Well for those of you that don’t know, FTA stands for Free to Air. Think of it as the old school black boxes for cable. Well the only problem with most FTA receivers is the fact that they are dependent on software upgrades. It’s not the hugest deal for most (seeing as release come fairly often) but some people that have the older set tops, like me :\ , have to usually wait the longest for releases. Satellites have always been plagued with problems when it comes to getting your broadcasts for free. Especially when direcTV used the cards for their recievers, that was a hot commidity to get at the time, but then you had to subscribe to website to get the programs, you had to buy a special card reader etc etc. Well at least it isnt as bad as the people who got suckerd into buying DIVX dvd players. That had to be one of the worst things to be released, even though apple is doing it too nowadays (apple tv). The DIVX service was essentially like going to blockbuster, hollywood video etc. and getting a movie, seems like a simple enough thing right? well if only the movie you bought were always watchable.It would consist of getting a movie, and only being able to watch it for a short amount of time( more information can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIVX_%28Digital_Video_Express%29 but yes it was a ripoff, you had to constantly repay to watch the movies you purchased. Either way, only the HD FTA box is working in the living room, and hopefully it stays on seeing as stanley cup finals start this weekend, I’m not really a fan of either team, but i have a hatred for the Penguins, so i hope they lose. This upcoming Season the Sabres better do better and not have 10 game losing streaks and tons of injuries, and on top of all that they can’t go off and trade their good players ( here’s looking at you soupy 
) Also, i entered a contest to win myself a free copy of Lost Odyssey, so i hope i win that.
