Dish size required for PL football on DM800HD

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  • Kamikaze
    Newbie
    • Nov 2009
    • 4

    #1

    Dish size required for PL football on DM800HD

    Hi,

    I'm totally new to this and am looking to buy the DM800 HD box predominantly to get (hopefully) premier league football in HD. I have read a bit into it on various forums and have read that where I live (Berkshire, SE England) I can get all the 'big 4' games in SD on European channels with a 1m motorised dish but have not been able to find out if this would be sufficient to receive HD channels or even if being HD would effect the size of dish required.

    Please can anyone let me know what kind of size of dish would fit the bill for this and also if anyone has experience of the availability of the big 4 games in HD.

    Thanks in advance for any advice.
  • dowlinr
    Top Poster +
    • Nov 2008
    • 226

    #2
    HD or not it won't affect reception. I live in Buckinghamshire on the border of Berks and have an 80cm dish. It works fine for all the big 4. If I was going to start again I'd get a 1m as 16e reception is very weak and I can't get some transponders. Also a 1m in your location would probably enable you to go feed hunting. On mine it's a bit flakey.

    For 19e/13e/28e/1w/23.5e it's perfect. I get other sats too but hardly ever need them as it's very likely the big 4 are on one of those I mentioned.

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    • westkill
      V.I.P. Member
      • May 2008
      • 2378

      #3
      im from this area all works ok on me 1,1m dish
      dm800-s=1.1 m triax motorised dish=titanium twin lnb

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      • 1INSTALL.CO.UK
        Junior Member
        • Jul 2009
        • 21

        #4
        Originally posted by Kamikaze
        Hi,

        I'm totally new to this and am looking to buy the DM800 HD box predominantly to get (hopefully) premier league football in HD. I have read a bit into it on various forums and have read that where I live (Berkshire, SE England) I can get all the 'big 4' games in SD on European channels with a 1m motorised dish but have not been able to find out if this would be sufficient to receive HD channels or even if being HD would effect the size of dish required.

        Please can anyone let me know what kind of size of dish would fit the bill for this and also if anyone has experience of the availability of the big 4 games in HD.

        Thanks in advance for any advice.
        I live in Reading i use a 90cm motorised with a dm8000hd and i get 90% of games live. never have any problems
        DM8000HD and 90cm motorised

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        • dctyper
          V.I.P. Member
          • Jun 2008
          • 2539

          #5
          85cm + should be ok
          Wavefield Ds 55cm at 13E 19E and 28E receiving everything out there on 2 dm800hd

          previous life dm800hd and 500c on cable screw you nag3


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          • tvadict
            DK Veteran
            • Jul 2009
            • 363

            #6
            even a sky mini dish will get you 28.2e , 13e and 19.2e . Its almost a fact that you will get most premier league games on these big 3 satellites.

            I started with a 60 CM dish fixed to 13e, then changed to 19.2e, with no reception problems whatsoever using 8000hd

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            • blue boy
              Top Poster
              • Nov 2008
              • 100

              #7
              I have recently installed a Fracarro Penta 85cm dish and it out performs my old 1m ISS dish
              It will pick up all the sats you will need for PL football ie: 1w, 13e, 16e, 19e and 28.2e
              I also think the Fraccaro dish shape is less obtrusive than normal dishes.

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              • Kamikaze
                Newbie
                • Nov 2009
                • 4

                #8
                Thanks for the info all, think I'll look for a good deal on a 85-100cm dish then. Any (other) recommendations on makes/models/retailers of dishes and motors?

                Also does anyone know a good UK retailer to get the actual dreambox from? I've seen sites selling the DM800 HD (s) for as little as ?180-?200 but don't know if they're genuine or fake ones.

                Cheers

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                • .: JaCkPoT :.
                  Retired Sat TV Addict
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 5607

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Kamikaze
                  Thanks for the info all, think I'll look for a good deal on a 85-100cm dish then. Any (other) recommendations on makes/models/retailers of dishes and motors?

                  Also does anyone know a good UK retailer to get the actual dreambox from? I've seen sites selling the DM800 HD (s) for as little as ?180-?200 but don't know if they're genuine or fake ones.

                  Cheers
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