Need a simple and cheap reciever

I live in the UK and at the moment I am using my Sky Digibox to watch the Hotbird channels. This method is not at all practical, though, and has many downsides. First of all, I have to manually tune each of the stations. A Sky digibox will only store 50 channels, and worst of all, I have to keep switching the satellite cables between my hotbird dish and my Sky minidish.

Does anyone know of any good, but reasonably priced digital recievers? I don't want anything complicated as I'm not too bothered about getting cams/cards that will give me access to hardcore stuff.

And what are the name of some of the hardcore channels out there, and what do they show?

What type of cards do you need to view the hardcore channels?

Nice, Shirtfull! My kind of price. I take it this doesn't have a card-reader thingybabob for the hardcore channels? (yes, you're right, my know-how is limited). The hardcore's not a biggie, as I said in my original post, but the option would be a bonus.

Thanks again, mate. I think I'll have meself one of these!

@ Billy

Have a look at this one at Maplins UK

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PS

Depending on your tech know how which I believe is very limited, some of the older versions of cheap sat receivers can be patched to receive pay per view channels.

One example is:-
Comag/Silvercrest SL65/12 or Tevion receiver, review before your purchase.