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canadianpassport · 11-02-2008

Hello Everyone, I want to purchase a motorised satellite system with the hope of picking up Sports/Films/XXX all the usual. The problem I've got is knowing which system to buy and what size dish I will need. I have seen an Octagon 518 system with 1m Dish on Ebay

for £209. Is this going to enable me to find the channels I need? Also will I have to buy lots of cards or is there alot available for free. Thanks in advance for help.

**HB13DISH** · 11-02-2008

Originally Posted by canadianpassport

Hello Everyone, I want to purchase a motorised satellite system with the hope of picking up Sports/Films/XXX all the usual. The problem I've got is knowing which system to buy and what size dish I will need. I have seen an Octagon 518 system with 1m Dish on Ebay for £209. Is this going to enable me to find the channels I need? Also will I have to buy lots of cards or is there alot available for free. Thanks in advance for help.

I will leave the motorized system response to the more experienced members and mods. But there are a lot of threads and posts regarding this for self help read.
As for the smartcards, we have in the forum a whole section
http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellit...annel-packages
Regarding the XXX, please read this thread:
Adult Channels Quality on Hot Bird
My recommendation is to buy a smartcard which is 24/7 and with the best bitrate so that you will always have something on to watch and if you get anything else then consider it as a bonus.
For films, I would recommend to buy Canal Sat (France) on Astra 19.2E smartcard (nice price at the moment from a certain website).
Sports? I gather that DigitALB is quite popular.

**Robbo** · 11-02-2008

Yes, a 1m dish should give you enough choice of satellites to choose from.

Most of the packages available you need to subscribe to, though there is a very limited number that you can obtain with alternative software on the receiver. To helf future proof your purchase a little, it would be advisable to purchase one that has a slot for a smart card and a CAM slot.

I think some of the Octagon receivers can also read a Sky UK card. The Technomate receivers, the TM5400CI+for example are quite popular.

Robbo

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