topic Second class subscriber in Sky+

Second class subscriber

Wallace6 — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:01:25 GMT

I don't remember Sky sending out warnings to innocent Sky HD box users, paying a full subscription, that they would be discriminated against in terms of all that was available on Sky+. Particularly miffed to discover that I an watch American Tennis tonight but not the Rugby League from the UK. Will the HD Box get any more useless in the future and where was the warning?

Re: Second class subscriber

GD1 — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:30:15 GMT

@Wallace6 Sky sent out emails advising that support for Sky+HD was being withdrawn and to upgrade to Sky Q for free.

Re: Second class subscriber

Mark39 — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:38:11 GMT

@Wallace6 Sky+ will inevitably continue to lose out to more recent technology which has greater functionality. That's not a new phenomenon for electronic equipment in general and is to be expected

Have you considered upgrading?

Re: Second class subscriber

oj01 — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:19:58 GMT

@Wallace6 wrote:
I don't remember Sky sending out warnings to innocent Sky HD box users, paying a full subscription, that they would be discriminated against in terms of all that was available on Sky+. Particularly miffed to discover that I an watch American Tennis tonight but not the Rugby League from the UK. Will the HD Box get any more useless in the future and where was the warning?

You can watch the rugby on the Sky Sports App on a mobile or tablet. Or, as of last week, on the Sky website on a laptop/PC. The laptop can even be connected to a TV via HDMI.

When the Sky Sports+ service launched (some time ago) it was clearly stated that Sky+HD Boxes couldn't access the streaming features.

Re: Second class subscriber

TimmyBGood — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 18:06:22 GMT

@Wallace6 wrote:

Will the HD Box get any more useless in the future

Quite possibly: the youngest Sky+ HD box is now a decade old and incapable of hosting apps (as its operating system goes back to 2002)

and where was the warning?

The launch of two subsequent generations of viewing platform should probably be a clue.