At a glance
| Ellies | OpenView | |
|---|---|---|
| About | The default South African brand for dishes, brackets, cable, connectors and satellite accessories — stocked in every hardware store in the country. | The subscription-free satellite alternative — you buy the decoder and dish once and pay nothing monthly. |
| Origin | South Africa | South Africa |
| Popular lines | 60cm / 80cm / 90cm satellite dishes, Wall and pole mount brackets, RG6 and RG11 coaxial cable, F-connectors, splitters and multiswitches, Signal amplifiers | OpenView HD decoder, OpenView-ready 60cm dish kits |
Where Ellies wins
- Nationwide spares availability, which matters for warranty work
- Full range from 60cm to 1.8m dishes
- Galvanised brackets that survive coastal air better than imports
- Sensible price-to-quality ratio on cable and connectors
Where OpenView wins
- No monthly subscription at all
- Uses the same dish sizes and installation skills as DStv
- A genuinely low-cost option for a second property
- Free-to-air channel line-up keeps growing
Which should you choose?
Honestly: it depends on your property, how many rooms you need and your budget — the right answer for a single-lounge household is different from a four-room home or a guesthouse. We install both Ellies and OpenView, so the recommendation you get from us is based on what fits, not what's on the shelf.