Originally posted by adrian999:

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Hi all,
I guess this has probably been asked about in the past so i apologise in advance but I'm basically trying to get some sort of sat system (fixed or motorised) that will enable me to pick up feeds to allow me to get premier league matches that aren't televised in the UK, like the pubs show on saturdays and weds etc. I'm fed up spending ages searching through the net for streaming sites only for them to not work or crash every 10mins and put virus on my pc.
Can you fill me in on the equipment that I'll need and if subs will be needed to be paid, I already pay full subs for the shy sports so only really interested in matches not available on shy. Have a friend who claims her dad has this type of set up ie. motorised dish and some sort of receiver and he watches all matches without any monthly or yearly fee. He also has full shy hd package and watches other games on this. His has been working for yrs without any probs.

thanks in advance for any advice

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Originally posted by Mooley:

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You can get a full motorised DIY kit on ebay for about £115 and check out protek 9600ip or spiderbox or similar. Google is your friend there mate.

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Originally posted by hooter007:

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dreambox would be best for if you are just starting out
but for better quality hd ect.. both boxes what mooley suggested would be right

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Originally posted by hooter007:

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dreambox would be best for if you are just starting out
but for better quality hd ect.. both boxes what mooley suggested would be right

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Originally posted by MICKAH:

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have you tried using myp2p.eu and using SOPCAST as yer player? Been using this for about a year and had no probs

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Originally posted by adrian999:

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Thanks
do the dreambox and nanoxx work pretty much the same way in terms of updating, automatic or manual? will the dreambox work for the german/Spanish stations etc that you can pick up using the nanoxx without paying a sub or do u have to pay a cs sub with the dreambox to get these stations, I know the friends dad doesn't pay anything at all but doesn't get shy channels (which I don't need anyway) . In the worst case senerio with both boxes work as fta boxes if cs is stopped and foreign channels all become encrypted. Thinking about just taking a chance an if I cannt sort it out at least I'll have fta stations
thanks again


The Dreambox works slightly differently to the nanoxx/protek. You will need to read up on the dreambox in detail to get good usage out of it. The 9600 is not HD but there is the 9700 HD which gets the same packages as 9600 plus HD channels of course. Spider is HD. Both spider and nanoxx/protek are the easiest boxes I have ever come across to set up and most of the time are plug in and away you go. Updates are done automatically via network. All the boxes mentioned work with FTA if your network goes down or the support. Personally I wouldn't go with spider, due to the person that supports it (not through any past dealings I have had with him but by what everyone else has commented on his past ventures!) but thats just me.
As mickah has said though if it's just footy your after sopcast usually does the trick. I have none of these boxes but have 3 proteks set up for friends and g/f and never had a problem. Excellent value considering there is never any money to be paid after you get the box and they refuse to take donations or anything on support site. Excellent support. Again thats just my opinion and I'm sure there are some out there that disagree.

Originally posted by Mooley:

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Originally posted by adrian999:

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Thanks
do the dreambox and nanoxx work pretty much the same way in terms of updating, automatic or manual? will the dreambox work for the german/Spanish stations etc that you can pick up using the nanoxx without paying a sub or do u have to pay a cs sub with the dreambox to get these stations, I know the friends dad doesn't pay anything at all but doesn't get shy channels (which I don't need anyway) . In the worst case senerio with both boxes work as fta boxes if cs is stopped and foreign channels all become encrypted. Thinking about just taking a chance an if I cannt sort it out at least I'll have fta stations
thanks again


The Dreambox works slightly differently to the nanoxx/protek. You will need to read up on the dreambox in detail to get good usage out of it. The 9600 is not HD but there is the 9700 HD which gets the same packages as 9600 plus HD channels of course. Spider is HD. Both spider and nanoxx/protek are the easiest boxes I have ever come across to set up and most of the time are plug in and away you go. Updates are done automatically via network. All the boxes mentioned work with FTA if your network goes down or the support. Personally I wouldn't go with spider, due to the person that supports it (not through any past dealings I have had with him but by what everyone else has commented on his past ventures!) but thats just me.
As mickah has said though if it's just footy your after sopcast usually does the trick. I have none of these boxes but have 3 proteks set up for friends and g/f and never had a problem. Excellent value considering there is never any money to be paid after you get the box and they refuse to take donations or anything on support site. Excellent support. Again thats just my opinion and I'm sure there are some out there that disagree.

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I'm assuming that the protek you fitted works on a motorised dish, does it take much technially ability to postion the sat dish or is it just a matter of putting it in the same place as my old fixed sky dish and it automatically moves to the correct sat when trying to access a specific channel?
Like the idea of streaming due to the cost but fancy the idea of the nanoxx with the motorised dish too, might treat myself anyway!
Is there a way or does anyone know the likely channels I'll get through the nanoxx
cheers