Hey All;
I've moved into a new apartment, and they seem fairly satellite dish friendly--I've already brought the DirecTV, and would eventually like to pull out the FTA gear again.
The issue is that in the lease in order to install the dishes you are forbidden to cut/drill or do any damage whatsoever to the building (along with hiding wires, which is no problem).
I am planning to put the dish on the balcony--but have a VERY airtight sliding glass door, with thick double-paned glass. I don't think I have enough room to stick anything in or around it--so I'm worried about the flat-RG-6 approach. I *really* like the idea of the Toshiba GlassLink box--it sticks to each side of the glass and passes the signal through induction--and they are $5 on Ebay. The problem is that they have "for single pane glass only!" stuck all over the box, and were discontinued around 2000. You'd think if these worked as good as they claimed, they would be available just about everywhere by now and we wouldn't be having this discussion.
Anyways, I would like an opinion on this--if you are an installer, what do you do when you are confronted by this situation? I know that dishes can be installed here--there are 5 of that I know of in the complex. I am trying to not call a DirecTV installer since I had such a horrible experience last time--and have installed enough dishes that I can do it with one hand behind my back--I just haven't had to be this creative with the cables before.
Any advice you can give would be most appreciated. The last thing I want to do is be stuck with Comcast and their absolutely terrible excuse for a DVR.
Thanks!
--Nat
I've moved into a new apartment, and they seem fairly satellite dish friendly--I've already brought the DirecTV, and would eventually like to pull out the FTA gear again.
The issue is that in the lease in order to install the dishes you are forbidden to cut/drill or do any damage whatsoever to the building (along with hiding wires, which is no problem).
I am planning to put the dish on the balcony--but have a VERY airtight sliding glass door, with thick double-paned glass. I don't think I have enough room to stick anything in or around it--so I'm worried about the flat-RG-6 approach. I *really* like the idea of the Toshiba GlassLink box--it sticks to each side of the glass and passes the signal through induction--and they are $5 on Ebay. The problem is that they have "for single pane glass only!" stuck all over the box, and were discontinued around 2000. You'd think if these worked as good as they claimed, they would be available just about everywhere by now and we wouldn't be having this discussion.
Anyways, I would like an opinion on this--if you are an installer, what do you do when you are confronted by this situation? I know that dishes can be installed here--there are 5 of that I know of in the complex. I am trying to not call a DirecTV installer since I had such a horrible experience last time--and have installed enough dishes that I can do it with one hand behind my back--I just haven't had to be this creative with the cables before.
Any advice you can give would be most appreciated. The last thing I want to do is be stuck with Comcast and their absolutely terrible excuse for a DVR.
Thanks!
--Nat