Joe_robbie#1
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To all the Fin Fans across the country who want to watch the Dolphins every Sunday, Would getting a Free to Air Receiver be a way of getting the Miami local CBS or FOX stations?
Free to Air Receivers to get Miami Affilate Stations?
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I'm not familiar with free to air receivers, but there's a service that allows you to stream it (legally) from standard to HD format. The website is Aereo.com. I know a member here who used it last year and he was happy with it. Hope that helps.
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Unfortunately Aereo lost their court battle and had to shut down several months ago.
I have a free to sir receiver that I used several years ago before Dish went to their new encryption scheme. It was possible to get CBS affiliates from other cities. I live in Ohio and could get several other states around me. I couldn't
get the Miami affiliate for some reason, there was a channel for it but it was greyest out I could get the Buffalo affiliate and did watch a Dolphin game against the Bills. But I couldn't catch every game. I just hooked the free to air up to my Dish/Directv small dish and re-pointed. My dad had his hooked to one of those old style giant dish antennas and he could get more channels. I still have the free to air receiver if you would like to experiment with it. I'm not using it anymore
get the Miami affiliate for some reason, there was a channel for it but it was greyest out I could get the Buffalo affiliate and did watch a Dolphin game against the Bills. But I couldn't catch every game. I just hooked the free to air up to my Dish/Directv small dish and re-pointed. My dad had his hooked to one of those old style giant dish antennas and he could get more channels. I still have the free to air receiver if you would like to experiment with it. I'm not using it anymore
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I didn't even realize there was a device on the market to get unencrypted signals these days. I remember back in the day my uncle had one of those huge old-school dishes and he got channels and raw feeds from all over the world. It was awesome.
I'm not sure what you can get these days. I know you can pickup a bunch of Middle eastern channels without encryption. Before Dish went to Nagra 3 encryption it was easy to pickup with free to air receivers with some slight tweaks. The receiver I have doesn't allow for automated encryption updates from the internet which is what you need if you want to pirate Dish now.
I'm pretty sure you need the large dish (old style) to pick up the network feeds directly. Not sure if they are encrypting these days.
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I was curious, so I looked around and found this: http://www.skyvision.com/store/advancedhobbyist.html Not sure what is actually available to view and what isn't, but it looks like all of these TV stations have signals floating around out there (although I didn't see any Miami stations). I have Directv so watching games isn't a problem for me, but it would still be cool to pick up all the raw feeds and channels from around the globe.
Joe_robbie#1
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There are all kinds of sites out there related to Free to Air Receivers, i have some electronic "gurus" looking into it. You would think if you could get the signal that it would work. Local Tv stations signals are free to access via an antenna. What is difference is you use a satellite to access a signal out of state? I'll post back any info I find
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Due to spot beaming.... You can't get out of state locals.
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If true, that's pretty cool. I wouldn't mind giving that a try.
Yup, easy as updating it via USB Thumbdrive
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Zildjianz.... It was Dish not Direct TV..... As far as I know Direct TV's encryption scheme hasn't been compromised. Unless you know something I don't.