ᐅ Is it still worth installing satellite TV in a new build?

I also had it installed and use it together with a satellite dish. The savings are marginal if you leave it out, it cannot be retrofitted later, and it might save me annoying questions from a potential buyer in the future. Depending on preferences and settings, this could become a real disadvantage when selling. Personally, I don’t think the added "value" justifies the monthly subscription cost, and this way I can choose freely now and anytime later (LAN connection is also available on every TV).

Fuchur schrieb:

The savings are marginal

A few thousand euros is "marginal"?

Fuchur schrieb:

If you omit it, you can’t add it later, and it saves me from potentially annoying questions from a prospective buyer later on.

What’s the problem?
You can install empty conduit and then work with SAT2IP or similar systems if it really matters to you.

Fuchur schrieb:

Depending on preferences and settings, it can become a real drawback when selling.

Wow, I’ve never heard of someone not buying a house because it doesn’t have a satellite dish. 😀

I find such dishes really unattractive and they almost always interfere with the solar panels.
So better to keep up with the times and have no landline or satellite at all.

Araknis schrieb:

I also keep it in the utility room. It works well as a backup when the internet is down. Because then Netflix won’t work either.

For these toughest moments in the life of a Homo Sapiens Sapiens, I book 3 days of unlimited 5G data for $17.99 and set up a mobile hotspot with my smartphone...

This seems much more practical and cost-effective than maintaining a full satellite system just in case.

Complete internet outages have only happened to me once in the last 4 years, and that was due to a power outage affecting the entire neighborhood. It lasted about an hour, and we managed without Netflix. Got lucky again.

Fuchur schrieb:
I also had it installed and use it with a satellite dish. The savings are minimal if you leave it out, it cannot be retrofitted later, and it potentially saves me annoying questions from a future buyer. Depending on preferences and settings, this could become a real drawback when selling. (...)

How many houses have you sold to know this so precisely? There’s a lot of talk.

If the buyer here wants such a cheap satellite dish, I’ll just provide them with a SAT-IP adapter and give them $50 cash to cover electricity costs for 5 years.
Well, we don’t have roller shutters and the kitchen is from Puno, so in case of emergency, we’ll probably have to give the house away.

RotorMotor schrieb:

A few thousand euros are "marginal"?

Earlier, it was mentioned 50€ (about $55) per outlet. The general contractor’s contract will probably include 2-4 outlets. You’ll have to explain how that adds up to "a few thousand euros." In my contract, no satellite installation was included at all, and I paid 1500€ (about $1650) for the complete system including the dish, multiswitch, and 8 outlets with installation and cabling over 4 floors.

RotorMotor schrieb:

You can lay empty conduit and then use, for example, SAT2IP or similar systems if it really matters to you.

Exactly, you save 50€ (about $55) per outlet but then pay extra to have empty conduit installed. And also for the LAN connection to the attic. How much do you really save? Besides, I find it hard to imagine pulling a satellite cable through empty conduit after the fact across multiple floors, considering how rigid the cable is.

RotorMotor schrieb:

Wow, I’ve never heard of someone not wanting to buy a house because it doesn’t have a satellite dish.

Maybe you’re right, maybe not. The risk isn’t worth the "few euros" to me.

xMisterDx schrieb:

How many houses have you sold that you know this with such certainty?

I never said that I know for sure. I am managing risk. Besides, with the money saved from canceled streaming subscriptions, I have already covered the costs.

xMisterDx schrieb:

If the buyer wants some really low-quality satellite dish here, I’ll get them a SAT-IP adapter and give them $50 cash to cover electricity costs for 5 years.

Then hopefully you have LAN connections in the attic and at the TV locations — as a minimum requirement. There are people who don’t care about Netflix & Co. or don’t want to pay for them. Satellite delivers free-to-air TV.