Very basic Sky tv question

[cobra kid]

We have just moved into a house where the dish and the cable to the telly are still in place. Can I get a second hand Sky box and utilise it in anyway without being a Sky customer?

[CedA4]

Are you an existing customer ?

[phatmanace]

I think that it will work as a freeview box - you'll only get the basic channels. and you might want to check whether you need a sky card even to get those

-ace

[CedA4]

Ah just re-read you first post.

Basically No then.

bloody keyboard

Edited by CedA4 on Sunday 3rd August 21:27

[miniman]

Yes you can use it. Without a viewing card, you will get very few channels. However you can also get a "free to air" card from Sky for £20 (IIRC) which will give you the same channels as Freeview.

[miniman]

CedA4 said:

Ah jut re-read you first post.

Basically No then.

Good answer. But wrong.

[CedA4]

miniman said:

CedA4 said:

Ah jut re-read you first post.

Basically No then.

Good answer. But wrong.

That will teach me to relieve my boredom with non thought out or researched post's

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[Ganglandboss]

phatmanace said:

I think that it will work as a freeview box - you'll only get the basic channels. and you might want to check whether you need a sky card even to get those

-ace

Yes, you're right.

[E31Shrew]

If youve got an HD ready telly why dont you just go for Freesat HD instead? You can most likely use the same dish. We havent found one yet that needed a new one. New freesat box is about £140.00

[mik.ross]

E31Shrew said:

If youve got an HD ready telly why dont you just go for Freesat HD instead? You can most likely use the same dish. We havent found one yet that needed a new one. New freesat box is about £140.00

Free HD included.

http://www.freesat.co.uk/

[Flintstone]

I had a similar thing. Got fed up with Sky showing endless repeats so cancelled my subscription after milking them for three months at half price plus a month free.

One year later and pester power wore me down. I had to join as a new customer so got a new decoder. The old one worked fine too but oddly enough when inserting the freeview card mentioned above we got fewer channels. Card returned, refund obtained.