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2. FTA receiver - Wikipedia

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   A Viewsat Xtreme FTA receiver. A free-to-air or FTA Receiver is a satellite television receiver designed to receive unencrypted broadcasts. Modern decoders are typically compliant with the MPEG-4/DVB-S2 standard and formerly the MPEG-2/DVB-S standard, while older FTA receivers relied on analog satellite transmissions which have declined rapidly in recent years.

3. Universal Satellites Automatic Location System - Wikipedia

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   Pointing to a known satellite position (for example 19.2ºE) is enough; this position will act as the central point, and the USALS system will then calculate visible satellites position within the offset. Receivers are aligned to the satellite most southern to their position in the northern hemisphere, or the northernmost in the southern ...

4. DiSEqC - Wikipedia

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   2-way DiSEqC switch 4-way DiSEqC switch with attached coaxial cables.. DiSEqC (/ ˈ d aɪ s ɛ k, d aɪ ˈ s ɛ k s i /; [citation needed] short for Digital Satellite Equipment Control) is a special communication protocol for use between a satellite receiver and a device such as a multi-dish switch or a small [1] dish antenna rotor.

5. Television receive-only - Wikipedia

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   The retail price for satellite receivers soon dropped, with some dishes costing as little as $2,000 by mid-1984. [4] Dishes pointing to one satellite were even cheaper. [8] Once a user paid for a dish, it was possible to receive even premium movie channels, raw feeds of news broadcasts or television stations from other areas.

6. Dish Network - Wikipedia

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   Both a standard receiver and a receiver with built-in digital video recorder (DVR) were available to subscribers. [83] The DISH Network ViP722 HD DVR replacement for the ViP622 received generally positive reviews. [84] It could record up to 350 hours of standard-definition (SD) broadcasts, or 55 hours of high-definition (HD).

7. Amateur television - Wikipedia

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   Analog big-dish satellite television receivers may be re-purposed for inexpensively receiving ATV in this band. Such receivers can decode FM television when an outdoor antenna is connected to the LNB input. Due to the low cost and ease of repurposing old analog satellite receivers, this is the most popular band for FM amateur TV.