OpenView HD installation??

[Mr TL]

I want to install Openview HD for my parents. I am aware the decoders cost is R399 and i contacted an installer, they charge R1100 for full instalation which we require as we have no satelite dish at all.
So in total this would cost me R1500 basically.

I saw this advertisment in the game paper, for a starsat decoder and satelite dish and installation for R399 .

My question is can i purchase the starsat bundle and then have the installer install it, then instead of connecting the starsat decoder i connect the open view decoder and save myself a R1100 . Will the installer align the starsat dish to the dstv signal as i understand that is what OVHD also uses now?

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I'm sure there is some sort of fixed term contractual agreement with the free* dish and installation.

 

[Mr TL]

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/111118-openview-hd-gets-more-space-for-hd-channels.html

 

[Mr TL]

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/111118-openview-hd-gets-more-space-for-hd-channels.html

Does this article mean the installer can set up as per usually and i can just plug in my openview hd decoder because it uses the same satelite, or have i misunderstood it ? .

 

[HandyTechTipper]

My question is can i purchase the starsat bundle and then have the installer install it, then instead of connecting the starsat decoder I connect the open view decoder and save myself a R1100 . Will the installer align the starsat dish to the dstv signal as I understand that is what OVHD also uses now?

I had a TopTV (StarSat) installation, then moved to OVHD by plugging in the OVHD decoder and rotating the LNB (at the dish) about 45 degrees... and it worked no problem

I'm not sure if there's a minimum term for the StarSat deal as I moved to OVHD after about a year

 

[FunkMastaN]

I want to install Openview HD for my parents. I am aware the decoders cost is R399 and i contacted an installer, they charge R1100 for full instalation which we require as we have no satelite dish at all.
So in total this would cost me R1500 basically.

I saw this advertisment in the game paper, for a starsat decoder and satelite dish and installation for R399 .

My question is can i purchase the starsat bundle and then have the installer install it, then instead of connecting the starsat decoder i connect the open view decoder and save myself a R1100 . Will the installer align the starsat dish to the dstv signal as i understand that is what OVHD also uses now?

Did this work?

 

[Devinity]

I bought a top-tv decoder about 3 years ago as it came with free installation. I did the same thing with DSTV a year later. When I bought my OVHD decoder, all I did was plugged in the Top-TV dish cable and it worked without any issues. I haven't tried it with the DSTV dish cable as I haven't had any issues yet... been using it for almost 2 years now I think. There were no contracts or obligations when I took the free dish and free installation as I could have cancelled immediately or not even activated it.

If I had no dish, I would have done what the guy did above... buy a dstv or starsat decoder with free installation.