Could I get Showtime?

[Dreamlife]

If I bought one of these boxes could I use an official Showtime card in it? I take that at the moment the current keys out will open Showtime on this box?

Also I have a 1m dish at present and at times I can get the V channels but they break up. What are my chances of buying a decent LNB and getting no break up on these channels? At least i'd get a bit of football from this sat.

Finally if I bought a 1.2m dish to replace my current 1m dish (almost gets the V channels), what are my chances of getting the H channels? Am I looking at a small dish size improvement or would I need a much bigger dish?

Location - West Midlands UK

[Burnham]

In your location you need minimum 1.5m for horizontals, and possibly 1.8m to handle heavy rain.

Also remember the signal is at its weakest for the 3pm Saturday afternoon matches.

[Ronturner]

I can get Showtime in good weather with my 1.2 metre dish on the Horizontal but only just. Vertical is no problem. If you are struggling to get the verticals then I am afraid you will almost certainly not get Horizontal channels (the ones you want!). I live in South East England I think with your location you will definately need a larger dish. If you decide to invest in a larger dish then I will say that Showtime is the best Package out - by a country mile - more matches, more choice plus cricket.

[Keano]

You'll need a 240 andrews with matched feedhorn in the Midlands to get 11996H on 7.0w.

I know another guy on another forum who tried with a 180cm in the West Midlands and could only get a little peep at night time, so he had to use a 240 instead.