SKY +

[Damiencbr]

Can i buy a SKY + box from ebay and use it with my existing card? If so will it do everything it should?

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[Plotloss]

Sky+ requires two downlinks from the dish, if you've got two drops then it should work after a call to Sky.

[AARONM3]

Excuse my butting in but on a related note- I'm thinking of ditching my SKY subscription as we only tend to watch the stuff that would be available on Freeview anyway. Would I still be able to use the SKY+ to record the free channels I guess I will receive?

I think not...? Actually will I get any channels at all!?

[Plotloss]

You should be able to get a free to air viewing card from Sky to allow you to use the box without paying for the subscription content.

[Damiencbr]

AARONM3 said:

Excuse my butting in but on a related note- I'm thinking of ditching my SKY subscription as we only tend to watch the stuff that would be available on Freeview anyway. Would I still be able to use the SKY+ to record the free channels I guess I will receive?

I think not...? Actually will I get any channels at all!?

Apparently you can buy a card that allows all the free channels, but none of the others, i also hear about a next to nothing subscription, might be wrong though
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[Tripps]

Damiencbr said:

Apparently you can buy a card that allows all the free channels, but none of the others, i also hear about a next to nothing subscription, might be wrong though

If you cancel your subscription the card you have does this anyway. We got bored paying for a 2nd box we never used, but now have a freeview satellite box downstairs.

[Tripps]

Plotloss said:

Sky+ requires two downlinks from the dish, if you've got two drops then it should work after a call to Sky.

As far as I'm aware the entire Sky+ functionality won't function without the subscription.

Either £10 a month or free if you've got 2 premium channels in your package.

[AARONM3]

Yup, have the lot at the moment but I can't help but think a couple of months without SKY+ would pay for a DVD recorder and then no more £40odd each and every month for generally not much.

Cheers

[Tripps]

AARONM3 said:

Yup, have the lot at the moment but I can't help but think a couple of months without SKY+ would pay for a DVD recorder and then no more £40odd each and every month for generally not much.

I keep thinking the same, as although it's nice to have the other channels the ones I mostly watch are free or covered by the TV license. I perhaps watch 10% of the actual package channels, so they work out very expensive.

The think I'd miss though is the ease of use with Sky+, it's ability to record any channel without issue - but I guess the new twin-tuner DVB boxes do that just as well...

[telecat]

I have the Humax PVR9200T. Takes it about 5 minutes from startup to download The EPG which is currently 8 days. (The capacity allows for a 14 day one but it isn't sent out yet). Once downloaded you can bring it up and search for programs and press ok to add them to the 20 event Schedule.

[Vesuvius 996]

AARONM3 said:

Excuse my butting in but on a related note- I'm thinking of ditching my SKY subscription as we only tend to watch the stuff that would be available on Freeview anyway. Would I still be able to use the SKY+ to record the free channels I guess I will receive?

I think not...? Actually will I get any channels at all!?

Call SKY and they will issue you with a Free card.

[vex]

I can confirm that if you down grade out of your Sky + subscription then some of the SKy+ box functionality SHOULD stop working.

However it might take a while for Sky to catch up with it.

[JonRB]

If you want Sky+ functionality but with Freeview then there are several PVRs with twin Freeview tuners in them that do the same thing.

Edit: Like the Humax that telecat mentioned, in fact.

Edited by JonRB on Friday 3rd November 13:27

[telecat]

JonRB said:

If you want Sky+ functionality but with Freeview then there are several PVRs with twin Freeview tuners in them that do the same thing.

Edit: Like the Humax that telecat mentioned, in fact.

Edited by JonRB on Friday 3rd November 13:27

And no further payment to get the Updates and EPG either