complete newbie help!!

[liriri]

Hi, I was really interested in receiving alot of internation FTA channels like korean, chinese, cambodian, etc. what is the best dish to get? t55 or t90 and about how many lnbs will i need? and lastly how tough is the install and set up? Thanks for any info :wink:

[pmb1010]

Originally Posted by liriri

Hi, I was really interested in receiving alot of internation FTA channels like korean, chinese, cambodian, etc. what is the best dish to get? t55 or t90 and about how many lnbs will i need? and lastly how tough is the install and set up? Thanks for any info :wink:

Take a look here:
http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Channels/Channels.htm

Note the satellite at the ending of the title (example T5)

If the desirered channels are all grouped on one satellite, you can get a receiver, dish and point it to the one sattelite for reception.
If the channels are on more than one satellite, you'll need a rotator (positioning motor) to move the satelitte along the Satellite belt (arc across the sky) to pickup other satellites.

I'm not sure where you are, but in the US you must have a clear view approx 30-40 degrees up from level, to the south east and to the south west. Stand in your yard facing directly south. Look up at 35 degree angle, and to the left and right. Need clear view, no trees, buildings, etc in order to have sucess.

Good luck. Report back how you make out.

This site has decent selection of stuff:
http://www.sadoun.com/index.htm

[liriri]

I do have clear view lookin south and I live in Pennsylvania, and all the channels I was looking for is at more than one satellite location, but which sat u think is best for me? the t55 or t90 and I do have to get the motor to get all the channels? lastly how tough is the install and set up for the sat and motor if i do need it? thank you for your response and help, its greatly appreciated 8)

[pmb1010]

Originally Posted by liriri

I do have clear view lookin south and I live in Pennsylvania, and all the channels I was looking for is at more than one satellite location, but which sat u think is best for me? the t55 or t90 and I do have to get the motor to get all the channels? lastly how tough is the install and set up for the sat and motor if i do need it? thank you for your response and help, its greatly appreciated 8)

I don't have any experience with the fixed, multi-LNB dishes like the T55 or the T90.
They are good for locations where you can aim it in a fixed direction, and catches the sats you want. The other plus is that you could potentially have mulitple output LNB's on it and feed more than 1 tv and they can watch different sats at the same time. The issues are the sats must be (relateivly) close together on the arc, the dish is expensive, and you'll need multiple LNB's. For instance, I don't think it would catch G10R and AMC3 at the same time (I could be wrong on this, though...)

Now, the other way is a 30 or 36" round dish that you attach to a postioner. With this, you move from sat to sat to watch what you want.
That seems to be popular around this forum.

They can be tricky to setup, but once it's set they work pretty good.

Here's a link to a complete ready to install system with everything you need (take a look at System #7):

http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Order/Systems.htm

[liriri]

after doing some reading I was really thinking about purchashing a T55 package with 5 LNBS, is there a range of signals I can get with that? and with a t55 I dont need a motor right? and does the satellite finder really help? Thanks for any info

[vj9999]

You won't need the motor, but I am not sure if T55 is big enough for reception of Telstar 5.

[liriri]

so you think i be alot better off with a t90?