In case however you are one of those adventurous souls who have the ability to discern between the truly trashy and the absolutely fabulous then you need to read this. We are going to talk about Coolsat, the truly cool alternative to the various cable networks and other TV channel systems that have you paying through your nose and yet make you feel that you are being shortchanged.

Coolsat has been going strong ever since its launch in 2004. It is a free to air satellite receiver alternative that gives you the ability to make the entire world your playing field when it comes to choosing your TV channel. Coolsat has the ability to pick up more than twelve hundred stations across fifty two different satellites from all over the world.

With a Coolsat free to air satellite receiver you would have the entire world at your fingertips. Just think all you have to do is install one Coolsat free to air satellite receiver and you can then enjoy the benefits of all the local and foreign channels including pay per view channels, lifetime movie channels, adult channels ( free porn in plain English) sports and much more than you can ever imagine.

The best part is that all these channels have been lifted from your favorite networks or satellites such as dishnet, TiVo and other satellites across the world.

It is not without reason that you will come across Coolsat being advertised as one of the top names in free to air satellite receivers and oftentimes it is advertised as the best free to air satellite receiver on the market.

The Coolsat Platinum 5000 is a cutting edge free to air satellite receiver that has several features that include a 256-color resolution on-screen display, an extended EPG and also program reservation through EPG.

It also features a multi-satellite search, and also a multi-picture display. It is also fully compliant with DVB. The Coolsat Platinum 5000 is capable of supporting at least ten Languages. In addition to English it also supports Spanish, Portuguese, French and Italian. Also diverse languages such as German, Turkish, Arabic, Paris and Russian are also featured.

In addition the Coolsat also boasts of features such as games that are enhanced by full stereo sound. Overall the sound quality is the best that you can find which Dolby Digital Bitstream is basically supported by the Coolsat and also has S-VHS video output as well.

The Coolsat also has an installation lock in addition to a parental lock and receiver lock and comes with a beautifully crafted remote control. The Coolsat's universal remote control has smart user functions that include a zoom feature and pausing capabilities.

You can also decide to have a preinstalled smart card reader in addition to preinstalled channels.

The best part is that it's all free. So what are you waiting for? Need I say more?