Satellite dish installation kit

RHJ

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swoofer

if you do it yourself you will need, dish, lnb, brackets, cable, receiver, time and effort. If you join sky it will all be done for you but you will have a 12 month contract BUT you only pay monthly ie small outlay and end of 12 months you own all the kit. So for 30 euro you are up and running. To see what it would cost you to DIY go to tvtrade ie and price the items.

winston_1

Kits have been available in the past from the likes of B & Q. Maplin, Lidl etc. You need to look around. The sky route won't cost €30, that's just the first month, it will cost €360, and a lot of hassle to cancel after 11 months with a months notice.

swoofer

but he will have a box that costs 300 euro, a new dish,say 60 euro, fitting free say 100 euro, cable usually 2 lengths, quad lnb 30 euro, all in say 600 euro, and 12 month guarantee, then 12 months of sky plus and may even get movies for free for 6 months.

cancelling is easy peasy just ring in good time, you could then even sell the box second hand for 100 euro. all for 30 euro outlay ie painless.

nb go to tvtrade ie and they do a kit for 155 euro and I have just realised when you cancel the sky box after 12 months its not a lot of good anymore, it used to be easy to get uk fta chanels but not anymore.

if you are handy look on ebay and see the cost.

Sam Russell

But the Sky box is useless if you do not have a sub. All you end up with is a dish and a decent installation, and a hole in your wallet.

cml387

Sam Russell wrote: »

But the Sky box is useless if you do not have a sub. All you end up with is a dish and a decent installation, and a hole in your wallet.

Wrong, all the BBC,ITV Channel4 will still be available via the dish

obezyana

RHJ wrote: »

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As others have said have a look here http://www.tvtrade.ie/satellite-dishes.html

If you do end up ordering make sure you know how much cable you need and that you have enough as it would be a PITA if you start it and find out you dont have enough cable. I say this as most installation kits wont have enough cable.

winston_1

cml387 wrote: »

Wrong, all the BBC,ITV Channel4 will still be available via the dish

No CH 4 in Ireland without the hassle of going into other channels on a sky box.

Whether it will be a decent install is debatable having read some threads about problems after windy days.

obezyana

winston_1 wrote: »

No CH 4 in Ireland without the hassle of going into other channels on a sky box.

Whether it will be a decent install is debatable having read some threads about problems after windy days.

Your wrong on that one as it can be got via a UK card that are widely available.

mickdw

Pick up a new dish with lnb and an old sky box on adverts or ebay or wherever.
Get a role of cable or just enough to do the job and a few f connectors and you are good to go.
Total maybe 70 quid. Diy install or pay someone after that.

winston_1

obezyana wrote: »

Your wrong on that one as it can be got via a UK card that are widely available.

More money on top of the €360.

winston_1

mickdw wrote: »

Pick up a new dish with lnb and an old sky box on adverts or ebay or wherever.
Get a role of cable or just enough to do the job and a few f connectors and you are good to go.
Total maybe 70 quid. Diy install or pay someone after that.

Wouldn't bother with an old sky box. Go for a Freesat or free to air box, or even a combi if you want the Irish channels.

mickdw

winston_1 wrote: »

Wouldn't bother with an old sky box. Go for a Freesat or free to air box, or even a combi if you want the Irish channels.

No doubt a combi would be useful.
I was just showing how cheap you could set up a sat system.

obezyana

winston_1 wrote: »

More money on top of the €360.

Nobody ever needs to spend 360e on setting themselves up.

RHJ

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mickdw

Well if you have a box, 30 or 40 quid will have you up and running.
You can use the signal meter on the sky box to align the dish.