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Discussion topic: Can I watch programmes previously recorded on Sky HD+ box without a dish being connected?

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This message was authored by MikeyjdXE This message was authored by: MikeyjdXE

Can I watch programmes previously recorded on Sky HD+ box without a dish being connected?

I have had SKY HD+ for nearly 10 years. I am upgrading to Sky Q soon. I am able to keep my old HD box and there are a few programmes I have recorded in the past still on it. I would like to watch these programmes again in the future. Some of these were recorded from Sky chanels, others from normal TV chanels.

 

Will I be able to connect my old box via HDMI cable but no dish and watch the old programmes?

 

Note: as a test, I disconnected the dish cables and was still able to watch previously recorded items, (obviously nothing being streamed live from SKY), but I don't know if that is only a short term thing.

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This message was authored by Mark39 This message was authored by: Mark39

Re: Can I watch programmes previously recorded on Sky HD+ box without a dish being connected?

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@MikeyjdXE wrote:

I have had SKY HD+ for nearly 10 years. I am upgrading to Sky Q soon. I am able to keep my old HD box and there are a few programmes I have recorded in the past still on it. I would like to watch these programmes again in the future. Some of these were recorded from Sky chanels, others from normal TV chanels.

 

Will I be able to connect my old box via HDMI cable but no dish and watch the old programmes?

 

Note: as a test, I disconnected the dish cables and was still able to watch previously recorded items, (obviously nothing being streamed live from SKY), but I don't know if that is only a short term thing.


I'm afraid not. Your Sky box needs a dish connection to initialise.  As you've guessed, it works temporarily to allow you to watch recordings when there's no signal (bad weather).

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@MikeyjdXE And just to add. You also wouldn't be able to reconnect it up to the dish as the LNB on the dish will be changed to a Sky Q compatible one. 


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Re: Can I watch programmes previously recorded on Sky HD+ box without a dish being connected?

Is there any way I can transfer a programme from my Sky box to a computer? I do have one particular recording from a news item featuring a family member?

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@MikeyjdXE  No as it's a breach of your contract 


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@MikeyjdXE wrote:

Is there any way I can transfer a programme from my Sky box to a computer? I do have one particular recording from a news item featuring a family member?


This is against Sky's terms and conditions so cannot be discussed here

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Re: Can I watch programmes previously recorded on Sky HD+ box without a dish being connected?

Thank you for your help and comments.

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@MikeyjdXE you can copy programmes in SD via the Sky box's scart socket (or RCA sockets if it has them) to a DVD recorder or to a computer if it has video/audio capture hardware and software.

 

You can't copy in HD, as the HDMI output is HDCP protected.

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Copying to a computer is more than likely to be used for  Archiving rather than indended timeshifting usage 😞

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Re: Can I watch programmes previously recorded on Sky HD+ box without a dish being connected?

That's interesting. I've just been persuaded to upgrade to Sky Q and was told uncategorically that I would still be able to watch existing recordings. I asked twice just to be sure.

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Well I suppose you can until Sky Q is installed or your Sky+ subscription is disabled. 

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@David-Griffiths wrote:

 

 was told uncategorically that I would still be able to watch existing recordings.


 

You definitely cannot do so once the subscription covering the Sky+ hardware ends: hard drive access is a subscription service, and that subscription moves to Sky Q

 

As @Mark39 indicates there's some ambiguity about exactly when this happens: in some cases users have been able to play back content for a quite some time until the box either initialises, receives an end-of-subscription signal or seeks subscription authentication by satellite signal and can't find a signal to do so.

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Hmmm, appears I was misinformed then. The support person I spoke to even claimed that he himself had continued to watch recorded programs and made no mention of a time limit.

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@David-Griffiths wrote:

Hmmm, appears I was misinformed then. The support person I spoke to even claimed that he himself had continued to watch recorded programs and made no mention of a time limit.


Your dish gets upgrded to wideband thus your Sky+ will not be able to initialise and stop functioning, also any Sky+ viewing cards on your account get disabled

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@David-Griffiths  It's quite possible the agent simply told you want you wanted to hear in order to get the sale as that is all some agents  may care about 


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