DSTV to share between house

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unrealchris

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Hi

Im living on a farm and would like to setup DSTV for my tenants in the second house.
The first company that I phoned told me that it would not be possible to have dual view on the second house as the distance between the 2 house is about 120 m. Also I don't feel like digging up pathways etc to the second house inorder to laydown the cables.
I've checked out a bit and see that I can get a Wireless AV Transmitter and Receiver Kit - 200m Distance, 8 Channels, 5.8GHz for R1300.
Now sorry, I area of expertise in not in networking or TV etc so would this transmitter work, or what other options are open to me.
Also I have a cottage which is about 20 meters away and it would cause no harm if I could link it up as well, although I assume that they will have to watch what ever the main house or second house is watching?

And if this is not enough, I've got a HD PVR in the main house, would it be possible to split the PVR into the lounge and bar area as well? Would like to be able to view something different, for the ladies, while the guys are watching rugby..

Any suggestions how to go about this, without paying double for DSTV? (I really think they are over priced!)

And how about getting a YahClick, with Netflix, would that be a better option?
 
Why can't your tenants get their own DSTV? as unfortunately your only option is pretty much that as the wireless won't work well at all due to attenuation and well having owned a set for a year it actually sucks and that was from the ground floor to the top floor as I was renting and didn't want to put holes into the ceiling.
 
Whats the distance between the Main house and the lounge bar area?

As for your cottage the cost of that AV transmitter installation you might as well just install a dish in the cottage and tell the tenants to get thier own decoder and own subscription!
As for netflix you could do that you would need a netflix capable media player or blu ray player in the cottage and wifi signal strong enough to get there or a lan cable
 
You guys don't understand, if he shares it would his tenants and they split the bill he is paying 300pm approx for dstv premium. It does work just the distance you talking is pretty far
 
Let's face it guys the price of dstv, makes it illegal! Many people that I know do what the Op has mentioned.

And I say let's get together and screw dstv over. I for one took the later and told multichoice to fsk off.
 
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Tremayne said:
Let's face it guys the price of dstv, makes it illegal! Many people that I know do what the Op has mentioned.

And I say let's get together and screw dstv over. I for one took the later and told multichoice to fsk off.
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Sure screw DSTV but the cost of equipment here means he screws himself :wtf:
120 M to the tenants xtraview won't work, normal RF might just get ok signal and cabling might be an issue. even the cottage 20M away is a tough one might just work.
Honestly think he might as well go the netflix route and spend more on network costs and ADSL costs
 
isie said:
Sure screw DSTV but the cost of equipment here means he screws himself :wtf:
120 M to the tenants xtraview won't work, normal RF might just get ok signal and cabling might be an issue. even the cottage 20M away is a tough one might just work.
Honestly think he might as well go the netflix route and spend more on network costs and ADSL costs
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My cottage is a good 25m away from the main house and Xtraview is setup and working just fine and dandy.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Why is it "illegal"?
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Now that you mention it, I realize he wants to share it within his own property.

I'm sure that's a different case than sharing with someone on a different property altogether. So yeah, might not be illegal after all :)
 
Problem is the "easy" way to do it is using some scarce hardware namely the old SD PVR plus another decoder to view 3 channels independantly. Then problem 2 is the distance of cabling
 
Thanks guys, first of all its all on my own property so perfectly legal. And the second point is that I shared my previous connection at my old home with my tenant in the cottage and therefore only half the price of the normal price of DSTV.
Anything that I do, will only add value to the property so if its going to cost 5 or 10 grand I'll do it, I just need to know what to do and whether it will work.
And the reason I also say this is that I do want too change the second house into a bed and breakfast later on, so I'll rather spend the money, but paying it over double premiums to DSTV just leaves a bad taste.
I can dig for the cables, but I dont really wont to go that route, especially if I can get away with wireless option if at all possible.. The 2 house is in a very rocky area, and its going to take a few days just for that but if I have to, I will...
 
The ideal scenario:

Is to install a decoder and dish separately in each viewing point, in other words one in your house and another in the flat 100m away. This makes each individual point seem some what independent, own dish,decoder,etc

I then would buy a 100m role of cable from space tv, costs approx R150. The cable that runs in-between the two buildings would purely be for the heartbeat signal between decoders. If you do not know already the heartbeat cable allows you to share two decoders on one subscription using Xtraview.

Then I would test it out and see if it works. There is obviously no guarantee that the above method would work but if it does it means saving approx R300 pm and it'll pay itself of.

Not So Ideal Situation

If the above suggestion does not work then your next option would be to install both decoders in the main house and, then run the 100m cable to the flat, utilising boosters and such to get a clear "RF signal" on the flat TV. In other words the flat TV would only be able to access the DSTV channels via coaxial cable and not composite from a specific decoder.

Thus you would need to find some way to allow the viewers to change channels, you could use a Tv Link, but I am not sure if you get boosters which are compatible with it. The reason why you would need boosters is because of the huge distance between the two house the quality of the signal is not that good, which is probably why the first method did not work. Thus the boosters will "boost" the signal to the flat. Second part is that A Tv Link relays remote commands back to the decoders, some splitters/boosters may not pass through the signals to the deocder

Another thing try and get a single viewing point in your house and the flat working properly and independently then you can worry about splitting the signal to your bar,etc

The best person to answer the OP would be Quantum Theory, maybe send him a PM.

Good Luck!
 
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PsyWulf said:
Problem is the "easy" way to do it is using some scarce hardware namely the old SD PVR plus another decoder to view 3 channels independantly. Then problem 2 is the distance of cabling
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Not that scarce... I have one for sale :)
 
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