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Ill pitch in here,
A ED 80 is a good starter, though has very little light grab hence this limits your viewing power. as far as refractors go, ED's are the best beginner setup. though 80mm are generally used for guiding.
a Dobsonian mounted with rings on a GEM German equatorial mount is one of the cheapest and best preforming setups, a 200mm (8") will give you a great scope to image with and keep you going for a fair while in regards to light grab.
In regards to telescope mounts, buy the best you can afford. For instance my telescope was brought for 600 dollars, my mount was 1500, I brought a EQ6Pro, which gives you a rated loading of 25kgs I find the mount great for guiding/goto/ and has a good payload.
I always look at it like this having a decent telescope, you can use it to show people things plus when your trying to find a faint galaxy the bigger telescope you can get allows you to find it with ease.
If you have any other questions just shoot them at me.
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