Newie seeking general advice and pointers.

[cdy]

Hi guys, this is my first satellite forum post, though I've been visiting regularly for the past few weeks to read the stickies and tutorials. I used to use a Starview cable box until the N3 change-over. For the past 12 months I've been a subscription-paying cable customer! I recently heard about Dreambox satellite receivers and cardsharing. It's seems to be a very complicated process, but that's why I'm here! As I wrote above I've read tutorials and sticky posts but I honestly still don't understand much! Getting up and running is clearly not going to be an easy process, but I'm here to learn.and, hopefully, get into a new "hobby" for lack of a better word. Anyway, guys, I'm here to learn, and hopefully, I'll be able to contribute something eventually. (No doubt I'll be a leetch for a while, but hopefully I will become a "seeder" in due course!)

At the moment I'm letting my VM sub run out. (I've another 2 wks left.) I'm planning on (attempting) to put a mini dish up pointing at e28 within the next couple of weeks. In the meantime I'm hoping to chose a suitable receiver box and absorb as much info as possible from more knowledgeable members and tutorials etc.

Any words of advice and pointers will be greatly appreciated!

CDY

 

[dee]

blade media box is top box at the moment cdy, simple to set up and you get all the sky channels with the cardshare.

 

[cdy]

Thanks for this, dee. Coincidentally I've just been offered a BL7000. From what I've read they're comparatively simple to set up, which is a big bonus! The DM800 sounds very complicated - too complicated for my head! The only downside to the BM box is that it's a single tuner. I was considering the Qbox mini so I could have a second tuner but I don't really want to go over £150 so there's a good chance I'll go for the BM box. As a complete newbie to satellite would an Openbox s9 or an x403p box be a good option? Many thanks