UK TVs are fine for non-terrestrial channels. I haven't tried one with a Spanish vid / sat / terrestrial digital, but I guess if they're connected with a scart they'll work fine.

Jools is quite right about the language thing, but the programming here is so dire that it becomes difficult. The Catalan channels tend to be a bit better and if you like serious programmes, they do serious in a big way.

Nobody has mentioned that the Spanish use a dual broadcast system called, uh... dual. It's not very widely used at the moment, but it allows selection of local or original language for programme viewing (listening). As most of the decent programmes and films are English language, this can be quite useful. It is set to become much more widespread in Catalunya as the Generalitat are beginning to invest heavily in English language teaching (250 million euros over the next year). It also means, of course, that you can escape the same three voices they use for all their overdubbing! I heard recently that the female voice has recently dubbed a quantity of porn films- obviously she's trying to expand her vocabulary.

When buying a Spanish TV make sure to ask if it has Dual (pronounced doo-al).

On a different note, does anybody have experience of terrestrial digital here? I?m barely receiving an analog signal, but I wonder if the digital strength is higher (some of the aerials available are about the size of a well used pencil). I don't want to lash out the thirty quid for a receiver if I don't have a chance of getting a signal.