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Mini Satelite Dish (portable)

  • 08-08-2011 9:02pm
    #1
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,397 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey all. Im looking to get a portable satelite dish but having a hard time finding where I can buy one in Ireland. Best I can get is buying off ebay, but for convenience sake id rather a bricks and mortar shop (though if the price is way more expensive id go ebay).

    Cheers! :)

    FYI, had a look a few of the sites mentioned in the sticky but cant find mini dishes.


Comments

  • #2
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    The mini-dishes don't really work.


  • #3
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,397 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    In what way? By mini I mean a 45-50 cm dish. TBH, its not the dish size thats really important to me, its the lack of having to mount it that im after (tripod).


  • #4
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    You can get a tripod mount for a regular dish. Also heavier "patio mounts".

    60 to 65cm is a minimum size of dish in Ireland. 45 to 50cm is OK only for S.E. England.


  • #5
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,397 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    Right, so where can I find one of these heavier patio mounts? I'll try suss out a dish in lidl or aldi next time they're in, or get a mini sky dish.


  • #6
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,049 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    I 'play' with a mini-dish which I clamp to my window cill ... Silvercrest ..... and am happily surprised by the reception I get from it.


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  • #7
    John mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭John mac


    http://www.satworld.ie/
    or http://www.satellitetv.ie/shop/index.php?controller=product&path=19&product_id=59

    these both have patio mounts.


  • #8
    El Inho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,655 ✭✭✭El Inho


    can i hijack here with a quick question? the aul pair are thinking of doing away with sky and getting the freeview channels in...now i have the free view in my own room, so is it possible to run the other tvs in the house off my sat?

    they were quoted 350 to do the house...which seems mental when my one is from lidl for like 80 quid.


  • #9
    Apogee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,855 ✭✭✭Apogee


    For clarity - Freeview = UK terrestrial channels. Freesat = UK sat channels.

    Yes, your existing Sky dish is perfectly fine. You can run multiple boxes off the one dish, if you have a quad (or octo) LNBF. If the Sky installation is reasonably new, then there's a good chance the existing LNBF is a quad (rather than single) output.


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