[vdr] Re: Your screwed if you live in the US

[Stan Moon <second_exodous@yahoo.com>]

What kind of channels do you get in free to air
channels?  Music and PBS?  If there are any good
channels then I'll bite the bullet and get a PCI card
and 'try' it with Dish Networks service, If it doesn't
work I can always get the free channels, right?

--- Alessio Sangalli <alesan@manoweb.com> wrote:
> Stan Moon wrote:
> > I was reading info on
> > http://www.coolstf.com/mpeg/index.html#mpeg2na and
> > found out that I can't use a DVB PCI card to get
> > stations here, the boxes from various companies
> here
> > only work with their service, so I don't think I
> can
> > get anything on a PCI card even if I am using
> their
> > service.  
> 
> but what about free-to-air channels? Nasa tv for
> example, and I think 
> many others...
> 
> 
> > In Europe is it different?  No matter what
> receiver
> > you have you can get DVB signals?  I'm kinda
> confused,
> > is it just the receivers or is it the satellite
> also?
> 
> there are many encryption systems and sometimes
> proprietary boxes offer 
> additional (stupid) features, like games etc etc,
> but basically the tv 
> channels are avaiable with a standard receiver with
> the right CAM to 
> decrypt it.
> 
> try to gather informations about free channels for
> now, they shouldn't 
> have restrictions over a specific decoder box etc...
> 
> sorry I can't help a lot...
> 
> ciao
> as
> 
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