Cost for installing a satellite ?

[darraghdog]

Hi Folks,
I bought a satellite some time ago at Lidl. It's a silvercrest 80cm dish. Can anyone give me a ballpark picture, how much I should expect to pay to have this installed. I have a new enough semi-d, and it need to be put up the back of the house in west Dublin.
Thanks,
Darragh.

 

[zag]

For your basic satellite, you would be better off going to the Koreans or maybe the Chinese. They are keen to develop their launch technology and so you can get a bargain for about $7.5 million all-in. Don't go with the Russians - poor technology. Americans are way over priced and behind schedule.

z

 

[zag]

Ah, you meant a satellite dish . . . I see. That changes everything.

z

 

[DrMoriarty]

Try www.satellite.ie (01-4526039)

(No connection. And no pun intended... )

 

[Froggie]

I bought the same system and set it up myself using information that I found at the following URL: www.inhousetechnologies.com/lidl_satellite_system.htm
You should give it a try yourself, but be warned, read all the info 3 or 4 times before starting if you are not tech minded.

 

[darraghdog]

7.5 million, eh ? not bad, and with the dollar being low

 

[Happy_Harry]

Darraghdog, I had my satellite dish installed half a year ago by a guy from the golden pages , he has a standard fee of 100 euro, it took him about 2 hours as it was hard to actually find a spot with decent recption. I'd say that would be the going rate. As far as I am concerned it was 100 Euro well spent

 

[pjq]

there is plenty of info on this topic at boards . ie , it's quiet easy to do yourself . Give it a try on the ground first , find a place where you can see the sun at 10:00am and also clearly see the TV . Set up the Tv , box and dish , switch on the box and get programme ARD or ZDF on the favourite list ... and slowly move the dish ( dish is standing upright ) . If you' are successful , you have the German channels on Astra 19 , BBC is just to the east of this position but a bit harder to lock onto . Step 2 involves a ladder and drill to put the dish on the house , it does not have to be high up.

PJQ

 

[Daisybell]

For anyone who is interested I spotted an ad in this month's Sky Mag whereby you can get 2 Sky packages, plus the dish for €99 for 6 months. It seems like a good offer, you don't need to sign up for 12 months + you have the dish installed for the free-to-air channels after that. I met a guy the other day who has the Skybox free-to-air and he said it cost €500 for the lot (including installation).