Coolsat 6000 - Still any good?

[mbarnes]

I haven't been here in years. I was planning to do some FTA stuff, but never got to it. I got a new Coolsat 6000 receiver. Are these things still of any use? Or has technology passed me by? I don't know whether to keep it and try in my new location (moving soon) or put it in the yard sale or ecycle.

Thanks for any advice.

Michael

 

[Titanium]

There are still many DVBS MPEG channels that the 6000 could receive. There are a couple hundred SD channels using DVBS format on G19 KU @97w. Mostly international and religious channels.

Most channels of interest on other satellites have migrated to HD and use DVB S2 MPEG4 format and new UHD channels have launched recently using DVB S2 HEVC 10 bit.