How to watch satellite TV without a subscription fee: the difference between paid and free

Television delivery principle

The provider programs the convector in such a way that the user can also access encoded programs, but to continue viewing, a fee must be paid.

In addition to the supply of television, the operator’s services include customer support and service. But this does not prevent the user from independently purchasing the necessary equipment and configuring it to a specific satellite.

They broadcast two types of programs:

• Coded. Paid content that requires payment to be viewed. It is unlocked using the CAM module in the receiver, into which the provider’s payment card is inserted.
• Open. These programs are not protected by blocking and are available for viewing from any equipment capable of receiving a signal from a satellite. You can watch them for free.

Difference between Pay and Free TV

If we compare independent TV connection and through a provider,

There are several advantages to the latter option:

1. Watch scrambled TV channels, which together with open source programs generally provide more content.
2. Customer service. All concerns regarding technical support and television performance are taken upon by the operator.
3. Ease of viewing. The user can independently select the desired tariff, which is supplied in packages of channels.

From this we can conclude that paid viewing is more comfortable and of higher quality.

But this does not prevent the user from independently connecting, activating and watching paid content for home TV, and free broadcasting can be used as satellite television in the country.

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Hi all! I bought a house in the private sector, but it is problematic to install good TV here only if it is satellite. As it turned out, it’s not a cheap pleasure - from 10 to 20 thousand rubles with installation, and you also have to pay a subscription fee every month for a package of channels. ROBBERY natural.

The Minister of Communications of the Russian Federation also said, not long ago, that analogue television will be turned off in the country during 2019.

What does it mean? Very soon, by government decree, regular television will be turned off! They will force us all to connect to providers and pay money to watch TV channels. You won’t be able to catch free TV with a regular antenna anymore)

This method has already become “folk”! There is simply NO easier way to connect satellite TV for free

I began to take an interest in my “colleagues in the shop.” The problem will soon affect everyone and people have already figured out a way to connect satellite television without a monthly fee. Everything is simpler than it seems!

The Germans have released a digital receiver “DIGMA E603” with a built-in decoder of digital pay channels. About 6 months ago it went on sale here in the Russian Federation.

This receiver has already become “people’s”! Like BBK DVD players before, which read any discs, including pirated ones - that’s why they were in such demand. This is everything a person needs who wants to watch satellite TV and not pay money for it.

The digital receiver is connected in just a couple of minutes: the cable is inserted into the TV and that’s it! Suitable for all types of TVs (old, LCD, plasma).

The receiver is configured to receive channels on its own; there is no need to turn it around and look for satellites or digital television broadcasting towers. It determines the best signal every 1 millisecond, and if one satellite goes away, it immediately re-tunes to another satellite or digital broadcast tower.

“Jumping” from one signal source to another is not noticeable at all, the image is always smooth and clear - better than even a tricolor.

The most important thing this receiver has is a built-in decoder of encrypted channels, which is why it turns out that you can watch TV channels for free. So no monthly fee! You don’t have to give your hard-earned rubles to TV people every month, you just watch the channels and that’s it!

So, no plates or accessories are needed! Think about it. The real cost of their equipment is 1,500 thousand rubles, and they “sell” for 10,000 rubles a receiver + a plate, which the “DIGMA E603” does not need at all! In addition, these “sharashkin companies” limit access to all channels, selling them for money in “packages”.

At the request of readers, I am posting a link to a site with “popular” receivers. I myself abandoned the idea of ​​​​connecting a satellite, I took a digital receiver for myself and all my relatives here on this site.

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What programs are available for viewing

Due to the vast territory and relatively flat terrain in Russia, signal reception from almost a dozen satellites is available. Through some of them television is supplied by operators.

Below is a table showing the active satellites and the number of main programs:

Amos and HotBird are characterized by such inconveniences as broadcasting with a deviation of 2-3 hours. Because of this, the user no longer receives a live broadcast.

This problem only affects a number of programs, including Russian-language TV channels.

How to connect

To get free satellite TV, you just need to buy equipment to receive the signal.

Depending on the format of the television organization, the set may be different:

• Plate. It is always present and is necessary to focus the radiation precisely on the head. When choosing, you need to focus on the size. In mountainous areas and highlands, a reflector with a diameter of 0.6 m will be sufficient. For those living in flat areas, a dish measuring 0.8 - 0.9 meters will be required. This is explained by the fact that the lower the area above sea level, the thicker the atmosphere and the area of ​​radiation dispersion increases.
• Convector. The satellite head is used as a receiving device and must be precisely aimed at one of the satellites, which are located far from each other. In view of this, to receive several signals, the same number of convectors will be required, each of which will be directed in a different direction.
• Receiver. If your TV has a DVB-S2 tuner, you don’t have to buy a set-top box for free viewing. Regular TVs with an RCA connector can also show channels from a satellite, but only in the usual form. In this case, it is possible to receive only ATV programs, and such TVs have few physical channels.

After purchase, you will need to install an antenna and connect equipment. It is better to entrust installation to a specialist.

You can make the connection and setup yourself:

• the cable from the installed antenna is connected to the receiver;
• the receiver is connected to the TV using an RCA or HDMI cable (the latter has a higher bandwidth);
• The TV turns on the physical channel corresponding to the connector to which the set-top box is connected.

The equipment is ready for use. For greater reliability, you should look at the level of the recorded signal (yellow bar), which should be above 55%.

Digital TV without a monthly fee? We've waited!

If you don’t care in what quality you watch TV, and if you want your old country TV to show more than 3 black and white channels, then digital television receivers (DVB-T) can be a reasonable and affordable solution to the problem.

Digital TV without a monthly fee? We've waited!

The topic of the transition of television to digital broadcasting is heard more and more often in news releases. However, for the vast majority of residents of our country, the feasibility of the program for the transition to digital remains unclear. Apparently, everyone will come to their senses when the analog signal is simply turned off. And this should happen by 2015.

However, such a “wait and see” position is quite understandable. Those who are wealthier and “in the know” have long ago acquired satellite dishes, cable TV or set-top boxes for receiving Internet television. And the rest have to put up with the quality of the analogue television signal, the reception of which in some localities in Russia leaves much to be desired. They might be happy to watch television digitally, but they don’t know how to organize it painlessly for the family budget.

Meanwhile, such a possibility exists. The announced government program is to launch the so-called “First Multiplex” - a package of eight free TV channels broadcasting in digital quality and covering the entire territory of the Russian Federation. These are TV channels: First, Russia-1, Russia-2, Sports, Russia-24, Culture, Channel 5, Carousel. Broadcasting is carried out in the DVB-T standard and in MPEG-2/MPEG-4 formats. In the future it is planned to increase the number of packages.

To receive digital TV, you can get a TV with a built-in DVB-T tuner. For those who are not yet ready to change their TV to receive several TV channels, there is an alternative solution - a digital television receiver. It must be said that until recently the list of manufacturers of such devices included only little-known brands. But just a few months ago, BBK Electronics, known primarily as a manufacturer of DVD players, announced its DVB-T receivers.

BBK digital television receivers, like all the company’s equipment, promise to be affordable. But the main thing is that the user does not have to pay any subscription fee for viewing Multiplex channels or install complex expensive equipment. It is enough to connect a regular television antenna to the receiver.

“Eight channels are not enough,” you will probably say. For megacities, where analog television sometimes allows you to watch more than 30 channels, the statement is true. But for summer residents or residents of remote regions of the country where there are difficulties in receiving an analogue television signal, it may be quite sufficient. In addition, BBK receivers allow you to switch broadcasts from digital to analog with one button, so that eight channels in digital can be supplemented by several more in the usual analog format. True, you will have to purchase a special wire for this.

DVB-T receiver BBK STB105.

BBK receivers also have some other user-friendly features. For example, you can record programs onto USB sticks, including using a timer: depending on the size of the flash drive, you can even save several hours of video. Moreover, if you need to take a break from watching the broadcast (you never know what things can crop up unexpectedly), you can press pause, and then - albeit with the caveat that you will return within an hour - playback will continue from where it stopped. This feature is called TimeShift, or delayed viewing mode.

But no matter how many additional functions one or another manufacturer of DVB-T receivers offers, the biggest advantage of digital television is good picture quality. If you don’t care in what quality you watch TV, and if you want your old country TV to show more than 3 black and white channels, then digital television receivers (DVB-T) can be a reasonable and affordable solution to the problem.