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Television receive-only

Television receive-only (TVRO) is a term used chiefly in North America and South America to refer to the reception of satellite television from FSS-type satellites, generally on C-band analog; free-to-air and unconnected to a commercial DBS provider. TVRO was the main means of consumer satellite reception in the United States and Canada until the…

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"Big ugly dish"

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TVRO on ships

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Television receive-only

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PrimeStarinstance ofTVRO was the main means of consumer satellite reception in the United States and Canada until the mid-1990s with the proliferation of encryption and the arrival of direct-broadc…0.80text
USSBinstance ofTVRO was the main means of consumer satellite reception in the United States and Canada until the mid-1990s with the proliferation of encryption and the arrival of direct-broadc…0.80text
Bell Satellite TVinstance ofTVRO was the main means of consumer satellite reception in the United States and Canada until the mid-1990s with the proliferation of encryption and the arrival of direct-broadc…0.80text
DirecTVinstance ofTVRO was the main means of consumer satellite reception in the United States and Canada until the mid-1990s with the proliferation of encryption and the arrival of direct-broadc…0.80text
Dish Networkinstance ofTVRO was the main means of consumer satellite reception in the United States and Canada until the mid-1990s with the proliferation of encryption and the arrival of direct-broadc…0.80text
Sky TV that transmit Ku signalsinstance ofTVRO was the main means of consumer satellite reception in the United States and Canada until the mid-1990s with the proliferation of encryption and the arrival of direct-broadc…0.80text
PrimeStar had been reducing the popularity for TVRO systems since the early 1990sinstance ofDBS services0.80text
Dish Networkinstance ofwhich can be an advantage when used with DBS signals0.80text
DirecTVinstance ofwhich can be an advantage when used with DBS signals0.80text
virtually eliminating rain fadeinstance ofwhich can be an advantage when used with DBS signals0.80text

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