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I dug out an old post of mine from here and updated it a little (I have been using foreign satellite for 3 years now)

Deffo go for the dodgy dish and watch 80-100% of the games depending on which way you go.

Without a card using feeds and keys you can get most of the matches, or get a card such as digitalb and up that to 95% of the games that you can pickup. I started with a Technomate 1500 CL which are very, very easy to use.

Always go for the motorised option as providers and prices can change so this gives you way more freedom.

I started with a very cheap setup

dish, cabling lnb (£40)
motor (£45)
receiver (£80)

I paid a guy £75 to set it up for me.

I could then pick up most of the games for free using liveonsat.com to find out what was on where. They were often with foreign commentary but I was still well happy. A lot of providers are open via keys / hacks and it's great fun.

You can then progress to something better (although a little more complicated), a linux based receiver (HD too) with every package available via c/s. The best option for starting down this route is a dreambox 500S whilst waiting a bit longer for a receiver to really own the HD market.


I would recommend getting someone to set it all up for you. Have a chat with john23liverpool (from TTE 'The Tradesman's Entrance' section) and see what he can sort for you.