Hi I'm planning to put in a new TV in a new extension with currently no ariel/cable connection at the mo.

SKY are flooding the market with deals - but not as cheap as FreeSat yet LOL

There are various places doing the Humax HDR for about £250 ish so that's OK

The other thing is I have no satellite dish, I have read that the standard SKY ones are no so good - so what is recommended to run this piece of kit? - are the Argos type installs any good - or are you better buying the bits yourself either installing or getting a Pro to do it?

Any advice appreciated - Thanks

Sky dishes work fine but if your confident about installing yourself have a look on ebay or the

satcure website and save yourself a few Bob

If you can find a site for the dish with easy access it's not that difficult, mine's only 6ft off the deck. However if you need a dish in a difficult to access high level position it might be one for the professionals.

To get an idea put your postcode in here to get a google earth picture of where Astra2 is and note the elevation.

http://www.dishpointer.com/

I made a diy position tester. A piece of A4 card with a kitchen roll tube glued on it at the correct elevation angle with a thread and button plumb line. To check a location point the tube along the google direction line level it with the plumb line and peer through the tube. If you can see open sky that's a suitable dish location

Having put a dish up approx 12ft up myself I wholeheartedly agree with this, it wasn't worth the hassle and the risk, also you wont save as much as you think. I certainly wouldn't do it again.

Another view: I've installed a few dishes in my time and never had any problems. It all boils down to how handy you are! If you can put up a shelf and feel confident on a ladder then you'll likely have no trouble, however just by asking the question may mean you're not capable of the job, no offence!

I paid about £24 for a dish with quad lnb and 10m of twin core satellite cable plus another £5 for a signal strength meter so quite a saving on Argos price. Plus, you can take your time, route the cable more carefully and generally do a better job than many 'professionals'.

You may actually be better ringing a few local aerial/dish install firms and asking them to quote, the more reputable will probably visit you first to see what it entails, explain what they'd propose to do then give you a price. More importantly you'll get a feel for the kind of person they are and thereby what kind of job you'll get, with the Argos/Sky route you get what you're given, like it or not!

Thanks for the info guys...