TBN is gone from C-Band analog, the Porn channels are gone from C-Band analog. That's the true sign that analog is dying on C-Band. Preachers and Pornstars have abandoned the platform. (Except for the preacher the Late Dr Gene Scott and his ex-pornstar wife).
There's just something neat about fine tuning in a C-Band dish by watching the screen go from snow to picture. The sparklies are all part of the experience. With the channels all switching to digital, just watching a signal meter go from 72% to 79% just doesn't feel as gratifying as watching the sparklies go away when I tug on the dish while watching an analog signal. It has all come down to signal strength meters instead of using the eyes to see when the picture is at it's strongest.
I can remember trying to get C-Band on a 3ft dish one time on the balcony at my apartment. Just seeing the hint of a snowy analog picture on the tv screen was so neat.
Oh well.. Times change and we move ahead..
There's just something neat about fine tuning in a C-Band dish by watching the screen go from snow to picture. The sparklies are all part of the experience. With the channels all switching to digital, just watching a signal meter go from 72% to 79% just doesn't feel as gratifying as watching the sparklies go away when I tug on the dish while watching an analog signal. It has all come down to signal strength meters instead of using the eyes to see when the picture is at it's strongest.
I can remember trying to get C-Band on a 3ft dish one time on the balcony at my apartment. Just seeing the hint of a snowy analog picture on the tv screen was so neat.
Oh well.. Times change and we move ahead..