topic Re: Need to know when HD is going to shut down,I have a lot of recorded programs to watch in Sky+

Need to know when HD is going to shut down,I have a lot of recorded programs to watch

Micky1954 — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 17:40:44 GMT

Still have hours and hours of recordings to before moving to sky q, when will they shut down sky hd,had a notice to phone for an engineer to change my box but would like to keep my one as long as possible

Re: Need to know when HD is going to shut down,I have a lot of recorded programs to watch

Annie+UK — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 17:50:43 GMT

You usually lose access to the recordings on your old Sky box as soon as Sky Q is installed as the default LNB on the dish for Sky Q does not work for older boxes

Re: Need to know when HD is going to shut down,I have a lot of recorded programs to watch

nigea99 — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 18:46:32 GMT

@Micky1954 wrote:

Still have hours and hours of recordings to before moving to sky q, when will they shut down sky hd,had a notice to phone for an engineer to change my box but would like to keep my one as long as possible

@Micky1954

Despite the tone of the letter we do not know of any specific plans to switch off the old HD box accounts - although they are clearly trying to get everyone to move

You may wish to read some notes I have made for people considering switching from SKY +/HD to SKY Q

SKY +/HD to SKY Q

Re: Need to know when HD is going to shut down,I have a lot of recorded programs to watch

TimmyBGood — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:09:37 GMT

@Micky1954

It's the end of BBC transmission in standard definition over satellite which has a fixed date in early January 2024: as noted above there's been no indication when Sky might consider closing down their Sky+ HD platform.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/work-warning/news/hd-2023

The letter from Sky is extremely poorly worded, and ' we're upgrading you to a Sky Q TV box ' is simply bogus.