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<blockquote data-quote="HB13DISH" data-source="post: 479620" data-attributes="member: 262829">Hello argo and welcome to the forum.I personally would'nt buy an FTA receiver for SD or HD.Sooner or later you will regret it and then you will end up buying ANOTHER receiver to open encrypted channels and then put the FTA STB in one of the shelves as a dust collector, unless you have other dishes and use it to watch FTA channels there.FTA HD STB from Pace costs ~ 100 pounds.Latest Dreambox 8000S model for HD ~ 500 pounds, but there are cheaper makes.You really have to think things over, check your budget and then decide what is your best option.Spend as much time on this as you spent while choosing your HD TV, and even more.The problem with encrypted channels is that there are several encryption methods (Viaccess, Nagravision, Conax, Irdeto, NDS, etc.) and you would need an STB that would open all the encryptions when you buy an official smartcard.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HB13DISH, post: 479620, member: 262829"] Hello argo and welcome to the forum. I personally would'nt buy an FTA receiver for SD or HD. Sooner or later you will regret it and then you will end up buying ANOTHER receiver to open encrypted channels and then put the FTA STB in one of the shelves as a dust collector, unless you have other dishes and use it to watch FTA channels there. FTA HD STB from Pace costs ~ 100 pounds. Latest Dreambox 8000S model for HD ~ 500 pounds, but there are cheaper makes. You really have to think things over, check your budget and then decide what is your best option. Spend as much time on this as you spent while choosing your HD TV, and even more. The problem with encrypted channels is that there are several encryption methods (Viaccess, Nagravision, Conax, Irdeto, NDS, etc.) and you would need an STB that would open all the encryptions when you buy an official smartcard. [/QUOTE]

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