Oh good! Then in that case, I just need to start researching the following info:
Who's the most reputable supplier
What to do once it arrives
What's the difference between the images/patches (not sure about this topic) and what's the best one
What details I need from the CS server (i.e cline, fline, dns, username & password)
Any chance you could point me in the right direction?
What's enigma and enigma 2 btw?
Patches mean you apply a patch to the reciever and use a softcam with keys to open chanenls on various foreign satelites you dont need CS for this.
Different patches and key packages open different channels on different satellites. Patchable revievers are only really aby good if you have a motorised dish to point at the sateliites on which you can open channels, no benefit if you have a fixed dish for 28.2E.
Enigma 1 and 2 is the base software framework that runs on Linux Recievers the box, menus, tv guide etc. Enigma 1 is typically found on older reciever DM500, 600 etc. Enigma 2 is on newer recievers DM800HD, VU DUO etc.
In the case of Linux recievers, Images are developed by various different teams Gemini/IHAD, OpenPLI, EDG Nemesis, DreamElite, Merlin, OOzoon etc etc... Different images have different features, the look and feel of the menus etc is different. More image choice is good you can pick and choose which one suits your needs better. Various different plugins can be downlaoded and added, for things like EPG, streaming movies, Youtube, google maps etc.. Some Linux recievers have more images form different teams available than others.. Dreamboxes are by the far the most widely supported Linux reciever, followed by VU . All images are usually based on Enigma 1 or 2 framework.
In the case of Non Linux closed source recievers you generally only have the maufacturers standard image, this cannot be changed.
your CS provider will give you a C-Line this already has your username password etc..In the case of a Linux reciever.you just need to install a image of your choice on your reciever, download and install the Softcam, insert the cline into your softcam config file and copy the config file to the reciever.
Client recievers dont need Dynamic DNS etc..