Which satellite box is best for starters

[mtv1]

Its a question is most commonly asked so lets have a poll on it

please vote its for beginners so ,a box for all seasons really if its other please post your thoughts thanks : Stig

[dctyper]

depends on what you want from it.

[mtv1]

please vote its for beginners so ,a box for all seasons really if its other please post your thoughts thanks : Stig

[Shady]

ive gone with the dreambox, and i'll tell you for why,
1: its the cheapest option, no point a beginner spending ?100s and then finding out its too hard
2: you get more bang for your buck with a dreambox
3: its nowhere near as hard as some make out, but once you have one, you can act cleverer than you really are and noobs to sat look upon you as some sort of guru..and THATS good
4: You have to do something REALLY stupid to ~~~~ them up, theres nowt much goes wronf with a dreambox that a null modem and a reflash cant fix.
5: Think I am right in saying that its the box with the widest user base, so LOTS of support
so thats that...
do i win ?10?

[Rodbouy]

Id say the Spider 7000/9000 or blade media. Both pretty much plug and play.

[NaNaNiii]

Im 16 and a total satellite novice, coming from the cable eurovoxes and i set up my Dreambox within minutes.
Got the Box from UKDream
Scanned it
Put in Cline
And BAM
Done

[patkins]

I voted 'other' because I started out with a simple and cheap box through Lidl. Got the whole set up box/dish/cable/sat finder and if it were to prove hard or boring then I would not be down by much. The Silver Crest box was great for the newbie before I moved on to Humax HD which was the way I wanted to go at that time.

[skywash]

not on sat yet kv a780 at the moment will change to sat when i move house or kv go's down which ever comes first, looks like it could be dreambox though

[daithi]

dreambox 500s 500V8 or 518s
there very easy to setup using a jade pli image
and can be got for 45 euro from china

518 DealExtreme: $61.60 DVB-S Standalone Digital Satellite Receiver with LAN Port/RS232/YPrPb/CVBS/SPDIF

500V8http://www.dealextreme.com/p/dream-dm-box-dm500-v8-dvb-s-standalone-linux-digital-satellite-receiver-with-lan-port-29102

500s DealExtreme: $69.60 DREAMBOX DM500-S Digital Satellite DVB TV Receiver w/ AV/RS-232/SCART/RJ45/Digital Audio

[tornado]

if u dont have alot of money then i would say a open box s9 hd but if u dont want hd then a dreambox is best

[Elric]

im not on sat yet,but i started of with a dbox for 2 years then jumped in the deep end and got meself a dm600
i wanted to learn on how to set it up,flash it,compile images and so on,but for a newbie who dont want anything fancy i think plug and play types will be better for them or unless they wanna learn

[Manic01]

A spiderbox is cheap and easy to use and loads of channels.

[plamen.1973]

EEEEEEEEEEE.
What about Technomate?
5200 d super or 5402HD

[bowie]

dreambox, all day long

[andymc1s]

dreambox 500s is a good starter box and with a little bit of reading you wont be disappointed. I think the thing is not be scared to ask for help if you are having problems getting the box set up,but dont forget you will have to do a bit of reading first.