Viewsat

Viewsat FTA Receiver

FTA or Free to Air T.V. signals are those which are broadcasted in un-encrypted form over air and FTA receivers such as Viewsat acquire such transmissions and send them to your television so that you can watch channels without the need to pay any kind of subscription fee.

Viewsat FTA which come with two year manufacturer warranty provides you two USB ports on the back and front of unit. Out of the two, one is allocated to do upgrades and other port for features related to hard drive. The other good thing about Viewsat satellite receivers is that you can use dual tuners. One of the tuners can run satellite signals and second off the air signals such as ATSC.

Few of the exciting features of Viewsat FTA satellite receivers that are worth looking at are:

  1. Decoding of satellite (QPSK) & terrestrial (ATSC) transmissions
  2. Support for MPEG 2 & MPEG 4
  3. Display support ( SDTV / HDTV )
  4. Close caption ( teletext )
  5. Video in; Ypbpr, S-Video, Composite & HDMI
  6. SPDIF & AC3 audio
  7. Adjustment of aspect ratio
  8. Output format of 576i, 576p, 720p and 1080i
  9. OSD or Simple Onscreen Display
  10. Rating control and parental guide
  11. PIP support
  12. Audio passing ( AC3 )
  13. Improved channel listings with C-Band
  14. Picture quality of 480i
  15. USB host support
  16. Blind scanning ( firmware )
  17. Support for LNB polarities & C/Ku Bands
  18. Connection to T.V. set through modulated coax (RF), S-video and composite outputs
  19. Simple universal remote
  20. Delivers about three days EPG

Viewsat FTA receiver boxes are the best selling ones with super fast processing capabilities, great picture quality, PVR and multiple USB ports. You can also install any hard drive ( IDE ) from front side access panel.

This FTA satellite receiver with its excellent user friendly features is definitely the one worth your money.