Re: FTA with MyHD-120

I believe it means that cable using 8VSB will work. Too bad most
(all?) cable systems use QAM.

"Mini Moebius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> No, Just two coax inputs, svideo input, stereo RCA inputs, monitor
> input, SPDIF output, and monitor output.  However, the product webpage
> says "Free-to Air = Yes". Not sure what that means.  Im not sure if it
> needs a DVB board as well or if it can handle the signal so long as
> the dish is aimed properly (through some external mechanism).
>
> "Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > does it have 13/18 volt output for LNB? how ya gona move the dish?
> > "Karyudo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > On 10 Nov 2003 09:57:36 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mini Moebius)
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >> > Is it as simple as getting a rotor and
> > > >> > a dish and connecting the cable from the dish to the MyHD-120?
> >
> > > >Why, not? It says it does FTA.
> > >
> > > I think it does OTA, but not FTA.
> > >
> > > In North America (and Korea, too, I think -- at least thus far) OTA is
> > > terrestrial ATSC, which the MyHD can handle. FTA (which implies it's
> > > from satellite) is generally DVB, which I don't think the MyHD likes.