Freesat with recorder that works with sky dish

[xyz123]

Hi, we are paying silly money at the moment for sky Q and am keen to get rid of it. We mostly watch the main 5 channels plus news etc. we like the recording functionality to avoid faf of online streaming with non skippable ads.

I saw some posts earlier about some freesat boxes being compatible with sky dish. How do I check? Our sky dish is over 10 years old and I can probably access it to check more details but don't know exactly what needs to be. Checked for freesat compatibility?

Thanks

[LordLoveLength]

An existing sky dish should be compatible with freesat. Do you have a satellite tuner in your TV? Many TVs offer recording capability to a usb drive - may be an option. Usually limited to a single channel at a time though.

[mjcneat]

I've got a Manhattan box that uses the old Sky cables for Freesat and works a charm.

From memory, if you have Sky Q, you likely have an updated Sky dish that won't work with all Freesat boxes.

Online search suggests:

"Sky Q Dishes: If you are moving from Sky Q, the current "Freesat 4K" branded hardware will work.
Sky+ Dishes: Older Sky+ dishes are generally compatible with all Freesat boxes using standard Universal LNBs."

May be worth a bit of digging before purchase to make sure your dish is compatible with whatever box you find.