Thanks bucko. thats' great.

actually ignore that, don't think there's much in my UK account at the moment.

but the idea would work if you can find someone.

do you have a British bank account? If so I could probably take it off your hands and do a bank transfer from my natwest account at the same time.

hi bucko, thanks for info. i would appreciate the phone number too when you can find it.

TV is not anywhere near the router so I guess I'll get an ethernet over power plug system or a wireless bridge - hopefully should work.

If it needs to update keys every 30 seconds does that mean if the internet goes down the broadcast just stops?

Hi Bucko,
got a few questions. what is a KNB? Is the network connection necessary for software updates? Can it work wirelessly? Is it connected to your TV via an HDMI cable or standard A/V cables? If its standard A/V then its the TV that scales the picture - unfortunately our TV doesn't do this well - our DVD player outputs via HDMI and the difference is really noticeable.

Also, did a google on Apstar and it seems to be a chinese satellite - does that mean they blackout certain BBC and CNN stories like you get in Chinese hotels?