I'm finally going to stop feeding the pig, get myself a DVR and go with Dish Network's deal. Comes with one satellite reciever with DVR that outputs to a second TV and uses a UHF remote for the second TV. Other people in the neighborhood mount their dish on the roof and a couple have it on a wooded post. I don't want to put it on the roof because I want easier access to it.

Do these things come with the hardware to mount to a metal fence post, or will it just throw the installer for a loop? Would mounting to a metal post be a bad idea?

9/6/2006 12:34:31 PM

they usually come with a mounting foot for bolting into wood. You may want to have some ubolts available that fit your post just in case.

9/6/2006 1:44:59 PM

You're actually SUPPOSED to mount it to a metal post and not a wooden one. Installers that attach a dish to a wooden post in someone's yard are doing a halfass job.

Most dishes have both a bracket to screw into wood (IE to a roof) and one to fit over the top of a 1 1/2" OD metal pole.

9/6/2006 1:57:17 PM

The guy that came out to install ours used a posthole digger, poured a bag of cement in the hole and stuck a metal pole in the hole, filled it in with dirt and mounted the dish to the pole.

9/6/2006 5:19:26 PM

9/6/2006 7:13:48 PM

I got Dish Network w/ DVR a year ago, and the installer basically did all the work. If you live in a neighborhood with a HOA, you should check to see if they have any restrictions on placement (you can ignore them if they say that you can't have a dish... by law, you can). If you live in an apartment complex, you may get some hassle from the management. I'd say just check first, and then if you really want a post (metal may be better than wood), then just have it ready to go ahead of time.

Just for your reference, Dish Network offers a bunch of information online about how to find the direction and angle for the satellite, so you might be able to figure out a good placement for a post ahead of time.

At my place, the installer came with a ladder and all necessary gear to get the dish mounted on my roof and properly aligned. He was done with everything in about an hour, and made the whole thing pretty easy.

9/6/2006 8:25:30 PM

i typically like to mount my satellites in low earth orbit

[Edited on September 6, 2006 at 9:13 PM. Reason : rockets are your best bet until the nanotubule elevator is working]

9/6/2006 9:12:30 PM

satellite dishes are so damn tacky, make sure you hide it well

9/7/2006 8:38:20 AM

I'm thinking of putting it behind a bush. With the angle I don't think it will interfere with the signal but it would be blocked from the street.

9/7/2006 11:10:38 PM

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"and one to fit over the top of a 1 1/2" OD metal pole."

I've heard sizes between 1 1/4", 1 1/2", and 2". And the idiots at dishnetwork can't tell me what size to use. Could someone measure their pole please? Thanks.

9/14/2006 4:07:53 PM

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"Could someone measure their pole please? Thanks."

9/14/2006 4:15:14 PM

9/14/2006 4:20:33 PM

^^ From the top or botton?

9/14/2006 4:25:06 PM

mines 7", but i just kind of picked a spot to start measuring from

9/14/2006 4:51:05 PM

^that's pretty sad since like only 1/3 of it actually sticks out.

9/14/2006 5:01:45 PM

9/14/2006 5:02:27 PM