[mythtvnz] Satellite dish suppliers?

[Steven Ellis]

On Thu, April 21, 2011 1:17 pm, criggie at criggie.dyndns.org wrote:
> Andrew Ruthven wrote, On 04/21/2011 12:46 PM:
>> I'm now at the stage in my house build where I need to get about a
>> satellite dish.  I have a tame ex-aerial installer lined up to give me a
>> hand to mount a dish, but I need one first.
>>
>> Any recommendations for a decent dish and supplier?
>>
>> Doesn't have to be too big, but bigger than a typical Sky dish would be
>> good.  Ideally I'd be able to throw a couple of LNBs on it.
>>
>> I'm also in the market for a LNB...
>>
>> The other thing I need to consider is throwing up a UHF aerial.  I have
>> no direct line of sight to any transmitters, there are hills between me
>> and any nearby ones.
>
> Best deals I found for sat dishes was on trademe.
> Get a satellite meter too - they're cheap and you can't do it without.
> Also be aware some DVB-S cards only power the LNB when recording or
> active.  That had me puzzled for a while.

Commercially I'd recommend freeviewshop.co.nz as Lars always provides
excellent advice and customer service.

If you can go large (approx 1m) you can get BBC World off Intelsat 5 even
though it is C-Band. I need to try and get my Toroidal adjusted so I can
pick it up.

Also consider DVB-S2 cards as you might get some more OZ services.

Steve
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