Change of Address: 20 Resources for Home Satellite Dish Enthusiasts

20 Resources for Home Satellite Dish Enthusiasts

Many people have thought about moving away from their cable TV provider over to the World of satellite TV. Sometimes they are really aggravated by their local cable company or branch and other times they just want something different. Whatever the reason, once they jump into using a satellite dish for TV it can become a real passion. However, there are many other uses for satellite technologies in your home. You can enjoy satellite radio and you may also want to give satellite internet a try. Why? Well, why not? If you are reading this article, I’ll assume you are interested and looking for more great resources and/or a way to get started. So without further ado, here is my list of 20 resources for home satellite dish enthusiasts. If you have other sites, don’t be shy… reply to this post with recommendations for other great sites!

Satellite TV Blogs

FTA List – Easily my favorite satellite TV blog and extremely practical at the same time as it provides a complete listing of FTA satellite shows along with tons of useful information on how to get started with free-to-air satellite equipment.
ABA DSS – Another great site for FTA that boasts of over 450,000 members in their forums. I highly recommend that you check this forum out or find another as you venture into FTA. Getting information from other FTA enthusiasts can save you a ridiculous amount of time and money.
Satellite TV Guru – This is pretty much an intro to satellite TV blog with some good comparisons of DIRECTV and Dish (although not a lot of FTA satellite data). If you are just wanting to see the latest from the commercial satellite companies then this is a good site to visit.
FTA Top List – This is a listing of a bunch of great FTA (free-to-air) satellite resources. In addition to the list you can find facts about FTA, what it is, and more from this site.
Top 100 DSS – This is another listing of top satellite TV sites, some overlap from the FTA Top List, but still a good site with a slightly better design than the FTA Top List so you might give this a try if you don’t see exactly what you are looking for on FTA Top List.

Satellite Radio Blogs

Satellite Radio Center – Here is a good site to get some basic information on satellite radio including some of the large commercial satellite radio companies. It’s not super fresh but still a credible source of information.
Orbicast – This is really an amazing site for all things satellite radio they have been covering the industry since 2004 and really do a great job of keeping their readers informed. This is a must visit satellite radio site!
Satellite Radio on Blogspot – Sort of a bare bones blog design (blogspot and all), but it has some interesting articles about people getting over-billed for XM satellite radio and other good and quick reads.
Top Satellite Radio – Boy this site currently has a super annoying pop-up ad when you enter but once you get past that, you get a good channel guide and resource for satellite radio.
XM Fan – Okay, had to sneak this one in being an absolute die-hard XM satellite fan. Anyway, still a big fan of forums for satellite technologies just because you can get so many questions answered (usually just by searching previous posts).

Satellite Internet Blogs

DSL Reports – Okay, this seems like the wrong technology, but they have a great satellite internet section on their forum for WildBlue, HughesNet, and other satellite companies. Get the real scoop from other users!
Sat Sig – Okay, we are getting a bit more technical with this great satellite internet resource. It has a list of satellites and some solid facts about what you need to do when you are prepping to fire up a satellite internet service.
Internet Satellite Blogspot – I am a fan of blogspot so I search it fairly often when looking for information on subjects of interest to me. I found this site a while ago and am now following it too as the posts are really unique like “Reliable Satellite Internet Services for Soldiers”. Good stuff!
Vstatus Blogspot – Here is another blogspot blog that attempts to give the straight scoop on satellite internet to help current and prospective users (especially those in rural areas). It’s a solid read.

Satellite Phone Blogs

Satellite Phone Forum – There are more satellite phone providers than you think. This forum does a good job of covering the major ones and again giving you a feel for people’s experiences with each of them.
Sat Phone Buzz – Here’s a nice blog that has some well written articles about satellite phone technologies. Interesting articles like… “How to Use Twitter from Your Satellite Phone.”
Satellite Phone News Now – Definitely the most current and complete site of aggregated information related to satellite phones. In this satellite category, this is the must-read site.

General Satellite Blogs

Satellite Dish – Satellite Dish.org is a site dedicated to listing all of the satellites currently in orbit, which companies put them there, and what the intended use is of each of the satellites. It’s really interesting for the hard-core satellite enthusiast.
Satellite Guys – Satellite Guys have a really interesting forum that I would recommend you join if you are interested in satellite technology and want some places to go to in order to ask questions and get timely answers. The forums have over 150,000 members, pretty amazing!
Satellite Insight – What I love about this site is that it really does exactly what the domain name says, provides insight into all kinds of satellite companies and technologies.