Aldi or Lidl did some really cheap deals a while back, something like £30 for a dish and cheapo receiver.

I've got a few bits of hardware from CPC (www.cpc.co.uk), they are cheap and easy for cable and accessories.

I have aligned dishes before, certainly Sky can be hand aligned if you are gentle and patient. I fitted a quad LNB a couple of years back so we have satellite on each TV, analogue TV is poor here due to trees. We only have a subscription on one though!

Gareth