how much does cost to install a bud
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You can attempt it yourself, it is fun if you are into that type of thing, if not find a used dish and see if a dealer will move it and reinstall it for you, a new dish is best but if you can get a used one free or real cheap then why not 
A whole new system with 4dtv and dvb c/ku 10'-12' installed will most likely be $2000.00 and up, to be honest that is not bad since many TV's now cost more than that
A whole new system with 4dtv and dvb c/ku 10'-12' installed will most likely be $2000.00 and up, to be honest that is not bad since many TV's now cost more than that
Let me tell you my experience: I wanted a BUD so bad to watch a channel from my country that I started looking on ebay to see if some one will sell something cheap in the city I live at (because they only do local pick up). No luck.
Then I decided to start driving around looking for BUD. I would stop at each house and ask them if they wanted to sell it. 2 people said yes and never call me back, then I called them and they said they were going to call me back and still never called me. Then on a lucky day, I stopped at this house and the lady gave it to me for FREE, yes for free. I uninstalled it myself and we put it on top of my friends truck and move it to my house. THen I have invested some money and time, a lot of time to get it going:
1) 17 feet 3.5 pipe with bracket and delivery ... $210
2) Pansat 3500S receiver .... $180
3) 100 feet cable ... $60
4) Good Ladder ... $100
5) Digged a 4 feet hole. Took me about 3 hrs.
6) 11 bags of concrete (60 lbs each), 6 feet ground pole, cooper cable, ground clamp .... $100
7) Set the bracket, stand the pole, Mix the concrete, etc (that was hard work) all saturday last weekend.
8) New C/Ku lnb and Feedhorn ...$ 150
9) Vbox .... $55
10) Install the new C/Ku feedhorn, and cables, center lnb, etc took me like 3 hrs yesterday
11) I just went to buy several pieces of wood to make kind of scaffolding to get up there to install the dish on the pole hopefully tomorrow. $200
12) And the mos important, I have spent a lot of time readying and trying to understand before buying.
13) Connectors, sealant, etc little stuff about $20
I am so far happy with all I have done and I am not seeing any tv yet. But the time spent learning, reading, and trying to do it myself with all the member's help from this site has been great.
Then I decided to start driving around looking for BUD. I would stop at each house and ask them if they wanted to sell it. 2 people said yes and never call me back, then I called them and they said they were going to call me back and still never called me. Then on a lucky day, I stopped at this house and the lady gave it to me for FREE, yes for free. I uninstalled it myself and we put it on top of my friends truck and move it to my house. THen I have invested some money and time, a lot of time to get it going:
1) 17 feet 3.5 pipe with bracket and delivery ... $210
2) Pansat 3500S receiver .... $180
3) 100 feet cable ... $60
4) Good Ladder ... $100
5) Digged a 4 feet hole. Took me about 3 hrs.
6) 11 bags of concrete (60 lbs each), 6 feet ground pole, cooper cable, ground clamp .... $100
7) Set the bracket, stand the pole, Mix the concrete, etc (that was hard work) all saturday last weekend.
8) New C/Ku lnb and Feedhorn ...$ 150
9) Vbox .... $55
10) Install the new C/Ku feedhorn, and cables, center lnb, etc took me like 3 hrs yesterday
11) I just went to buy several pieces of wood to make kind of scaffolding to get up there to install the dish on the pole hopefully tomorrow. $200
12) And the mos important, I have spent a lot of time readying and trying to understand before buying.
13) Connectors, sealant, etc little stuff about $20
I am so far happy with all I have done and I am not seeing any tv yet. But the time spent learning, reading, and trying to do it myself with all the member's help from this site has been great.
I was quoted $2000 for a complete 4DTV system installed.
I've since decided that I can do it myself as soon as I find a dish and figure out a place to put a 10'-12' bud.
For now I'm in the process of setting up a 5' mesh which seem to be all the fun (to setup) of the bigger dish. I can't wait to get it up and running. I'm about $200 into my 5' mesh right now (including the $50 I paid for the dish).
I've since decided that I can do it myself as soon as I find a dish and figure out a place to put a 10'-12' bud.
For now I'm in the process of setting up a 5' mesh which seem to be all the fun (to setup) of the bigger dish. I can't wait to get it up and running. I'm about $200 into my 5' mesh right now (including the $50 I paid for the dish).
I found my BUD (c band only at the time) for free in the local paper. I found a 9' long x 4" id pole for free in a horse field (the horses were using it to scratch on).
The cost of installation was:
pole mount- i used 2 40 gallon barrels welded together with a framework of rebar welded inside them. To the rebar (4) 3/4"x18" galvanized bolts were welded on. I dug a hole 5 feet deep with a backhoe, put the barrels in and filled them with 17 80 lb bags of cement. This is the pole "mount" .
The pole itself is welded to a 5/8" thick plate of steel that bolts onto the 4 galvenized bolts on the mount. This allows for adjustment of the pole, should i ever need it. Total cost of the pole and mount was approx 250.00 (not counting the backhoe, which was already on my property for another project).
100' of 4 strand c band ribbon cable= 48.00 shipped
Pansat 2700 = 120.00 shipped
Vbox = 36.00 shipped
C/KU corotor and LNBs = 90.00 shipped (used, bought on fleebay)
switches, connectors, crimper, etc approx 30.00
Total Cost= approx 575.00
I was quoted a cost of 1250.00 to install the used dish, using the above pole/mount system.
The cost of installation was:
pole mount- i used 2 40 gallon barrels welded together with a framework of rebar welded inside them. To the rebar (4) 3/4"x18" galvanized bolts were welded on. I dug a hole 5 feet deep with a backhoe, put the barrels in and filled them with 17 80 lb bags of cement. This is the pole "mount" .
The pole itself is welded to a 5/8" thick plate of steel that bolts onto the 4 galvenized bolts on the mount. This allows for adjustment of the pole, should i ever need it. Total cost of the pole and mount was approx 250.00 (not counting the backhoe, which was already on my property for another project).
100' of 4 strand c band ribbon cable= 48.00 shipped
Pansat 2700 = 120.00 shipped
Vbox = 36.00 shipped
C/KU corotor and LNBs = 90.00 shipped (used, bought on fleebay)
switches, connectors, crimper, etc approx 30.00
Total Cost= approx 575.00
I was quoted a cost of 1250.00 to install the used dish, using the above pole/mount system.
ACD said:
http://www.dmsiusa.com/dp710.htm
It takes DiSEqC 1.2 commands and converts them so that they can control a BUD actuator.
I have one on the way right now assuming Katrina didn't eat it.
I've had great luck with DMS's products. I'm looking forward to the VBOX.
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