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<blockquote data-quote="Satspot" data-source="post: 1123197" data-attributes="member: 417005"><p>The real game changer with the hobby for me occurred with the switch from analogue to digital. The challenge to improve on a grainy low signal picture all but disappeared once digital arrived. Of course the narrow tight focus beams killed off any chance of tuning those hard to get out of footprint broadcasts previously gotten with a larger dish. </p><p></p><p>I’ve never gotten into the “C Band” world so I’d never experienced those channels that were broadcast on that band. Now with a simple FTA m3u playlist I’m receiving 7000+ channels of very high quality on a home made Android box including C Band broadcasts. </p><p></p><p>The whole P&P (piracy and mature content) world made some real nasty individuals very wealthy. Personally I’d never any interest in lining their pockets. It got so crazy back in the wafer card days they were actually charging their customers £5 per week for key changes. Of course along came the wafer card with an onboard key pad and the proliferation of the internet and the software emulator killed that business off and all for the best. </p><p></p><p>Other than the “pros” here who rely on the industry for a living satellite tv reception as a hobby has become very niche. Most of the satellite forums have become repetitive and contributions seem to be from the same small group of individuals across all forums. That’s one sure way of turning off any potential new contributors. Of course you then have the mods who ban anyone with an alternative viewpoint. Thankfully this forum is not one of them.</p><p></p><p>It may well be that in time this hobby will go the way of the dinosaurs but in the meantime there’s still enough out there to whet the hobbies appetite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Satspot, post: 1123197, member: 417005"] The real game changer with the hobby for me occurred with the switch from analogue to digital. The challenge to improve on a grainy low signal picture all but disappeared once digital arrived. Of course the narrow tight focus beams killed off any chance of tuning those hard to get out of footprint broadcasts previously gotten with a larger dish. I’ve never gotten into the “C Band” world so I’d never experienced those channels that were broadcast on that band. Now with a simple FTA m3u playlist I’m receiving 7000+ channels of very high quality on a home made Android box including C Band broadcasts. The whole P&P (piracy and mature content) world made some real nasty individuals very wealthy. Personally I’d never any interest in lining their pockets. It got so crazy back in the wafer card days they were actually charging their customers £5 per week for key changes. Of course along came the wafer card with an onboard key pad and the proliferation of the internet and the software emulator killed that business off and all for the best. Other than the “pros” here who rely on the industry for a living satellite tv reception as a hobby has become very niche. Most of the satellite forums have become repetitive and contributions seem to be from the same small group of individuals across all forums. That’s one sure way of turning off any potential new contributors. Of course you then have the mods who ban anyone with an alternative viewpoint. Thankfully this forum is not one of them. It may well be that in time this hobby will go the way of the dinosaurs but in the meantime there’s still enough out there to whet the hobbies appetite. [/QUOTE]
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