Limited Company and wages ....

I'm just about to start trading. Basically that means selling a couple of DVD's in a box. However, I am having conflicting advice about paying saleries. One accountant has told me that I pay myself like any other employee. Another has not outright said but is strongly putting pressure on me to use self assesment and to let them do it for me.

Smelling a rat, wanting to keep costs down, and unimpressed by the unwillingness of my accountant to give a straight answer, can any body tell me if as a director of a Limited company i can pay myself through PAYE.

I'm not bothered about getting slightly less money each money (unlike my accountant) as my accountant fees are over a £1000 to do this for me and therefore worthless. I will only go self assesment now if I HAVE to.

Anyone have any idea of this ? PAYE versus self assesment ?