Reet, bird's mum wants to cancel sky. She doesn't want to barter, she doesn't want to get X amount of months free, etc, etc. She just wants to cancel it.

 

Will she still be able to use her box for the channels you'd normally get through freeview and will she still be able to 'plus' stuff as well?

 

... or is the Sky box worthless/useless after they've switched her off.

 

Ta

It will be useless unless you get a card off sky to watch the free to air stuff - I think its a tenner. Can't use the plus stuff though I don't think but someone off here might know better.

It will be useless unless you get a card off sky to watch the free to air stuff - I think its a tenner. Can't use the plus stuff though I don't think but someone off here might know better.

 

Great, ta.

 

So, if she wants to record stuff in future she'll have to get herself a freeview recorder then?

I cancelled for a few weeks last year. Still used the box for freeview and a couple of extra channels on too.

 

I think the box is good untill they issue new cards to all customers.

 

I had a 75% off offer sent and I was back watching sky while I was still on the phone to them.

Oh it won't record and you can't watch anything that's been saved.

Oh it won't record and you can't watch anything that's been saved.

 

Ok, ta, that's the clincher then.

 

I'll tell her to buy herself a freeview recorder.

 

Is there a market for second hand sky+ boxes then? Is it worth flogging?

You need to look into buying a Skybox F5 with 12 months free gift off Ebay

There are several for sale on fleabay around the £25 mark. Might be worth a punt there?

box is fine

 

sky plus isnt

 

it will still work, but make sure she doesnt use as they will just charge £10 a month.

 

Insist they cancel it

Im paying too much for Virgin, guna see what I can get with sky

box is fine

 

sky plus isnt

 

it will still work, but make sure she doesnt use as they will just charge £10 a month.

 

Insist they cancel it

 

Cheers. I think she already has done, but I'll check.

 

I think I'll just get the box off her and put it on Ebay, whatever it goes for, it goes for. She can then put that towards a freeview recorder.

send an email, and they wont argue

 

she will get freeview channels on existing card, until they totally cancel the card (if ever do)

 

worth paying the minimum sub so she can still record imo.

 

or even entertainment or entertainment plus channels (just no movies for sport) for £21.50 or 26.50 a month. which is decent value imo.

beware of any pain of using a box other than sky

 

many are not great.

 

go for youview if you can

Im paying too much for Virgin, guna see what I can get with sky

 

Same here.The price seems to go up every fcuking month.

As others have said. I had four boxes but the cards still all worked for the free channels. I sold one box on ebay then bought a Humax reconditioned free sat box from their online site. This will record etc. Never looked back and dont miss sky one jot.

send an email, and they wont argue

 

she will get freeview channels on existing card, until they totally cancel the card (if ever do)

 

worth paying the minimum sub so she can still record imo.

 

or even entertainment or entertainment plus channels (just no movies for sport) for £21.50 or 26.50 a month. which is decent value imo.

 

She doesn't want to pay out for anything.

 

... also, I'd argue it's not worth paying anything per month just so you can record stuff. I've had freeview recorders in the past (got a Youview box now) and never had any problems.

will she not be paying for the freeview box?

 

how much is a decent one?

 

the old box will be worth feck all.

will she not be paying for the freeview box?

 

how much is a decent one?

 

the old box will be worth feck all.

 

Last two I've bought have been reconditioned units and cost under £100, that means it'll pay for itself in under a year. If I can get her £20 for her Sky box then that's a net spend of £80, meaning it's paid for in under 8 months.

 

Not sure why you think anything except SKY's own is shit. You must've trialled a lot to come to such an informed opinion?

i have had a few.

 

although none of the newer ones to be fair.

I couldn't handle not having sky.

 

other than bbc and channel 4's array of channels i don't watch anything on freeview it's seemingly all repeats of stuff from the sky channels and reality shite.

I've got full Sky but it only ever gets turned on to watch sports.

 

There's so many other ways nowadays to watch what you want, when you want that one's TV should fit around one's life ... not t'other way round.

I couldn't handle not having sky.

 

 

 

This

 

Not really so much sport for me these days but Atlantic, Fox & all the Discovery, Nat geo Eden type channels.

Oh & the guilty pleasures on E4, but I think that could be free view.

I have the Sky radio on quite a bit too.

I was talking to my mate Wolfie Smith about not having Sky t'other day, I had to confess to him that I felt I was missing out.

Edited March 21, 201313 yr by Youri McAnespie

Have had a Humax freesat recorder for over 3 years without any problems at all. If you can live without sport and films. Would'nt dream of going back to Sky

Am on virgin me full hit movies skysports everything crept fert porn......... Internet,telly,phone 35quid a month bargain

 

 

 

Oh yeah and me mobiles 600mins and unlimited texts and internet too......15 quid a month

 

 

 

 

 

Did I mention my mrs works for virgin and gets it cheap....... I'll get me coat...

Edited March 21, 201313 yr by fellman

Thres always the option of splashing out on a new tele - free sat built in and most have a hard drive that record. simples. less cables less hassle.