What colour is yours?.............Fracarro Penta

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I've decided to get a new dish and have decided on getting an Aluminium Fracarro Penta 85 and wanted to get it from the following site as it's a site sponsor. ATM they don't have stock of the Aluminium dishes, expected today from what I was told and I am undecided on the colour to choose as I don't believe the pictures on the site look correct, the white dish looks silver to me. Pictures I have seen posted from members also show colours which are different from the ones shown on the High Definition website. It's a choice between White and Grey and depends on the shade which I choose so it matches the shade of my home so it doesn't stand out too much.

The dishes seem to have a metallic look to them.

So can anyone help to clarify the colour, have any pictures or links to help me decide?

Here are a couple of pictures that Nelbert posted after he installed his, but it looks like the red version which is what I don't want so it's not very helpful.

The two at the bottom are I believe of the white dish, the first picture I found somewhere on this forum so credits go to the person who posted it. As you can see they both look different, one looks off white, while the other looks silver.

Do these dishes have a metallic look to them which might explain the pictures?

http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellite/attachments/picture-members-setups-general-satellite-installations/25217d1256511302-fracarro-penta-85-first-install-full-jpg
http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellite/attachments/picture-members-setups-general-satellite-installations/25218d1256511302-fracarro-penta-85-first-install-front-jpg

_http://www.hdshoponline.co.uk/penta-series-44-c.asp
 

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The brick red is mild red, white is actually grey in colour and the grey version is very dark grey (attached).
 

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satelliteman said:
The white is actually grey in colour and the grey version is dark grey (attached).
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Thanks, problem solved :-thumbup I will go with the white one as it sounds like it will be closest to the house colour.

I am expecting a couple of deliveries today of parts, just the dish and TV card to get. Hopefully the dish will become available today but the TV card news isn't so great, I found out earlier that the availability has been delayed until 2 days before Christmas which for a German sourced card means getting one will be extremely difficult and as I have no working receiver so I wouldn't be able to use a dish if I manage to get it put up. I don't think my digibox will work because of the card.

[Edit] The Aluminium Penta 85's are now back in stock and I have ordered a white one which I should get either tomorrow or Monday. I didn't think they would deliver on Saturday, it usually costs a lot more. So pretty good going from High Definition Ltd.

The TV card is being held up by Microsoft and their driver signing. They have told me that they could send me the card and they could send me the drivers/software later. I could download it I suppose which would be quicker.
 
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