Friday FTA Fun Poll 9/26

[Mr Tony]

Someone asked if I was gonna do one this week. Well better late than never

FFFP for this week....seen other posts about comments strangers/family give when they see your FTA setup. So here's the question.

What do visitors/family say about your FTA setup the first time they see it when they come to your house?

(multiple choice..if you pick more than one explain please)

They don't say anything
They may ask a question or two and then that's it
They give you the 3rd degree or play 20 questions
They ask how can they get one
They ask if you're stealing TV/getting all the channels
They give some wise crack like "you talking to aliens with that?"
Other

 

[empiretc]

3,5,6 & 7 or c,e,f, &g

EDIT: i put them in now

 

[Mr Tony]

multiple...

most relatives just ask why I have 3 dishes on the deck and what I can get. That's about it

twice I've had wise cracks...my uncle (upon hearing I had 5 dishes ) asked "what can you get...Asian porn or something"...second one I had the big dish out of the garage and the neighbor asked was I speaking to martians?

Last one was a couple weeks ago. We were doing some work at the townhouse complex and someone said to my neighbor "who's the guy with all the dishes on the house?" and I said "me". He asked what I got and the neighbor guy said "oh you get all the channels right?" (even though he knows what I can and cannot get). I said "no I dont steal thank you. I get unique channels and lots of news and sports feeds"..later on me & the new guy talked about it.

 

[Radioguy41]

I answered "Other" -- They just shake their head and walk away.

To elaborate, my living room AV center has on it:

32" SONY HDTV
4DTV
SONY Home Theater w/speakers
Laserdisc Player
VHS
Beta
Samsung HDTV STB Tuner
Visionsat IV200
Zenith DTT900 DTV Converter Box
Polaroid DVR
Voom
AV Switcher
2 diseqc switches
2 splitters
1 OTA signal booster
1 OTA distribution booster

All interconnected so I can record from anything to anything.

Kinda crowded.

Now the bedroom has............

 

[gabshere]

maybe a question or two but usually nothing

i really don't think they know or understand

 

[USDownlink]

I got a 'military radar' line once, upon sight of the T-90, which made me laugh. Most don't ask - presumably since if they know me, they also know my inclination to attempt to explain everything in intricate detail. Or perhaps, most aren't able to figure the remote controls, let alone figuring out what the large unusual dishes are doing, so any explanation would be useless.

 

[rv1pop]

With 6 dishes up and 5 C band dishes waiting to go up I sometimes get almost any kind of question.
One missionary wanted to know if I was going to put up as many dishes as his apartment in Singapore - 250 or more. I told him no, and showed him the picture on the dish hunter 2007 thread. He said that was his former apartment building. I had to tell him, no!
Several have asked how much the monthly bill is from the "cable company". And some D* and E* are surprised at how much Christian TV I get free. They only get 2 or 3 channels for ~$100 /month.

And the one that gives me the most joy is "You get all those channels for free? So, which dish gives you the electricity to power your place?" For that one I have to point out my 3 solar panels.

 

[Larry1]

I get the "is that legal", or "why do you need so many dishes"?

 

[iafirebuff]

No one asks or notices...I try to tell them about it but they don't care

 

[Tron]

I get hack-related questions from most people who bring up the subject of my dishes. I then go through the obligatory lecture about what true FTA is, then almost always get a confused look...

 

[cracklincrotch]

When they ask what the dishes are for, I just ask them "Remember those great big dishes that some people out in the country had 20 years ago?" They all say "Yeah?" And I tell them "This is the same thing, but I happen to be using smaller dishes."

My neighbour commented a few days ago about how I spend so much time and money on free TV. I asked him if he thought I was nuts. "No, now I KNOW you're nuts"

 

[voomvoom]

I voted for "They dont say anything"
Actually they don't bring it up or ask me questions
But, they will/do tell other people about all my dishes and then tell them something stupidly incorrect as if they had some kind of a clue (which they don't?)
But, nobody askes me anything..!!!




I have no idea what might be said behind my back.....???

 

[ACRadio]

People think I'm communicating with little green men on Mars....