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cheapest way to get a good hd freeview satellite setup

  • 16-01-2012 1:17pm
    #1
    manual_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭


    just need a bit of advice. have a telly in the attic room, would be no problem to stretch the arm out the velux window and plop the dish there on the roof. so thats not a problem. i'm just wondering about dishes and freeview boxes. the tellys 46" so hd would be nice. also i'm quite the sports fan, so a dish that could pick up foreign channels that broadcast football etc would be nice. any advice would be appreciated. just don't know where to look when it comes to these things :eek:
    Thanks!


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  • #2
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Have a gander here. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=69161667


  • #3
    Liameter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Liameter


    You can't receive Freeview via satellite. It's a Uk terrestrial platform requiring a TV aerial and Freeview receiver. The nearest you'll get is Freesat. Cheap means "second hand".


  • #4
    Ellis Dee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭Ellis Dee


    A fellow in Mountmellick put up a satellite dish for me and gave me a black box that lets me receive about 120 FTA channels (maybe 20 worth watching, including all the BBC and ITV ones; the rest are shopping channels, Bible-thumping and things like that). He charged me €180 for the lot. For an extra €150 I could get a second black box and over 100 Continental European channels.:)


  • #5
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Ellis Dee wrote: »
    A fellow in Mountmellick put up a satellite dish for me and gave me a black box that lets me receive about 120 FTA channels (maybe 20 worth watching, including all the BBC and ITV ones; the rest are shopping channels, Bible-thumping and things like that). He charged me €180 for the lot. For an extra €150 I could get a second black box and over 100 Continental European channels.:)

    For a lot less you could do that for European free tv.A cheap generic fta box would do and a second lnb for the appropriate satellite.Check the foreign satellite forum for more detail.

    Here's a homemade setup for English tv 28.2e and European tv 19e.Found this on digitalspy and tempted to try it just for curiousity.

    http://www.burningimage.net/dish/DSC01531.jpg


  • #6
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    manual_man wrote: »
    just need a bit of advice. have a telly in the attic room, would be no problem to stretch the arm out the velux window and plop the dish there on the roof.

    The dish will need a stable mounting & it needs to be aligned precisely, so 'plopping' it on the roof might be a bit less than satisfactory.


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  • #7
    manual_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    Peter Rhea wrote: »
    manual_man wrote: »
    just need a bit of advice. have a telly in the attic room, would be no problem to stretch the arm out the velux window and plop the dish there on the roof.

    The dish will need a stable mounting & it needs to be aligned precisely, so 'plopping' it on the roof might be a bit less than satisfactory.

    No i know that, alot of dishes come with mounting kits now what i mean is i won't need to be getting up on a ladder


  • #8
    norbert64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,192 ✭✭✭norbert64


    You can get a Dish + Quad LNB for €30 and a SD sky box for €10 over on adverts these days.

    Probably your cheapest option TBH. :p


  • #9
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    manual_man wrote: »
    what i mean is i won't need to be getting up on a ladder

    As long as the dish can 'see' the part of the sky where your wanted satellites are located, there's no advantage to increased mounting height. The main concern will be keeping it out of harm's way.

    In most of Ireland, for the most popular satellites, it will be looking up at an angle of at least 20 degrees, so obstructions (eg trees) have to be fairly close or high to cause problems.


  • #10
    manual_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    Peter Rhea wrote: »
    manual_man wrote: »
    what i mean is i won't need to be getting up on a ladder

    As long as the dish can 'see' the part of the sky where your wanted satellites are located, there's no advantage to increased mounting height. The main concern will be keeping it out of harm's way.

    In most of Ireland, for the most popular satellites, it will be looking up at an angle of at least 20 degrees, so obstructions (eg trees) have to be fairly close or high to cause problems.

    i know that part. can safely put it just outside the window on the roof pointing the right way - no obstructions thankfully - and then a 5m cable through to the telly which is fairly close by. thanks


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