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<blockquote data-quote="christian_cov" data-source="post: 487529" data-attributes="member: 279792"><p>B&Q 80 pounds, kid you not, was gobsmacked, truly.</p><p></p><p>Otherwise Maplins, the B&Q one, well, one said 100 pounds odd, come to end of the isle and found them on offer I think, kit, serious, think it is 60cm dish, mesh and box.</p><p></p><p>Mine, not that impressed, try moving channels and crashes, otherwise fine for searching and deleting, is 40 pounds, from maplins, fortec beta and minidish for about 30 pounds, all you need.</p><p>However I'm gonna recommend you go for bigger this time, surprised, despite all my smaller can surprised you comments, well only because 5 pounds cheaper, in Maplins around 30 pounds for the 65cm fortect dish, not bad, but thin steel nonsense.</p><p></p><p>Shop around, be so surprised these days what you might get, pick up, okay.</p><p></p><p>And no doubt, if willing to set it up so you can adjust it, like me, might get the sport channel, Italian, on Hotbird 13.0 East, more sirect south, to the right of the normal dish set up for sky channels, okay, fairly all easy to find once you get the hang of it.</p><p>11054 H 27500 5/6</p><p></p><p>Have fun, don't give up, I first started was gonna cry my eyes out, rang someone up, wo't find them, need a finder, thingy, arghhhhhh, not paying 30 pounds for digital one of them, oh no, won't an analogue one least do, hmm, give it another go, bang, after that, pretty easy then.</p><p></p><p>I still say and maintain digital signals if you can get it pointing just right are a darn lot more robust than people think.</p><p>Many I think come from the analogue days, or of course are compensating for bad weather, which is fair enough.</p><p>Meaning sure 43 cm sky dish fine, but get really bad weather, wind, might lose you that sport channel, don't always get it with my inside dish, much stronger out side on the minidish, beating the 65cm one inside by 10 to 15% plus.</p><p></p><p>Let me know, live in Coventry, not far from you, if all is well.</p><p></p><p>Update:</p><p>Changed my mind, struggling again to get the sport channel, 41% black and hardly anything, breaking up, so I flexed the dish up pushing against the lnb arm and bang, 50% now, no break up.</p><p></p><p>This means lnb either not quite in right place, or dish not, you know, right either.</p><p>My thoughts now:</p><p>Now wonder it is 5 pounds cheaper than the sky 43cm mesh one's, personally if you intend to use this fortec 65cm outdoors, knowing the sort of winds we get in these last days, forget it, only get worse as well, thin rubbish steel, indoor, great.</p><p>You need recommendations of guys on here for a better stronger dish, but will of course cost more, something you of course do not want, personally, have the minidish outside, no problems, sport channel on 60 foot cable and join in it to change dishes and 56% signal quality, for the sake of an extra fiver, unless you can get from some where else, go for the minidish, give you hotbird no problems, okay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="christian_cov, post: 487529, member: 279792"] B&Q 80 pounds, kid you not, was gobsmacked, truly. Otherwise Maplins, the B&Q one, well, one said 100 pounds odd, come to end of the isle and found them on offer I think, kit, serious, think it is 60cm dish, mesh and box. Mine, not that impressed, try moving channels and crashes, otherwise fine for searching and deleting, is 40 pounds, from maplins, fortec beta and minidish for about 30 pounds, all you need. However I'm gonna recommend you go for bigger this time, surprised, despite all my smaller can surprised you comments, well only because 5 pounds cheaper, in Maplins around 30 pounds for the 65cm fortect dish, not bad, but thin steel nonsense. Shop around, be so surprised these days what you might get, pick up, okay. And no doubt, if willing to set it up so you can adjust it, like me, might get the sport channel, Italian, on Hotbird 13.0 East, more sirect south, to the right of the normal dish set up for sky channels, okay, fairly all easy to find once you get the hang of it. 11054 H 27500 5/6 Have fun, don't give up, I first started was gonna cry my eyes out, rang someone up, wo't find them, need a finder, thingy, arghhhhhh, not paying 30 pounds for digital one of them, oh no, won't an analogue one least do, hmm, give it another go, bang, after that, pretty easy then. I still say and maintain digital signals if you can get it pointing just right are a darn lot more robust than people think. Many I think come from the analogue days, or of course are compensating for bad weather, which is fair enough. Meaning sure 43 cm sky dish fine, but get really bad weather, wind, might lose you that sport channel, don't always get it with my inside dish, much stronger out side on the minidish, beating the 65cm one inside by 10 to 15% plus. Let me know, live in Coventry, not far from you, if all is well. Update: Changed my mind, struggling again to get the sport channel, 41% black and hardly anything, breaking up, so I flexed the dish up pushing against the lnb arm and bang, 50% now, no break up. This means lnb either not quite in right place, or dish not, you know, right either. My thoughts now: Now wonder it is 5 pounds cheaper than the sky 43cm mesh one's, personally if you intend to use this fortec 65cm outdoors, knowing the sort of winds we get in these last days, forget it, only get worse as well, thin rubbish steel, indoor, great. You need recommendations of guys on here for a better stronger dish, but will of course cost more, something you of course do not want, personally, have the minidish outside, no problems, sport channel on 60 foot cable and join in it to change dishes and 56% signal quality, for the sake of an extra fiver, unless you can get from some where else, go for the minidish, give you hotbird no problems, okay. [/QUOTE]
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