mississippi River of Song
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Misunderstood Minds
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Personal Best
Most Honorable Son
MotorWeek
Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home
Moyers on America
Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet
My Journey Home
Mysteries of Deep Space
The Mysterious Human Heart
Mystery!
Mystery of Love, The
Napoleon
The National Memorial Day Concert
Nature
NBR
NeedCom
Nerds 2.0.1
NerdTV
The New Americans
The New Heroes
The New Medicine
The New Red Green Show
New York Goes to War
New York Online
News Flash Five
The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer
Nightly Business Report
1900 House
No Greater Calling
No Safe Place
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Not In Our Town
NOVA
NOVA scienceNOW
Novel Reflections on the American Dream
NOW
Old Settler
On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying
On Stage at the Kennedy Center
Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music and Life of Leroy Anderson
Online NewsHour
Only a Teacher
Open Outcry
Our Genes Our Choices
Out of the Past
Parent Tales
PBS Hollywood Presents
PBS KIDS Share a Story
PBS Previews
PBS Program Club
People Like Us
People's Century
The Perennial Gardener With Karen Strohbeen
Perfect Illusions
The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color
Pete Peterson: Assignment Hanoi
Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution
Philadelphia Diary
Plein Air: Painting the American Landscape
Postcards From Buster
P.O.V.
Power of Art
Precious Cargo
Precious Children
Presumed Guilty
Prince Among Slaves
Program Club (PBS)
Queen Victoria's Empire
The Question of God
Race: The Power of an Illusion
Raising Cain: Boys in Focus
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Re: Vietnam - Stories Since the War
Reading Rainbow
Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers
Ready to Learn
Real Simple
Red Files
Red Gold: The Epic Story of Blood
The Red Green Show
Red Tail Reborn
Rediscovering Dave Brubeck
Rediscovering George Washington
Regret to Inform
Religion and Ethics Newsweekly
Remaking American Medicine
Remembered Earth: New Mexico's High Desert
Reporting America at War
Retirement Revolution
The Return of the Cuyahoga
Ribbon of Sand
Right Here, Right Now
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
Roadtrip Nation
The Roman Empire in the First Century
Roots in the Sand
Rosalie Sorrels
Rough Science
Router Workshop
Rx for Survival
Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat
Savage Earth
Savage Planet
Savage Seas
School: The Story of American Public Education
Science Investigators
A Science Odyssey
Scientific American Frontiers (Alan Alda in)
Scout's Honor
Searching for Asian America
Second Opinion
Secret Files Of The Inquisition
Secret Life of the Brain
Secrets of the Dead
Secrets of the Ocean Realm
Secrets of the Pharaohs
Seeing in the Dark
Senior Year
Sesame Street
Seth Eastman: Painting the Dakota
Shall We Sing?
The Shape of Life
Share a Story
Shattering The Silences
The Silent Epidemic
Simon Schama's Power of Art
Sister Wendy's American Collection
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation
Skin Stories
Skinwalkers, An American Mystery! Special
Slavery and the Making of America
Small Ball: A Little League Story
Small Fortunes
Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts
Smitten
Soldiers Without Swords: The Black Press
Sound and Fury
Soundstage
Space Station
Speak Truth to Power
The Split Horn
Springboard: Exploring the Digital Age
Srebrenica: A Cry from the Grave
Stage on Screen
Standard Deviants TV
Stealing Home
Still Life With Animated Dogs
Store Wars
The Story of Jesse H. Jones
Strange Days on Planet Earth
Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness
Sun River Homestead
SUPER WHY!
Swastika to Jim Crow
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Take One Step
A Tale of Two Schools
A Taste of Louisiana
Tavis Smiley
Taxi Dreams
TeacherLine
Teletubbies
Ten Steps to College With The Greenes
Tesla: Master of Lightning
Test of Courage
Texas Ranch House
That Money Show
The Price of Freedom
The Supreme Court
The War
These Kids Mean Business
They Drew Fire
They Made America
A Thief of Time
Think Tank
The Thirty Second Candidate
This Far By Faith
This is a Game Ladies
This Old House
Thomas Eakins: Scenes from Modern Life
Thomas Hampson: I Hear America Singing
Thomas Jefferson
Thou Shalt Honor
Through Deaf Eyes
To Our Credit
To The Contrary
Trade Secrets
Transistorized!
Treasures of the World
Tree Safari: A Sculptural Journey
Triumph at Carville
Triumph of the Nerds
The Truth About Cancer
Tutu and Franklin: A Journey Towards Peace
Undetectable
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
The U.S. - Mexican War
Via Dolorosa
Victory Garden
The Video Game Revolution
Vietnam Passage
Voyage of the Odyssey
Walking the Bible
Walter Burley Griffin: In His Own Right
The War
The War That Made America
Warplane
Warrior Challenge
Warrior in Two Worlds
Warship
Washington Week
Way of the Warrior
WayBack
Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey
Weekend Explorer
Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly
Well-Founded Fear
The West
What's Up With the Weather?
When Parents Are Deployed
Who Cares: Chronic Illness in America
The Whole Child
Who's Dancin' Now?
Wide Angle
Wild Indonesia
Wild TV
Windsor Castle
WIRED SCIENCE
With Eyes Open
Wonders of the African World
The Woodwright's Shop
Woof!
WordGirl
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
WordWorld
World War II on PBS
The Writing Code
Y2K: The Winter of Our Disconnect?
Young Dr. Freud
Zoboomafoo
ZOOM
Zora's Roots

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[docj2005]

i was just wondering who is the big winer