Someone help with free-to-air reciever!!!! HELP NEEDED

Hey everyone, ive had local tv for ages! 10 years. I need sattelite, but cant afford it! I want to unlock all dish network channels. I have a Directtv sattelite dish that said could be used fine. Here is the receiver i want.

http://www.tvtoyz.com/Fortec_Star_Lifetime_Ultra.htm

Will this combo work well??? Do I need to know what codes i need to unlock dish network channels. And is there a map of dish network towers? Or do i have to guess where to put the sattelite dish?
Also, is there any other programming i would need to do for dish network channels?Does the receiver run to my computer or tv??? Someone please help me here, i need detailed info on how to hook this stuff up.

 

Um, well if you want the cheap way to go, that is kewl. I suggest these instead...

http://www.globalwholesalers.biz/receivers.htm

pay attention to the Dream Box's. Those are the Cadillacs, a little pricey, but remember you get what you pay for.....

 

id go with a pansat 2700 of fleabay for around $150 shipped its easy to use easy to setup and the support is great.The 2700 replaced the 2500 that had a big problem with clone receivers pansat suppossed to have weeded out the clones.Check out future-fta.com for all the info and setup files you will need to get one going.Its super easy to do but if you need any help just let me know

 

I pretty much agree with what was posted in response. You can also check out this site, i belong to both but am partial to this one:

http://forums.al7bar.tk

and alot has happened to pansat. i no longer support them. i have real 2500a's. i just don't like what went down. but hey, it's my opinion....

Landrew35

 

How much should the whole setup cost? I've heard some say $300 but others have receivers alone that go up to 800!

It sounds like to get more I'd need a motorized dish and have it more than 30 inches.

Also is it true that much of it is going to be cut out if it goes to another layer of encryption...?

 

Well that nagra 2 one how much longer will that one last? I heard much of the bellvu uses it or was it dtv ?

 

In other words what I ment was if they realize how many people can see them on fta receivers how long will it be before another form of encyption (either higher version number or different format) comes out?

So if you have a key to unlock the encryption would it be working for months or years or ?

 

I guess that's true...

Reminds me at the way gas prices are going I might HAVE to go to fta to cut back on things...

 

oppinions are like a$$holes, everyone's got one...i don't blame anyone for the pansat situation. it is the name of the game here. i suggest to anyone who wants to keep up on the situation to buy a receiver that has open source code, like a DB. i am getting mines'!

 

@darthnip, I've been doing some research on the Pansat series. They say the 2700 replaces the 2500. Do you know anything about the 2700 that would suggest it may not be as good as the 2500. The 2500a was my first choice and there are some still available. Just looking for some input from our members. Is there another model you would pick as your upgrade?

Jerry

 

@darthnip, I bought the 2700 and its up and running over a week now. Got both 110 and 119 off an old 18 inch dish with the poor man's setup. 82% signal and 99% quality off both birds. I'm well satisfied with the 2700 so far. If I find a bigger dish cheap I may change that but so far everything works better than expected. Thanks for the reply.

Jerry

 

With the winter season starting I hope I have more time to do exactly that. I sometimes put 10/12 hr days in at the store I manage but it slows down in winter somewhat. Later.

Jerry

 

guys pardon my stupidity but are you guys getting free satellite channels without subscribing to those satellite networks? if you guys are getting free satellite could you pls point me to the right direction or can you tell me how to get free satellite? right now i have digital cable that is hook up on my living room i connected a splitter on the main line and ran a cable line to my bedroom but could not get any channels on my bedroom would you guys know what i can do or buy to be able to get cable channels on my bedroom without renting another reciever from komkast? pls help me and thank you.

 

Let me guess cable provider might be comcast? Usually if you ran a splitter you'd be able to get the basic cable..as that's what I do in one house....

Sometimes you might find a cable tuner in some vcr's or dvd players...I use a rca pvr that actually picks up basic as well (1-99 for channels unless scrambled)

Another thing to get channels other than a fta dish is a hdtv tuner. Basically there was a service called Voom that came out that is now defunct (services moved to dish) but the boxes still work for OTA (rabbit ears) on a standard tv it looks excellent (granted you have to know how to move the antenna see antennaweb.org) I think there's some from dishnetwork and direct tv that upgraded boxes so the older ones might have this on them (they'd be apt to maybe even give them away) I paid about 75 for a voom box and it's pretty good. You also get some more stations from pbs, pax and some weather ones.