Bazzy
19-10-15, 20:56
Hi All,
I am very new & extremely novice to the world of satellites so please forgive in advance not my naivety & ignorance. I have been seeking help/advice on another Home Theatre Type forum but feel I may be troubling them too much & may get faster responses here!
Basically, we are getting rid of Sky in our house & wish to replace it with satellite TV in 3 rooms for now - the downstairs front room, an upstairs bedroom & my bedroom. In my room, I have been advised to get a Motorised System which I would really like as I have wanted to for a while but by ignorance of things kind of put me off. In the other two rooms, a non motorised system would be sufficient. We have a Sky Dish to which all the rooms are connected to with twin cable. The Dish is South facing.
I was advised to get something like the Vu+ Solo 2 receiver for my motorised room as I want something that has lots of features & options & is as integrated as much as possible (Smart Options, Internet, WiFi, expandability, multi-media, connect with tablets & phones etc) - ideally watch one & record two (but understand it might only record one whilst watching another). For the other two rooms, the Technomate 5402HD M3 was mentioned as being very good but it is not an "E2" box so I do not know how that handicaps things & what the advantages/disadvantages are, There are so many makes out there, it is very overwhelming for someone who does not even know what most of it means - I go by how cool the box looks!
I would want a brand that is really well supported, easy to use (especially for the family folks in the other two rooms), have great menus/EPG's (like Sky or similar?) and ones where there is plenty of online help, advice & guides - at this stage, I am "Monkey See, Monkey Do"!
I was told to go for a 1.2m dish (minimum) for my room & use the existing sky dish for the other two rooms - one of my neighbours has a 1.2m Dish & get channels from all over the middle east etc. I just want to explore the infinite world of what out there to do a bunch of exploring but would like to have channels from places like Korea & other Oriental places, India, Dubai etc as well as seeing what else is out there! I do not have a clue what tuners to get as I am clueless about the various designations!
A Major concern for me is the Dish - anything above 1m seems limited in choice & quite expensive but I think I read although just a small difference in size, a bigger dish is much better even if is only like 10cm-20cms? I cannot (at this stage) to spend many hundreds on the dish & accessories needed but I have read the two good ones - a 1.2m Channel Master & 1.25m Gibertini are so heavy that they need special 36v Motors, Controllers, Feed Horn, Pole Mount etc which can really push the price up massively? If so, as a total package, what sort of figure are we talking out of interest?]
I ask as possibly, from local sources, I may be able to source either a CM Dish fairly reasonably but need to know what all the various extras needed might cost. Same for the Gibertini 1.25m dish - I have found just the dish for around £105-£125 brand new which (in the scheme of things) is not that much more than some of the few other 1.1m/1.2m dishes I have found by googling but again, do not know what is needed for for them & how much all the parts needed will cost. I prefer to get the best I can at the start & do things properly the first time round but am limited in budget so really have to consider that. I have even been looking for used deals to mitigate against this - how working class of me!
As regards placement of the dish, ideally, I would like it high up at the end of rear wall of the house, where the dish part is above the roof line so it does not hinder my bedroom window & then re-position the Sky Dish underneath so they are both in-line - is this doable? we live in a semi so have connected neighbours but they are pretty cool (even have quite a large dish on the back wall s well - looks like a 1m one)
I have seen some other 1.2m Dishes from the likes of Ebay, Amazon & some other places but most seem think these are all poorly performing Turkish/Chinese stuff that are pretty pants? They all seem to go for around £90 anyway so not *that" much cheaper than say a new Gibertini or used CM but I understand they can be used with the easier "DiSEqC" motor thing which keeps things very simple & allows the dish to turn via the receiver remote control as they are much lighter?
So far, I have seen a 1.1m Triax (apparently not that great?) & 1.2m dishes from Maxx Digital, Faval, MX Digital, SystemSat etc but have no idea exactly how good/bad they are & if they are worth the money & which of them is the best? Can anyone recommend what is considered the best behind Gibertin/CM that does not need the expensive motors, controller, mountss etc? How much worse are these?
How many inputs on the LNB will I need if I want to watch one channel & record others - should I get a 4 input one just to have the extra flexibility for the future? Something Called "Inverto Black Ultra/Premium" I read was one of the best - any others I should consider? How much in total are we talking for one of these set-ups to include dish, DiSEqC motor, LNB etc?
What are the alternatives to the Vu+Solo 2 as it is a bit more than I want to spend - I wish it could record two other channels whilst watching one. Ideally I also wanted one that uses 3.5" HD's as opposed to 2.5" ones. Is it that much better than the 5402HD M3?
Is there a Vu+ (or any Linux based) model that are sort of the same level as the 5402HD M3 or any other models that may be better? they would need to be easy to use as my non- techie family will mainly be using them. I ask as I am wondering if it might be best to have everything from the same brand and/or tech, the "E2" thing etc?
My nearby neighbour who is an electrician has a Satellite guy that will install things but he said he will probably supply the cheap stuff & this is the reason why I wish to supply the items & have him fit only!
in case it might help, I have attached an image of the set up one of my nearby neighbours currently has (is it any good?) & what I would ideally like mine to look like - would welcome comments on this! Apologies for the first long post but the more I research, the more confused & lost I get - I really need help!
Many Thanks,
Bazzy!
I am very new & extremely novice to the world of satellites so please forgive in advance not my naivety & ignorance. I have been seeking help/advice on another Home Theatre Type forum but feel I may be troubling them too much & may get faster responses here!
Basically, we are getting rid of Sky in our house & wish to replace it with satellite TV in 3 rooms for now - the downstairs front room, an upstairs bedroom & my bedroom. In my room, I have been advised to get a Motorised System which I would really like as I have wanted to for a while but by ignorance of things kind of put me off. In the other two rooms, a non motorised system would be sufficient. We have a Sky Dish to which all the rooms are connected to with twin cable. The Dish is South facing.
I was advised to get something like the Vu+ Solo 2 receiver for my motorised room as I want something that has lots of features & options & is as integrated as much as possible (Smart Options, Internet, WiFi, expandability, multi-media, connect with tablets & phones etc) - ideally watch one & record two (but understand it might only record one whilst watching another). For the other two rooms, the Technomate 5402HD M3 was mentioned as being very good but it is not an "E2" box so I do not know how that handicaps things & what the advantages/disadvantages are, There are so many makes out there, it is very overwhelming for someone who does not even know what most of it means - I go by how cool the box looks!
I would want a brand that is really well supported, easy to use (especially for the family folks in the other two rooms), have great menus/EPG's (like Sky or similar?) and ones where there is plenty of online help, advice & guides - at this stage, I am "Monkey See, Monkey Do"!
I was told to go for a 1.2m dish (minimum) for my room & use the existing sky dish for the other two rooms - one of my neighbours has a 1.2m Dish & get channels from all over the middle east etc. I just want to explore the infinite world of what out there to do a bunch of exploring but would like to have channels from places like Korea & other Oriental places, India, Dubai etc as well as seeing what else is out there! I do not have a clue what tuners to get as I am clueless about the various designations!
A Major concern for me is the Dish - anything above 1m seems limited in choice & quite expensive but I think I read although just a small difference in size, a bigger dish is much better even if is only like 10cm-20cms? I cannot (at this stage) to spend many hundreds on the dish & accessories needed but I have read the two good ones - a 1.2m Channel Master & 1.25m Gibertini are so heavy that they need special 36v Motors, Controllers, Feed Horn, Pole Mount etc which can really push the price up massively? If so, as a total package, what sort of figure are we talking out of interest?]
I ask as possibly, from local sources, I may be able to source either a CM Dish fairly reasonably but need to know what all the various extras needed might cost. Same for the Gibertini 1.25m dish - I have found just the dish for around £105-£125 brand new which (in the scheme of things) is not that much more than some of the few other 1.1m/1.2m dishes I have found by googling but again, do not know what is needed for for them & how much all the parts needed will cost. I prefer to get the best I can at the start & do things properly the first time round but am limited in budget so really have to consider that. I have even been looking for used deals to mitigate against this - how working class of me!
As regards placement of the dish, ideally, I would like it high up at the end of rear wall of the house, where the dish part is above the roof line so it does not hinder my bedroom window & then re-position the Sky Dish underneath so they are both in-line - is this doable? we live in a semi so have connected neighbours but they are pretty cool (even have quite a large dish on the back wall s well - looks like a 1m one)
I have seen some other 1.2m Dishes from the likes of Ebay, Amazon & some other places but most seem think these are all poorly performing Turkish/Chinese stuff that are pretty pants? They all seem to go for around £90 anyway so not *that" much cheaper than say a new Gibertini or used CM but I understand they can be used with the easier "DiSEqC" motor thing which keeps things very simple & allows the dish to turn via the receiver remote control as they are much lighter?
So far, I have seen a 1.1m Triax (apparently not that great?) & 1.2m dishes from Maxx Digital, Faval, MX Digital, SystemSat etc but have no idea exactly how good/bad they are & if they are worth the money & which of them is the best? Can anyone recommend what is considered the best behind Gibertin/CM that does not need the expensive motors, controller, mountss etc? How much worse are these?
How many inputs on the LNB will I need if I want to watch one channel & record others - should I get a 4 input one just to have the extra flexibility for the future? Something Called "Inverto Black Ultra/Premium" I read was one of the best - any others I should consider? How much in total are we talking for one of these set-ups to include dish, DiSEqC motor, LNB etc?
What are the alternatives to the Vu+Solo 2 as it is a bit more than I want to spend - I wish it could record two other channels whilst watching one. Ideally I also wanted one that uses 3.5" HD's as opposed to 2.5" ones. Is it that much better than the 5402HD M3?
Is there a Vu+ (or any Linux based) model that are sort of the same level as the 5402HD M3 or any other models that may be better? they would need to be easy to use as my non- techie family will mainly be using them. I ask as I am wondering if it might be best to have everything from the same brand and/or tech, the "E2" thing etc?
My nearby neighbour who is an electrician has a Satellite guy that will install things but he said he will probably supply the cheap stuff & this is the reason why I wish to supply the items & have him fit only!
in case it might help, I have attached an image of the set up one of my nearby neighbours currently has (is it any good?) & what I would ideally like mine to look like - would welcome comments on this! Apologies for the first long post but the more I research, the more confused & lost I get - I really need help!
Many Thanks,
Bazzy!