sky SD box film/sport packs switch off

[GD1]

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@ThePope27 wrote:

@Annie+UK 

I think there's a few sky+hd models that don't decode DVB-S2 as well.

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As they ae HD boxes they MUST be able to decode HD (which have always transmitted innthe DVB-S2 format) and as such would continie to work woth any DVB-S2 transmissions 

There has been no Sky+HD box that only decodes DVB-S transmissions only, if that were the case they would never had HD on these (non existant) boxes.

The older boxes would have to be SD only to not decode HD

[ThePope27]

@GD1 ,

The first OG 2006 boxes were DVB-S only......

[Annie+UK]

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@ThePope27 wrote:

@Annie+UK,

The OG PVR4 Thompson/Pace/Samsung boxes. 

End of life, I would only recommend DRX890, DRX895 & DRX595, our Thompson was replace by Sky in a mass callback many years ago due to a hardware design issue

I still have a PVR4 down the shed that my parents owned when sky hd first come out, 

Ancient software with many bugs 😞

I was 3 years old when Sky HD was first released, just thought I would make you feel old 😉

No need, I am old 🙂

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[ThePope27]

@GD1,

You comment is incorrect as BBC HD was transmitted on DVB-S until 6th of June 2011

[ThePope27]

@Annie+UK,

I was just on about the OG PVR4 Thompson/Samsung boxes were the DVB-S only boxes, I wouldn't recommend them as a daily driver,

Only recommend DRX890WL and DRX895WL

[GD1]

@ThePope27  I don;t believe they were as Sky HD channels were always DVB-S2 so for this box in 2006 to be released without access to these HD channels from Sky would have been a major foobar.

[ThePope27]

@GD1,

Its made me curious now, I'll whip the old boy out over the weekend and satisfy my curiosity (that's if the old boy doesn't blow fire in my face)

[pinknina667]

Hello, it will depend when your bill date is each month, but you can expect by 30th May - there will be no Sports/Cinema channels remaning on an SD capable only box @HeathHayle 

[theredhouse55555]

Not a fan If SKY wishes to close S.D. channels for SKY + H.D. box*s over 10 years. Then why just close all older box*s and switch to SKY Q?

[TimmyBGood]

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@theredhouse55555 wrote:

Not a fan If SKY wishes to close S.D. channels for SKY + H.D. box*s over 10 years.

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All Sky+ HD boxes are keeping their previous functionality.  ' Sky+ HD ' was launched in 2006, and there are apparently still millions of such boxes in use despite Q arriving in 2016.

The affected hardware is SD-only: this is 'Digibox' (1998) and 'Sky+' (2001) boxes and there are maybe some tens of thousands of those around.

Digibox

• 4F01 to 4F08 (Amstrad)
• 4E01 to 4E05 (Grundig)
• 9F01 to 9F08 and 9F0A (Pace)
• 0F01 to 0F05 (Panasonic)
• 4E06 to 4E08 (Thomson)

Sky+

• 4F2001 to 4F2006 (Amstrad)
• 4F2101 to 4F2118 and 9F2101 to 9F2137 (Amstrad or Pace)
• 9F2001 to 9F2024, PVR2, 9F2201 to 9F2235, 9F2301 to 9F2339 (Pace)
• 4E2101 to 4E2141 (Thomson)

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-channel-upgrade