topic Re: Very old Sky box in Sky+

Very old Sky box

JR9 — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 18:25:48 GMT

Hi,

We have a VERY old Sky box from when TV in our area went digital and we had a Sky satellite dish installed. We have never subscribed to Sky TV services and although the card was upgraded once, the Sky box is the original one we had. The user manual has a date of 2006. With BBC changing to HD only on 8th January, we won't be able to watch HD channels through the Sky box from that date. How can I get a box upgrade without buying a Sky subscription? Thanks

Re: Very old Sky box

GD1 — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 18:29:47 GMT

@JR9 wrote:

Hi,

We have a VERY old Sky box from when TV in our area went digital and we had a Sky satellite dish installed. We have never subscribed to Sky TV services and although the card was upgraded once, the Sky box is the original one we had. The user manual has a date of 2006. With BBC changing to HD only on 8th January, we won't be able to watch HD channels through the Sky box from that date. How can I get a box upgrade without buying a Sky subscription? Thanks

From Sky the answer is you can't as you need to be subscribing to their pay packaages to be able to be upgraded to Sky Q.

Best option for you is to look on the likes of ebay for a 2nd hand Sky+HD box as these are no longer made as new.

Re: Very old Sky box

Mark39 — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:51:10 GMT

...or alternatively buy a Freesat receiver.