wastafirth 01 Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Thinking on getting rid of our Sky subscription but was wondering if I did and continued to use the sky box as a free-to-view box, would the recording function and series link etc still work? Anybody with experience of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebedee Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 No, you would lose Sky+/ You can pay £5 (possible more now) per month to keep sky+.Alternatively you can buy a freesat box with a hard drive to get similar functions. For more info on that try islesat, they have a range of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastafirth 01 Posted January 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Thanks for this info. I'll weigh up the options - it's got to be cheaper than paying for loads of channels/repeats we never watch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitzy Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 You still get lots of repeats on Freesat but you only pay once to install! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanKZ Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Freesat+ and Freesat+ HD are your best bets. Bare in mind, if you do get a Freesat box, it'll have at completely different EPG (user interface). So if you're used to what you have now with Sky, this might annoy you quite a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 I use a Humax Foxsat which was plugged into an old Sky dish for ages. I replaced the dish with a better one with quad-LNB and get all the features of Sky+ without the recurring costs. Total cost ~£200 for decoder, dish and installation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanKZ Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 I use a Humax Foxsat which was plugged into an old Sky dish for ages. I replaced the dish with a better one with quad-LNB and get all the features of Sky+ without the recurring costs. Total cost ~£200 for decoder, dish and installation. Exactly the same box I haz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebedee Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Just thought I'd come back to let you know the price has gone up a lot - it is now £10.25 per month for a sky+ sub on it's own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 6 months basic subs can get you this.... Goodmans GFSAT200HD / HD Freesat Decoder £64 onlineExcellent entry-level Freesat units - super quality pictures and sound plus outstanding 1080p up-scaling. Users the same satellite dish set-up as BskyB for simple economic installation. Access all freesat Digital Channels and Radio Stations. If you want premium channels, you can get the decoders with these facilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirvaluk Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Just thought I'd come back to let you know the price has gone up a lot - it is now £10.25 per month for a sky+ sub on it's own.This is the price for Sky+ HD, Sky + is free to existing Sky customers, according to the SKY website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Para Handy Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Thinking on getting rid of our Sky subscription but was wondering if I did and continued to use the sky box as a free-to-view box, would the recording function and series link etc still work? Anybody with experience of this? Not sure about sky+ but the basic sky box I gave up my Sky subscription three years ago I got the free-to-view without any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiman Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 got a humax freesat plus box myself and have never looked back !!!! over 18 months since i stoped my sky subsciption, well worth the money and no subsciption !!!!! sky is short for sky high lol !!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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