Lidl 80cm sat dish?

gomamochi1

Hi folks can ye recommend this sat dish from Lidl today- http://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/xchg/SID-F4B83880-28340B01/lidl_ri_ie/hs.xsl/index_26645.htm

I have a humax reciever, sat finder and cabling but all I need is the dish. Would this be the same quality as the ones in satworld/ satellite.ie etc? Hope to self install in Dublin?
Cheers

snaps

For the price as a complete kit its not bad. The receiver isnt bad, should do what you want. The Dish its self isnt great quality compared to the dishes the online Irish shops you mentioned are selling. But saying that the dish is ok. The only weak point of the system is the wall mount. If they are the old mounts theyve always sold with their kits they are very weak for the Irish weather. The mounts have had a tendency to break (Welds). If you have another way of mounting the dish (On a T & K bracket perhaps you have for an aerial) might be a better idea, or if the dish is mounted low down, away from the threat of bad weather, then it may be fine.

So to sum up, good value system, but Dish mount not the best and dish itself not top notch quality, but good enough.

Remember, you get what you pay!

jjf1974

They are very poor quality ,they bend in the wind go rusty and the wall bracket breaks of.sence you only need a dish you would be better of buying one of the sites you mentioned.

BowWow

snaps wrote: »

For the price as a complete kit its not bad. The receiver isnt bad, should do what you want. The Dish its self isnt great quality compared to the dishes the online Irish shops you mentioned are selling. But saying that the dish is ok. The only weak point of the system is the wall mount. If they are the old mounts theyve always sold with their kits they are very weak for the Irish weather. The mounts have had a tendency to break (Welds). If you have another way of mounting the dish (On a T & K bracket perhaps you have for an aerial) might be a better idea, or if the dish is mounted low down, away from the threat of bad weather, then it may be fine.
So to sum up, good value system, but Dish mount not the best and dish itself not top notch quality, but good enough.
Remember, you get what you pay!

Agree with all above - I have a Lidl dish up about 8 years now, live beside the sea and its held up well, so cant complain.

zg3409

I would recommend a non Lidl solid dish. The ones with the holes don't last half as long a solid dishes. Try to get a triax or other branded one.

Cantona's Collars

Another slew of dishes pointing towards the ground by Christmas to go along with the counless others installed by people after picking these up in Lidl before.

If you do buy one,make sure the bolts & fittings are tight & if possible sheltered from the weather,but as said before keep the receiver & get a decent dish or just hook it up to an existing one.I've seen houses with Sky dishes with quads that have unused connections & these monstrosities of dishes stuck up beside them instead of simply using the existing equipment.

jjf1974

You dont need a 80 cm dish like the one in lidl, a 60 cm is fine for fre to air channels and wont cat
ch as much wind.

Puggy

The 80 cm dish is fine. I've had one that I put up myself in 2007, the wall bracket showed signs of rust after 3 years and I replaced it for €20. I sold the receiver for €20 this summer. I have a Sky HD + and a Technisat HDFS Freesat box and another Lidl HD Box connected to it. It never rusted or moved and was mounted in an exposed position on my roof. I think the dish everyone is referring to is the 60 cm and 40 cm versions, which are not up to much.

I recently decided to move the lot and mount it on the back garden wall, as I'm getting older and found myself getting less inclined to get up on the roof to inspect it, which I did on an annual basis. I took the opportunity to buy a new dish, bracket, disec switches etc from a brick's and mortar Irish shop. The new dish and bracket are substantially stronger, and did not cost much more than the Lidl one.

As Iv'e said, I had the Lidl one for 5 years, it was my introduction to Satellite, I even had a motor for the dish at one stage. Its fine for the price, if thats what you can afford.

KM88

zg3409 wrote: »

The ones with the holes don't last half as long a solid dishes.

Perforated dish (with holes) up on chimney for 10 years. No rust yet, reception perfect.

Maybe a solid one would last twice as long or maybe it would have bent in the wind before now. They all do the job and replacing dishes is likely to be the least of your costs.

BuzzG

Triax dish or similar is the only way to go built to last from my personal experience.

watty

KM88 wrote: »

Perforated dish (with holes) up on chimney for 10 years. No rust yet, reception perfect.

There were different makers of the Sky perforated dish. One make was properly anti rust treated and painted. Many are not.

A Perforated dish has a GREATER wind load than a solid one. If a dish bends in the wind either it's a rubbish dish or the sort of wind that knocks down trees and damages roofs.

KM88

watty wrote: »

A Perforated dish has a GREATER wind load than a solid one.

Interesting.
Please explain the science.

FREETV

watty wrote: »

There were different makers of the Sky perforated dish. One make was properly anti rust treated and painted. Many are not.

A Perforated dish has a GREATER wind load than a solid one. If a dish bends in the wind either it's a rubbish dish or the sort of wind that knocks down trees and damages roofs.

I got a big so called solid dish delivered today and it looked strong online but the dish itself is rubbish quality, while the other parts of it are very sturdy, bizarre I thought. It is better obviously to see a dish in a shop than to buy one online when one can't inspect it. Far too light, like a tin box almost. I have a 90CM Andrews galvanised dish which is at least twice the strength of it.

Peter Rhea

FREETV wrote: »

I got a big so called solid dish delivered today and it looked strong online but the dish itself is rubbish quality, while the other parts of it are very sturdy.

Make & model? Link? Pictures?

Maybe ask here before you buy?

FREETV

Peter Rhea wrote: »

Make & model? Link? Pictures?

Maybe ask here before you buy?

The 125 CM Smart Electronics Germany dishes which they no longer manufacture, the box for parts says Raven, the dish is probably weaker than my Lidl 80CM dish, I will assemble it tomorrow. It was all I could afford at the moment as the cost of shipping to here from abroad is far too much and I think that a Triax 110cm is a little too small for the job. I have an Andrews 90CM Valuestar and it is very strong in comparison.

KM88

Quote:
Originally Posted by watty
A Perforated dish has a GREATER wind load than a solid one.

KM88 wrote: »

Interesting.
Please explain the science.

Any progress on this yet Watty?