OT - Any of you use the "Vutube" portable satellite tv system for tailgating at UM games?

Submitted by turfboy on

looking to purchase one for tailgating, but can't seem to find a ton of info - any help from you experts would be great - thanks

Njia

August 30th, 2010 at 9:41 AM ^

I don't think he's in the business any more, but try his new address in Washington, D.C. If you happen to live in Minnesota, he'll probably be a bit more responsive.

jcgary

August 30th, 2010 at 9:50 AM ^

I would suggest buying a satelite dish off of Ebay.  There are some that come with a pack of things such as a stand and pole to mount it on.  Hopefully you have someone in your group that is with either DirecTV or Dish Network so you can use their box.  Just make sure to match up & get the satelite dish that matches the box (i.e. - standard def to standard def or HD to HD). 

It isn't that hard to set up and this is how we did it.  We use 2 marine batteries & power inverter to power the TV & DirecTV box but a generator works great as well.

Good luck on your setup. 

Srock

August 30th, 2010 at 10:29 AM ^

I looked at that dish before, didn't buy it as I believe it's about $1000 and is not HD. I ended up getting an HD dish, stand, and compass for $200. I take it too all of the games and set it up pretty quickly. I bring an extra HD DirectTV box so I get great HD TV! I car has a built in inverter so I use that to power the TV and Dish - works great. Good Luck!