Posted by Willy on 11/25/06 08:21

"cwdjrxyz" <spamtrap2@cwdjr.info> schreef in bericht
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>
> Willy wrote:
> > Has anyone here experienced with 'Satellite TV for PC' please?
> >
> > Is it really worthy?
>
> There are not many hits for this product on Google yet, which is
> unusual. Most of the hits are about places that want to sell this
> software. However I found no detailed description of just what is being
> offered. There are many, many thousands of video signals that are sent
> around the world via various combinations of satellite, fiber optics
> land, etc links. Most of these would be of absolutely no interest to
> most people. The more desirable satellite and cable feeds are highly
> encrypted and require one of several decoders to decode, and this is
> turned on after you pay. In many countries it is illegal to make or
> distribute pirate equipment or programs to overcome the encryption, and
> usually the distributors of the programs change their encryption enough
> to shut down pirate units once they become aware of them.
>
> My advice is that this program seems to be nearly too good to be true,
> so I would wait until you can find out more details from a Google
> search, such as:
> Just which specific video programs are received. Does the software work
> well. Is the seller of the software reliable. Have there been any
> complaints to the Better Business Bureau or like organizations. Are
> video program providers likely to lock it out soon, if the software
> really works. Would you have to buy anything else for the program to
> work.
>
> On both C and Ku band satellites, there are many free feeds in a
> variety of formats, and each format requires a special receiver for it.
> In the US, most of the big cable channels such as HBO, Showtime, etc
> are encrypted with a Motorola digital method. Since I have C and Ku
> band receivers and a 10 ft dish that is programmed to automatically
> rotate to receive the many satellites, I can see many of the free ones,
> but most of these are only of special interest - say training in
> selling a certain make of car. I have to subscribe and pay for HBO,
> Showtime, etc to get them turned on. The little dish services usually
> do not offer the free services available with the big dish, but they
> cost much less to install. However I pay much less for HBO, Showtime,
> etc. on the large dish than you pay on cable or the small dishes, which
> for the most part just convert the feeds I get and uplink them to the
> small dish satellites.
>
Thanks for your advice, cwdjrxyz.
Your explanation seems very readsonnable to me
Have a good day!

Willy

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