At a glance
| Ellies | Samsung | |
|---|---|---|
| About | The default South African brand for dishes, brackets, cable, connectors and satellite accessories — stocked in every hardware store in the country. | The best-selling TV brand in South Africa — the set most often on the other end of a wall mount and an HDMI run. |
| Origin | South Africa | South Korea |
| Popular lines | 60cm / 80cm / 90cm satellite dishes, Wall and pole mount brackets, RG6 and RG11 coaxial cable, F-connectors, splitters and multiswitches, Signal amplifiers | Neo QLED, QLED, Crystal UHD, The Frame |
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 Samsung wins
- Widest range at every price point
- One Connect and hidden-cable models suit clean wall mounts
- HDMI-CEC works reliably with decoders
- VESA mounting patterns are well documented
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 Samsung, so the recommendation you get from us is based on what fits, not what's on the shelf.