what Satellite Receiver Box is good to get in 2024

[BillyBob812]

Hello and thank you in advance.

I have been out of the loop for over 15yrs, my last receiver was a Pansat2500a (I still have it) , which was in working order when I stopped due to moving where I could not put up my dish, and now that I am able to put it up at my new house I wanted to get back into tinkering into this hobby again, so I am not sure what type of receiver I should get? I believe I have a 39" dish with motor. I know a lot of things have changed and not sure what the receiver requirements are now. I would like to be able to load Bins to it (i think that's what is was called back in the day LOL).
I know that I am a little bit rusty and live in north America So I know which sats are for North America.

I am not looking to spend tons of money but I want a good quality and easy to use, more than one option would be good to pick from.

Thank you again for your help.

[auggie]

That would depend on what Sats. you want to hit etc. As far as FTA (FREE-TO-Air) there are No new FTA receivers (IKS)
Being made anymore, More & More are Moving to IPTV (Internet Streaming services/boxes etc.)
you can find used FTA Boxes (dreamlink T5 or Sonicview 8000HD) for 91/82 Sats. using IKS.
I suggest you do some reading in the IKS forums & receiver forums of the 2 I listed as well as others
To bring you up to speed on what's happening "NOW" etc.

[runamok]

Your going to need internet for iks or iptv. So starting up again scrape the dish and go iptv

[BillyBob812]

So what you guys are saying is FTA is dead?

I have messed around with IPTV on my Nvidia shield.

I see some receivers on ebay but not sure what ones are good or what to look for in them.

and as far as to which sats I would like to hit would be all that I can here in the united states. :)

[auggie]

As far as Dish & Direct in USA, it is Dead with FTA, You might try OTA (over the air) in your location if close to
A broad-casting station/tower etc. and since you have messed with IPTV it maybe more advisable to stick/explore
it further. I suggest again that you read up on the different receivers & IKS Forums for info on what's going on.

[dishuser]

So what you guys are saying is FTA is dead?

I have messed around with IPTV on my Nvidia shield.

I see some receivers on ebay but not sure what ones are good or what to look for in them.

and as far as to which sats I would like to hit would be all that I can here in the united states. :)

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