advice on dm 500s????

[efcevo]

hi i have a dm 500c i dont claim to be an expert on them at all but i no pretty much how they work and how to use them with all the talk of virgin updating i was thinking of going down the sat route but am not sure at all what channles i can recive using a 500s and weather i wud need any other equipment with the box coud any one please talk me through how they work please and how they differ from 500c thanx people

[Curious123]

Satellite has a lot more to offer than cable but it does require a lot of work. Your minimumrequirement would be an 80cm dish and a dm500S. If you have a motorised dish than you increase the number of channels you can recieve on your dreambox. You should read the sticky below before you think about spending any money.

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums...y-uk-tv-53561/

[efcevo]

I HAVE A DISH I USE TO USE FROM SKY AND I HAVE JUST BEEN DOING A BIT OR READING ON THIS I DOES SOUND MORE COMP THAN THE CABLE ROUTE I NO YOU CANT TALK ABOUT CARD SHARING ON THIS FORUM BUT IS THAT THE ONY WAY TO RECEIVE FTV CHANNELS ON A DM500S??

[blue boy]

You can get FTA channels on a dreambox 500s and if you motorise your dish you can then pick up FTA channels throughout Europe with a 80-90CM dish. The England game last weekend that was only broadcast on the internet in the UK, was shown live on NTV a FTA channel.

If you want to get Sky and other subscription channels then you would have to card share.

[dowlinr]

I HAVE A DISH I USE TO USE FROM SKY

Looks like you've got a broken caps lock key too. :P

Checklist is:
DM500s
Motor
Dish
Bracket to hold motor and dish.

Forget the sky dish, it's useless unless you either get a sub or go down the CS route.