Viewing other world channels, possible?

[TomJ]

Is there any way that I can view world television channels? Are there accessories available for this? My cable subscription is just limited to 60 channels and I would like to add and view other international channels.

[Harry]

There are some affordable FTA satellite receiver models. Hauppauge and Twinhan are brands to look for in PCI FTA (DVB-S) receivers. You can use your PCI cards to view channels in your computer or if your video card has a TV output, you could also hook it up to your TV. One of the advantages in using PCI FTA receiver is that you can turn your computer into digital video recorder. You’re able to record programs from channels with almost perfect resolution quality.

Next things you'll want is a small dish. At least 30" is recommended for the dish. The bigger the better, but 30" will do for most satellites. Galaxy 25 (formerly Telstar 5/Intelsat Americas 5) has the most free international/world TV channels on it and 30" is fine for it. A suitable dish would be an old Primestar dish. The only other things you'll need are an LNB and coax. Usually, the lower the noise figure on an LNB the better the reception. A 0.6dB or lower is generally good enough.