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If you can get one cheap enough or free for taking it down might be worth it, but there is little or no "free" in the clear programming any more. I'm on the tail end of big dish ownership since 1987. At the peak there were 3.5 million big dish owner-subscribers. Last count I heard we are well under 100,000. Some networks like ESPN refuse to allow their programming to be distributed via 4DTV the current encryption system because they cannot selectively black out sports events as they want. Some other networks just don't want to bother with the big dish market because of the low numbers these days. The Videocipher that has been in use since 1986 sees its demise this month as Motorola will no longer maintain the old VCII system. If you do get one be sure to get a DSR922 receiver it is the best and latest design of the 4DTV receivers.
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