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Free to Air Satellite Receivers

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== Legitimate Free to Air ==== Scrambled Broadcasts and FTA Testing ==A "tester" is a term to describe someone using an after market firmware on their FTA receiver.  FTA receivers made by the major companies are not equipped to de-scramble Dish Network or DirecTV.  Installing a 3rd party firmware on your FTA receiver will void your warranty and could render the FTA receiver inoperative to the point where you cannot recover the original configuration.  Such a receiver is then said to be "bricked" as in it has been made less useful or it will not operate at all and thus is like a brick, rather than a satellite receiver.There is a vast variety of true FTA in-the-clear programming available, enough to justify the investment into an FTA receiver.  For scrambled programming it is recommended that you simply pay for a subscription based service such as that provided by Dish Network or DirectTV.  If you (a) watch a lot of television, (b) appreciate quality high definition programming, (c) wish to have as little downtime as possible, and (d) are not highly technical then you should consider subscribing to [http://www.dishnetwork.com Dish Network].  Overall, Dish Network has better programming rates and more HDTV programming than cable TV providers and DirecTV.For the
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