Discussion topic: Freesat from Sky

This message was authored by: cookiemonsteruk · ‎31 Mar 2021

Hi,

I have an old sky+ HD sat box would that be compliant with freesat from Sky ? Would there be a premium for recording and viewing in 1080p ? And i assume i'd need to buy a new free to air/view videoguard card as the one i found in it is as old as the hills 😃

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This message was authored by: caesarome · ‎31 Mar 2021

I don't know if this is still an option but if it is it would cost about £11 a month for Sky to activate the plus features of the box so you can record and pause etc. You would need to call them to arrange this.

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This message was authored by: caesarome · ‎31 Mar 2021

I don't know if this is still an option but if it is it would cost about £11 a month for Sky to activate the plus features of the box so you can record and pause etc. You would need to call them to arrange this.

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This message was authored by: cookiemonsteruk · ‎31 Mar 2021

@caesarome

But doable ?

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This message was authored by: caesarome · ‎31 Mar 2021

If you are a Sky Q customer then you might have an issue with the LNB on the dish which would have been changed to accommodate your Q box so that apart I guess so but as I said I'm not sure if Sky does £11 "plus" packages anymore so you would need to call them and discuss this with them.

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This message was authored by: TimmyBGood · ‎31 Mar 2021

@cookiemonsteruk

A quick calculation would suggest that a brand new CommScope UHD FreeSat recorder would cost less than 18 months subscription to 'Freesat from Sky' and actually be 'free' thereafter.

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