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JoelP - 3/11/11 at 03:18 PM

I currently have sky with a sky+ box. Is it really as simple as getting a freesat viewing card and cancelling the subscription? Do sky not want any of their equiptment back when you cancel?

Ive conculuded i can well do without discovery channels to save £25 a month! But swimbo doesnt want to loose her drive full of saved programs.

Cheers!

[Edited on 3/11/11 by JoelP]

MikeFellows - 3/11/11 at 04:05 PM

the equipment is yours, they wont take it back

wylliezx9r - 3/11/11 at 04:08 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MikeFellows
the equipment is yours, they wont take it back


However you will lose all the saved programmes unfortunately !

westf27 - 3/11/11 at 04:08 PM

Had a free upgrade recently to hd and no,alloriginal equipment left behind.Cant see they will treat you any different as sky+ is a defunct box now anyway.You can either watch the free channels on sky or buy a once only payment card.

no discovery,think I would hang myself,but no what you mean,I dont have films or sport

steve

Agriv8 - 3/11/11 at 04:21 PM

SKY will want as many boxses out there as possible that can receive there broadcasts. so when the go to companies asking for advertising campaigns they can state 3.4 milion sky customers that you can advertise to.

I assume thats why they allow freesat to tune in ( looking at a Freesat HD PVR for the Agriv8 household and ditch the Virgin media box )

Think of it like a mobile you get the phone free under contract but after the 18 months its yours to do as you wish

regards

Agriv8

MikeFellows - 3/11/11 at 04:46 PM

they legally have to show all FREE TO AIR channels (BBC1, BBC2, ITV etc..) but to get the FREE TO VIEW (E4, Watch etc..) channels you need to call sky and get a card to enable them - it was a one off payment of £20 not sure what it costs now

MikeRJ - 3/11/11 at 04:50 PM

quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
But swimbo doesnt want to loose her drive full of saved programs.


You will lose any non-FTA (free to air) programs on your hard drive since they are encrypted and tied to the Sky card.

JoelP - 3/11/11 at 05:28 PM

Bugger! Is there any way to export the shows off the box? I've got Flight 666 saved on there too!

Cheers!

mookaloid - 3/11/11 at 05:50 PM

Yes you can record them onto video or onto a dvd recorder - it's one of the menu options on the planner

loggyboy - 3/11/11 at 06:25 PM

Buy a freesat box, will plug in to the existing dish with no need to change position, and youl get HD (bbc, itv and ch4) for free.

JoelP - 3/11/11 at 06:32 PM

not bothered for HD myself! Just want to save some pennies from Murdochs grasp!

loggyboy - 4/11/11 at 10:14 AM

quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
not bothered for HD myself! Just want to save some pennies from Murdochs grasp!


Its pretty good to be fair, and for free its not to be sniffed at. My TV has freesat built in, but I dont think the set top boxes are expensive. You can get them with HDDs for recording and pausing live tv etc. I also think the quality of the SD channels is better than that of sky. You could also look ast freeview HD boxes, but I dont think many HD channels have been launched yet (or if the HD systems are even active till next year?)
The only frustrating thing with freesat is no Dave, but I would asume your TV (if built in last 5 years) has standard freeview so you should get that anyway.
If you dont have a new enough TV then swap everthing you have for a new Tv with it all built in, and then you dont need any lil extra boxes and remotes!

britishtrident - 4/11/11 at 12:25 PM

The BBC actually pay £10 million a year to BSB-Sky to show the free to air BBC channels, in other countries it is the other way around Sky have to pay the terrestrial broadcasters to show their channels.

At any one time 60% of BSB-Sky viewers are watching Free to Air channels.

[Edited on 4/11/11 by britishtrident]

stevebubs - 4/11/11 at 12:27 PM

sky Copy+ for FTA stuff...