Am looking to possibly set up an FTA dish and had some questions and wanted to verify that some of my assumptions are correct. Mainly I am looking to receive some German language programming and English versions of new programs originating in other countries. Looks like there might be other things that look of interest.
1) I currently have DTV (which I'm keeping), I'm assuming there is no way to use my current box for FTA programming.
2) I'd like to get a motorized dish as it looks like the programming I want would be on multiple satellites
3) It seems to be possible to use my PC as a box, is this recommended over a DVR? I'm assuming I would need to get some kind of PCI card for my computer, any recommendations and would this be able to move the dish?
4) Any software recommendations if I go the PC route (Windows based, currently running XP Home, but could do Vista if that makes a difference.) Software would need some kind of scheduler on it, basically to emulate all the main functions of a DVR, pull down this video on this channel on this dish at this time sort of thing.
I'm pretty new to this and if I can get this setup at a fairly low cost (which is why I am wondering PC versus DVR, is there really a cost savings here), I'd probably want to jump into it.
Thanks in advance, reading this forum has been very helpful.
1) I currently have DTV (which I'm keeping), I'm assuming there is no way to use my current box for FTA programming.
2) I'd like to get a motorized dish as it looks like the programming I want would be on multiple satellites
3) It seems to be possible to use my PC as a box, is this recommended over a DVR? I'm assuming I would need to get some kind of PCI card for my computer, any recommendations and would this be able to move the dish?
4) Any software recommendations if I go the PC route (Windows based, currently running XP Home, but could do Vista if that makes a difference.) Software would need some kind of scheduler on it, basically to emulate all the main functions of a DVR, pull down this video on this channel on this dish at this time sort of thing.
I'm pretty new to this and if I can get this setup at a fairly low cost (which is why I am wondering PC versus DVR, is there really a cost savings here), I'd probably want to jump into it.
Thanks in advance, reading this forum has been very helpful.