topic Re: Moving home in Sky+

Moving home

PMS123 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:57:05 GMT

I will shortly be moving home.

House sale exchanged but can't find house to buy so will be renting for 6-12 months.

I have several questions.

I currently have Sky+ box with a dish.

1. what happens if a landlord says no dish allowed?

2. in that scenario what options do I have to continue to watch Sky?

3. I understand I could have sky stream but that does not allow recording, so if I did that for my rental period and then, when moved, put the dish on my new house - what happens to the dish in the meantime (ie while I am renting)? Do Sky take it or do I have to keep it somewhere?

4. what happens to recordings on my Sky+ box - are they lost forever or would they be available once a dish is back in place, at a later date?

I would imagine these are not unusual queries but thank you for any answers.

Re: Moving home

TimmyBGood — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 14:43:49 GMT

@PMS123 wrote:

1. what happens if a landlord says no dish allowed?

Then you can't have Sky+, Sky Q or Freesat reception

2. in that scenario what options do I have to continue to watch Sky?

Sky Glass or Sky Stream (bandwidth permitting). Sky Go, if you keep paying the Sky+ subscription.

3. I understand I could have sky stream but that does not allow recording, so if I did that for my rental period and then, when moved, put the dish on my new house - what happens to the dish in the meantime (ie while I am renting)? Do Sky take it or do I have to keep it somewhere?

Dishes become the property of the houseowner upon installation: Sky does not remove them once installed.

4. what happens to recordings on my Sky+ box - are they lost forever or would they be available once a dish is back in place, at a later date?

If you've kept the Sky+ subscription going then they should be available. If the subscription ceases then Sky will only supply a new one on Q hardware, and the old hard drive becomes unreachable. Note that even if you keep the Sky+ subscription, disk access will cease at some point when there's no satellite signal subscription confirmation.

Re: Moving home

PMS123 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 14:53:39 GMT

Thank you @TimmyBGood

Much appreciated

I don't suppose you (or anyone else) are/is aware or not if it is planned for Sky stream to get a recording facility, similar to BT TV ?

Thanks

Re: Moving home

TimmyBGood — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:13:58 GMT

@PMS123 wrote:

if it is planned for Sky stream to get a recording facility

The current Stream hardware has no on-board storage (other than a small amount of buffer for 'Live Pause') and so will never 'record' locally.

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/your-playlist-and-tv-guide-sky-glass

Re: Moving home

TimmyBGood — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:14:26 GMT

@PMS123 wrote:

similar to BT TV

I'd note that the EE TV Box Mini, which is closer to being a Stream competitor, does not record.

https://www.bt.com/help/tv/learn-about-tv/youview-boxes-and-multi-room/bt-tv-box-mini

Re: Moving home

PMS123 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:24:15 GMT

Thank you again @TimmyBGood

My brother has BT TV with Sky Sports and Cinema and his box allows him to record - I think its up to 1TB of space.

The only problem is you must have BT (or EE as it is now) domestic broadband and I use BT Business.

I understand Sky stream can be used with any broadband provider so looks like I'll try that at least during rental period and see how it goes before deciding what to do when we purchase.

Thanks again

Re: Moving home

oj01 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:52:28 GMT

@PMS123 wrote:
Thank you again @TimmyBGood
My brother has BT TV with Sky Sports and Cinema and his box allows him to record - I think its up to 1TB of space.
The only problem is you must have BT (or EE as it is now) domestic broadband and I use BT Business.
I understand Sky stream can be used with any broadband provider so looks like I'll try that at least during rental period and see how it goes before deciding what to do when we purchase.
Thanks again

Note that if you get Sky Stream your Sky+ subscription will cease and you won't be allowed to get it back when you get your new property.

Re: Moving home

PMS123 — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 07:00:17 GMT

Thank you @oj01 - I understand that but not worth paying just to keep recordings so will likely have to go with Sky stream.

In an ideal world, or the near future, Sky stream will get a hard drive facility.

Re: Moving home

Exiled-in-HH — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 07:31:14 GMT

It will be interesting to see if Freely release a box with a HDD... probably not🤔

EE (BT) TV can support recording because EE (BT) TV are locked to EE (BT) broadband😉

Re: Moving home

PMS123 — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 18:41:05 GMT

So I believe

Thanks @Exiled-in-HH