What Do You Think The Future Of FTA Will Be?

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Thanks Titanium, but I can’t. I don’t feel it’s worth the risk. I’ll continue looking, and I’ll probably find a better dish ground mounted.

Just curious, how old are you? I'm 63 and I don't feel at all comfortable on a roof any more, especially having inner ear and vertigo problems. I don't bounce as good as I used to either. :confused:
 
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Just curious, how old are you? I'm 63 and I don't feel at all comfortable on a roof any more, especially having inner ear and vertigo problems. I don't bounce as good as I used to either. :confused:

46 Just found about REAL FTA in June. I haven’t ever climbed a high roof before.
 
Now that's what I was talking about the other day. A nice 3D effect with the two pictures side-by-side like that. Should have made the distance between the two shots just a bit more though.

I don’t see any difference between them.
 
I’m gonna have to get the KTI 10 footer from my “DIY C-Band Dish” thread. I really really didn’t want/have room for a 10 footer but all the 8 footer’s are on high poles in my area. So, I’ll have to get a 10 footer.
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46 Just found about REAL FTA in June. I haven’t ever climbed a high roof before.

Climbing isn't for everyone. I know people who get rattled in a step ladder. I've never been afraid of heights, but being unstable on my feet, I don't push my luck. I have a 10 foot step ladder I use to clean out my gutters, but that's about as high as I go. The KTI 10 foot in the picture looks like a nice dish. It will get a better signal than the 7 1/2 footer. I think you'll be OK with it when you get it up and working.
 
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I’m gonna have to get the KTI 10 footer from my “DIY C-Band Dish” thread. I really really didn’t want/have room for a 10 footer but all the 8 footer’s are on high poles in my area. So, I’ll have to get a 10 footer...

Sounds like you do have room for a 10 footer. ;)

You will be much happier with a good 10 footer anyway.
 
I think satellite companies like Dish & DirecTV and cable providers are seeing the writing on the wall. As more people get high speed internet, the more people will turn to streaming services. I think they're headed for the same doomsday scenario I saw with BUD's years ago. Just a matter of time before everything will be streaming.

Ok so I'll throw in an idea. So for the most part, Dish & Direct don't really cater to the ideals of middle rural America. Plus they're damn near $200 a month now a days for everything. At least $100 and if you're in a contract that "discount price" usually double half way through. People are sick of paying that kinda money for stuff they don't really want. Many of you are predicting a shift toward internet video but rural internet access is still meh and probably will be for a while. Im predicting that a shift to OTA or FTA for that reason. There is a ton more stuff I would like to watch on FTA (DIY, Retro, Outdoors, etc) than cable unless the internet can get its rural act together quickly. Either that or the cable /pizza dish providers are going to have to go Ala carte with channels being $1/$2 each. If Steve Jobs was still alive I think we would already have Ala carte programming at such a price.
 
Ok so I'll throw in an idea. So for the most part, Dish & Direct don't really cater to the ideals of middle rural America. Plus they're damn near $200 a month now a days for everything. At least $100 and if you're in a contract that "discount price" usually double half way through. People are sick of paying that kinda money for stuff they don't really want. Many of you are predicting a shift toward internet video but rural internet access is still meh and probably will be for a while. Im predicting that a shift to OTA or FTA for that reason. There is a ton more stuff I would like to watch on FTA (DIY, Retro, Outdoors, etc) than cable unless the internet can get its rural act together quickly. Either that or the cable /pizza dish providers are going to have to go Ala carte with channels being $1/$2 each. If Steve Jobs was still alive I think we would already have Ala carte programming at such a price.

At one time, Dish had an Easy-Pick package where you could pick 10 channels you liked. At first, most of the good channels were available for this package, and then they discovered a lot of subscribers were ditching the top 100 package because everything they wanted could be in the E-P package. They were losing money big time, so they did away with this package, as you might imagine.

It's crazy what they charge for TV. That's when I went over to FTA and have been there ever since. I went FTA for 1 channel, and if we lost every other channel but that one, I will still be doing FTA. All the other channels I get are a bonus. I can do without TV. It's my wife that goes bonkers. I am perfectly content working my garden and working around the house. I will never pay for TV again, unless you include what I've spent on equipment for FTA.
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Ok so I'll throw in an idea. So for the most part, Dish & Direct don't really cater to the ideals of middle rural America. Plus they're damn near $200 a month now a days for everything. At least $100 and if you're in a contract that "discount price" usually double half way through. People are sick of paying that kinda money for stuff they don't really want. Many of you are predicting a shift toward internet video but rural internet access is still meh and probably will be for a while. Im predicting that a shift to OTA or FTA for that reason. There is a ton more stuff I would like to watch on FTA (DIY, Retro, Outdoors, etc) than cable unless the internet can get its rural act together quickly. Either that or the cable /pizza dish providers are going to have to go Ala carte with channels being $1/$2 each. If Steve Jobs was still alive I think we would already have Ala carte programming at such a price.

Well, there’s a bunch of exaggerations and misinformation.

Content providers block a la carte. And Jobs couldn’t have done a darn thing about that.

And sad to say, FTA does not have a bright future. Another thread is commenting on the shift to fiber distribution over satellites.

And I am concerned that ATSC 3.0 may be a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Ten years from now, we may be paying for OTA to function, with or without an Internet connection (it’s in the spec).
 
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Thier will be a need for satellites over fiber satellites go where the internet can't go. Natural disater happens damages fiber cables but satellites still working. I like going outside and fixing my dish.

At 5 dishes and counting, I hope there are no natural disasters devastating enough to destroy my setup. I've having a heck of a time right now locating enough wire mesh dishes to complete my 8 dish setup. I enjoy working on and installing these things, but I enjoy watching them even more. :) I've given up on getting high speed internet out here by conventional methods, so this week, I'm going down to the local Sprint store to get a Hot Spot setup and see how that works. I have 15 days to try it out.

My X father inlaw has the same setup and he's getting nearly 3mbps upload, 18mbps download speed. Hopefully it won't cause problems with my FTA system. If it does, I may have to go back to a one receiver hookup and switch all my LNBF's to Titanium's with the WI max filters. :( Hope that doesn't happen. (Wonders if we are any closer to seeing dual output Titanium's with the Wi-Max filters? ;)) Hint-Hint.
 
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