Looking to get an install of Freesat / Saorview

I posted in the Phillips thread on 29/10/2009 as shown below and I got a lot of stick for paying 448 EURO for the FREEVIEW installation. I was happy to pay this at the time especially as everything was up and running so quickly. Had a problem with the Goodman set up box but no further problems since its free replacement. The picture quality is awsome compared with what I had before with UPC.

Phillips 37PFL9604H & Freesat.ie - Great Experience -Posted 29/11/2010
On Friday morning my Phillips 37PFL9604H LCD TV arrived (as promised by Nicola of the Phillips Shop Dame Street) following a phone call from the van driver to my mobile confirming my location.

I had just got my TV unpacked and in position at noon when the man from FREESAT.IE arrived.He installed on the side of my house an Aerial for the 4 Irish Stations & a Dish for the FREE to Air Satellite stations.I went with the HD option and the satellite installation cost 448 EURO. We turned on the TV and the set up was simple and completed in minutes.

The Phillips 37PFL9604H was purchased with my Boards discount and the picture quality & sound are awesome.After suffering for years with poor picture quality from NTL/UPC I am sorry I did not change over sooner.
The LCD TV & Satellite system was sourced having reviewed the relevant threads & information on Boards.
Isn’t this what Boards is all about !!!

fozz10 wrote: »

if an average man cant put up a sat and aerial and run the wires.and use a sat finder even with all the information and instructions available then ya need to ask questions of your self!http://www.tvtrade.ie/combo-digital-satellite-tv-kit.html this is the price and this is all it should cost. directions are on the site its not rocket science

After a while though you get a bit old for this type of lark, I'm in my "ahem" 40's and been doing DIY all my life, recently though I had to repair the aerial on the roof. To be honest by the time I'd got to the roof line and started clambering about I thought "sod this" I was nervous of the hight and considering what the family would do if I came sliding off the roof!

Leave it to the pro's who do this every day for a living and save yourself the grief! €180 might seem a lot, but consider the callout fee, time spent doing the work etc... and all the ancillary costs (as already detailed), it's not really that bad, probably a cheaper hourly rate than a mechanic.

BTW: never did manage to fix the aerial but the local TV shop man came out and fixed it for €60

Have you got this installed yet?
Wat county are you in?

oh rite no prob was just asking as i install all of the above, not to worry,