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Aldi portable satellite kit €90 - Thur 22nd May

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  • #32
    SkepticOne
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    I have an earlier version of this kit with the same size dish. I bought it for experimenting with a few years back and I have no regrets. While it is not a substitute for a professionally installed dish and sophisticated receiver it may be suitable for certain purposes as mentioned earlier. I can see why professional installers would not be enamoured by them but I would have no hesitation in buying one if I was in a situation where the conventional large size dish was not feasible.

    What people need to remember though is that there's a lot more to getting this kit to work than most appliances. Despite its small size many people will have trouble aiming it at the appropriate satellite. It is also likely that settings for some of the UK terrestrial FTA channels won't be set up. People may not be inclined to learn about polarisation, transponders and so forth.


  • #33
    masterwriter
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    Would it work any way inside,- without mounting on a wall,-for experimenting/hobby? I do not know anything about sats


  • #34
    SkepticOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,718 ✭✭✭SkepticOne


    masterwriter wrote: »
    Would it work any way inside,- without mounting on a wall,-for experimenting/hobby? I do not know anything about sats
    A wall will block the signal. For experimenting it does not need to be a permanent wall mounting though.


  • #35
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,811 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    Installed one of thes for a friend last year and haven't heard any complaints back. Had to be a bit more presice aim it but otherwise no problems. Cable run was short so maybe that helps.


  • #36
    freesat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 30 ✭freesat


    I have installed many of the Lidl systems But I have always requested that the customer take one of my dishes & brackets, not for the sale but as a professional we have to be able to guarantee our work in rain, sleet or snow.

    The brackets in these systems are simply not strong enough.


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  • #37
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,461 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Smaller dishes need less precise aim and bigger ones need more precise aim. Compare spectacles and binoculars :)


  • #38
    Hero Of College
    Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭Hero Of College


    TheDriver wrote: »
    to be honest, if u own a premises, spend bit more on a decent dish and bracket and u won't be annoyed when the wind starts playnig havoc with your small dish. Also get a freesat box when they become more freely available, much better with an epg and also most people have hd lcds so spending a bit of cash will give you a lot more.

    Tip: Small dishes have a smaller surface are and are harder to shift. Its why sails are big and not small.;)


  • #39
    Hero Of College
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    watty wrote: »
    Smaller dishes need less precise aim and bigger ones need more precise aim. Compare spectacles and binoculars :)

    Exactly. Given that every bit of the ellipse must be within the satellites "beam" then surely it makes more sense to say that a smaller dish is easier to align. Of course, in heavy rain you might lose signal but I remember having a 60+ dish that was too near a hedge and when it rained or when the hedge grew in the Summer we lost picture all the time.


  • #40
    Hero Of College
    Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭Hero Of College


    Tony wrote: »
    If 35cm dishes worked properly i'd be selling and installing them, cheaper and easier to fit. Sky would be selling them too for the same reason, fact is they use 45cm in the Uk and 60cm here.

    Spoke to a man at the weekend who says that the 60cm dish is often abused by the people who transport them to the effect that by the time they come to be installed they are of less effective use than a properly looked-after smaller dish.:eek:


  • #41
    Tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    And what man might that be so we can judge the voracity of his
    comments?

    Hero Of College wrote: »
    Spoke to a man at the weekend who says that the 60cm dish is often abused by the people who transport them to the effect that by the time they come to be installed they are of less effective use than a properly looked-after smaller dish.:eek:

    Owner: satellite.ie https://satellite.ie/



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  • #42
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,746 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    I got Sky fairly reliably on a 39cm dish - on a nice warm sunny cloudless day. The 57cm dishes are absolutely essential for Irish rain margin. The Aldi units are intended for getting Astra 1 on the continent, where they'll be fine.

    I actually lost BBC2 one day in summer 06 - on a 105cm dish! Thats how bad rain can get.

    I don't know why they still sell the camping systems here and not the proper ones - I've a family friend set up still using the last 59cm Lidl Comag pressed aluminium dish kit they sold, LNB has been replaced for a Smart Titanium twin (the original has since been dropped but was also in use somewhere else...) and the receiver for a Topfield PVR (and the original is chugging away fine somewhere else). But now Lidl sell the dishpan lids and unreliable 12V receivers.


  • #43
    Hero Of College
    Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭Hero Of College


    Tony wrote: »
    And what man might that be so we can judge the voracity of his
    comments?

    I think you mean VERACITY....and what happened to the link you had to the website selling gear for wicked prices???:eek::pac::pac:

    The man in question was a local satellite installer.


  • #44
    St Senan
    Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 3,585 Mod ✭✭✭✭St Senan


    Hero Of College wrote: »
    I think you mean VERACITY....and what happened to the link you had to the website selling gear for wicked prices???:eek::pac::pac:

    The man in question was a local satellite installer.

    What link are you talking about the only link Tony uses is the link for his own business www.satellite.ie


  • #45
    Tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    Hero Of College wrote: »
    The man in question was a local satellite installer.

    Whose name is?
    Hero Of College wrote: »
    I think you mean VERACITY

    Then you think incorrectly :2. Voracityvoracity - extreme gluttony
    rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, edacity, esurience
    gluttony - habitual eating to excess

    Whereas Veracity 1. Adherence to the truth; truthfulness.

    Is something you have failed to aspire to. Cue post by IT Loser

    Owner: satellite.ie https://satellite.ie/



  • #46
    Tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    MYOB wrote: »

    I don't know why they still sell the camping systems here and not the proper ones -

    It's a real shame as the systems they sold previously were great value and introduced a lot of people to satellite tv.

    Owner: satellite.ie https://satellite.ie/



  • #47
    Hero Of College
    Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭Hero Of College


    Tony wrote: »
    Whose name is?



    Then you think incorrectly :2. Voracityvoracity - extreme gluttony
    rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, edacity, esurience
    gluttony - habitual eating to excess

    Whereas Veracity 1. Adherence to the truth; truthfulness.

    Is something you have failed to aspire to. Cue post by IT Loser

    You want to gauge the rapacious gluttony of the comments of my installer??? what the f*ck.....are you talking about?? Did you want to know if he was telling the truth {Veracity, as I said} or how much appetite {Voracity} his comments had?? Beat it sonny....

    His name is....Slim Shady.....or was it Tony Felony. Either way he was a hell of a lot cheaper than some I could mention.

    Adee-ose.


  • #48
    Hero Of College
    Closed Accounts Posts: 930 ✭✭✭Hero Of College


    scaller wrote: »
    What link are you talking about the only link Tony uses is the link for his own business www.satellite.ie

    Thats the one. What happened to it???


  • #49
    St Senan
    Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 3,585 Mod ✭✭✭✭St Senan


    Nothing as far as i know happened to Tony's website. But seriously Hero I think you are getting a bit carried away with some of your comments in your post's. Your original post here was about your father getting Sky installed and would the installer fit a quad LNB for you. From reading your other post's it seems you tackled the dish install yourself with out success.Did you not ask the sky installer to fit the quad lnb for you when he installed your fathers dish??.
    Any installer who Knows his Job would tell you that a 60cm dish is a lot Better than a 35-45cm dish/frying pan for picking up signals from Astra 2 /Eurobird.


  • #50
    wil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,188 ✭✭✭wil


    I left this thread alone for a while and look what happened.
    With mention of hairy scandinavian bridge dwellers, gluttonous antiheros and various allegations of abuse it's all gone to pot, I mean wok.
    Did it slide in to AfterHours for the weekend? Maybe I got my links mixed up.
    <clicks on AH>
    There we go, back to the skies:)


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