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<blockquote data-quote="ralphmagno" data-source="post: 679817" data-attributes="member: 189146">hello,FTA&nbsp; refers to free to air receivers any transmission that is free you can receive if the signal reaches you strong enough.if a free to air signal reaches europe with a 60 cm dish it may take a 4 m dish to receive the same signal in south africa.HD refers to high deff. transmission. high deff uses 720 lines or more to bring a better picture.most high deff uses mpeg -4 or h224 and most hi deff can receive both standard and high deff.freesat thats another topic there has been some confusion on this topic.some channels on the satellite may be encrypted ,require a card but till not require a monthly payment.tv 5 uk or channel 5 is a free sat channel. it needs a decoder,a card but no monthly subscription fee.bbc 1 bbc 2 and itv channels are free to air and require any receiver but you need a big enough dish to receive this signal.the tuners are all the receivers are the same.they will tune the 2nd in frequency of 950 mhz to 2150 mhz.hope this helps a littleralph</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ralphmagno, post: 679817, member: 189146"] hello, FTA refers to free to air receivers any transmission that is free you can receive if the signal reaches you strong enough. if a free to air signal reaches europe with a 60 cm dish it may take a 4 m dish to receive the same signal in south africa. HD refers to high deff. transmission. high deff uses 720 lines or more to bring a better picture. most high deff uses mpeg -4 or h224 and most hi deff can receive both standard and high deff. freesat thats another topic there has been some confusion on this topic. some channels on the satellite may be encrypted ,require a card but till not require a monthly payment. tv 5 uk or channel 5 is a free sat channel. it needs a decoder,a card but no monthly subscription fee. bbc 1 bbc 2 and itv channels are free to air and require any receiver but you need a big enough dish to receive this signal. the tuners are all the receivers are the same. they will tune the 2nd in frequency of 950 mhz to 2150 mhz. hope this helps a little ralph [/QUOTE]

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