Can I cut these cables to my dish ?

[Dexta22]

On the left of the dish are cables which used to go to an old physical box which is now replaced with a SKy mini so I don't need these cables. Can I literaly just cut them or do they need to be properly removed from the back of the dish and if so is that awkward to do ?

The cables pointing down  (for some reason laid in the gutter instead of neatly over the conservatory) go to my SKY box . 

Second question,  why so many cables?? Does a SKY Box really need what appears to be 3 seperate cables to operate nowadays?

Last question can  a SKY Q box be "upgraded" to not even need a dish, I heard some sky systems don't need a dish nowadays.

Any positives/negatives to going broadbadn only no dish ?

Thanks

[nigea99 · Accepted solution]

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@Dexta22 wrote:

On the left of the dish are cables which used to go to an old physical box which is now replaced with a SKy mini so I don't need these cables. Can I literaly just cut them or do they need to be properly removed from the back of the dish and if so is that awkward to do ?

The cables pointing down  (for some reason laid in the gutter instead of neatly over the conservatory) go to my SKY box . 

Second question,  why so many cables?? Does a SKY Box really need what appears to be 3 seperate cables to operate nowadays?

Last question can  a SKY Q box be "upgraded" to not even need a dish, I heard some sky systems don't need a dish nowadays.

Any positives/negatives to going broadbadn only no dish ?

Thanks

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hi @Dexta22 

Once switched to SKY Q only the main box cables are connected at the dish so you will actualy find the ends are free somewhere behind the dish - you can cut them anywhere or just remove carefully from all the way to the dish.

SKY Q does not need 3 cables but it needs 2 (when installed nowadays they use a twin cable - i.e. 2 cables joined)

BTW the reason for 2 is it needs one for each polarity

If you have more you can remove any estraneous ones

SKY Stream is the no dish product which relies on good internet - search the forums here as there have been several discussions over the differences

[TimmyBGood]

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@Dexta22 wrote:

Any positives/negatives to going broadbadn only no dish ?

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No local recordings (because there's no hard drive in a Stream 'puck') and no television at all if the broadband connection goes down...