Questions regarding 3 Satellites on 1 Dish

Mohamed83

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For someone living in Saudi Arabia it is possible to have Nilesat, ArabSat and Hotbird all on 1 dish.

However I would like to ask questions regarding this.

1. Does having 3 satellites on 1 dish reduce picture quality? I want to watch the Premier League on Abu Dhabi Sports (NileSat) which is available in HD, am I better off just having one dish for NileSat to improve HD picture? Or does it not affect HD quality at all?

2. Are there any particular dishes/cables/LNBs that improve picture quality for those who want multi-satellite on one dish?
 

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Picture quality will be same for weak and strong signals. Only difference that weak signals can break, especially in bad weather conditions. Of course when you use multifeed (several LNBs on one dish) than signal strength on LNBs which are not in focus will be weaker than for those in focus.
 

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You'd be better having two dishes, one for Arabsat 26E and Hotbird 13E, then one for Nilesat.
 

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Thanks guys.

Another thing is, I want two receivers (OSN and Humax) on NileSat. Is that even possible, to have 2 receivers for 1 Nilesat dish?

And can you also recommend me any cables or doesn't wiring really matter?
 

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Do you already have a Dish?

If so, what size and model is it?

What LNB is fitted?

In general, if you want to feed additional Tuners (Whether in one Box or several Boxes) you need a dedicated feed from the LNB: So, if you need two Tuners, then a Twin Output LNB is needed. Up to four Tuners >> Quad Output LNB.
 

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I am yet to purchase any equipment. Any recommendations?
 

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2 Mohamed83: As it was already said, you better buy 3 Twin LNBs, 2 1/4 Diseqc, some 10 F-connectors, any cable enough to wire everything. There is visualized picture for you.
 

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