Hi Folks

I'm currently subscribed to Sky+HD but due to redundancy I can no longer
justify or afford the £32 per month.

Am I understanding this right? I can get a card from Sky, costing £25, that
will still enable me to view non subscription channels for free, including
some HD ones.

As I've been a customer for 4 or 5 years is the equipment now mine and I
won't have to pay Sky to continue to use it? Will the recording facility
still work?

Thanks in anticipation.

On 17 Sep 2011 02:56:28 GMT, "MC" wrote:

johnnysaint wrote:

Hi Folks

I'm currently subscribed to Sky+HD but due to redundancy I can no
longer justify or afford the £32 per month.

Am I understanding this right? I can get a card from Sky, costing
£25, that will still enable me to view non subscription channels for
free, including some HD ones.

As I've been a customer for 4 or 5 years is the equipment now mine
and I won't have to pay Sky to continue to use it? Will the recording
facility still work?

Thanks in anticipation.

Your current card will already work with the free stuff, so no need to
pay for card. All you are doing is "turning off" the premium stuff.
The equipment is, indeed, yours to do with as you will. However,
unless the rules have changed, you will not be able to recieve HD and
you will not be able to use the recording facility.

Using the same dish you can change to FreeSat which does have HD
available. Humax sell refurbished returns via their website:-
http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/prodCat2.asp?cat=Factory
which I haven't seen criticised anywhere yet. Their receivers are a
bit more flexible and reliable with non-local channels added as
"non-FreeSat" than the other FreeSat makes. HD FreeSat receivers are
commonly available from Argos/Comet/etc. from about 70 UKP upward.

On 17/09/2011 3:56 AM, MC wrote:
johnnysaint wrote:



Your current card will already work with the free stuff, so no need to
pay for card. All you are doing is "turning off" the premium stuff.
The equipment is, indeed, yours to do with as you will. However,
unless the rules have changed, you will not be able to recieve HD and
you will not be able to use the recording facility.

MC


he can get the free hd stuff - such as bbc hd, bbc1 hd, itv hd, channel
4 and 5 hd maybe too - can't be bothered to take my card out and try......

--
Gareth.
That fly.... Is your magic wand.

"johnnysaint" wrote in message ...
Hi Folks

I'm currently subscribed to Sky+HD but due to redundancy I can no longer
justify or afford the £32 per month.

Am I understanding this right? I can get a card from Sky, costing £25, that
will still enable me to view non subscription channels for free, including
some HD ones.

As I've been a customer for 4 or 5 years is the equipment now mine and I
won't have to pay Sky to continue to use it? Will the recording facility
still work?

Thanks in anticipation.

As long as you end your contract amicably and don't default on payment, the card you have now
will function exactly the same as the one you are contemplating buying.

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

MC wrote:
: The equipment is, indeed, yours to do with as you will. However,
: unless the rules have changed, you will not be able to recieve HD and
: you will not be able to use the recording facility.

Misinformation alert!!! With FSFS card (or just a switched off subscription
one you can get the FTA/FTV HD channels (includes FiveHD) - and this has
ALWAYS been the case!

On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:08:13 +0000 (UTC), (Brian
Mc) wrote:

MC wrote:
: The equipment is, indeed, yours to do with as you will. However,
: unless the rules have changed, you will not be able to recieve HD and
: you will not be able to use the recording facility.

Misinformation alert!!! With FSFS card (or just a switched off subscription
one you can get the FTA/FTV HD channels (includes FiveHD) - and this has
ALWAYS been the case!

Won't you eventually get the repeated on-screen warning messages when
the next round of card renewals comes up ?

Charles Ellson wrote:
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:08:13 +0000 (UTC), (Brian
Mc) wrote:

MC wrote:
: The equipment is, indeed, yours to do with as you will. However,
: unless the rules have changed, you will not be able to recieve HD and
: you will not be able to use the recording facility.

Misinformation alert!!! With FSFS card (or just a switched off subscription
one you can get the FTA/FTV HD channels (includes FiveHD) - and this has
ALWAYS been the case!

Won't you eventually get the repeated on-screen warning messages when
the next round of card renewals comes up ?

You will yes, but you still would get the messages if you'd purchased a FFS card.

However still better to use your lapsed subs card until replacement is
required, it's still going to save 25 quid isn't it ?

--
Mark
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www.paras.org.uk

Charles Ellson wrote:
: Won't you eventually get the repeated on-screen warning messages when
: the next round of card renewals comes up ?

Not with the FTA channels! Sky typically now change smartcards every
5-6 years -and new FSFS ones have to be bought then (unless, AFAIR, these
are less than 3 years old)

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:02:51 +0000 (UTC), (Brian
Mc) wrote:

Charles Ellson wrote:
: Won't you eventually get the repeated on-screen warning messages when
: the next round of card renewals comes up ?

Not with the FTA channels!

I had the message coming up on any channel.

Sky typically now change smartcards every
5-6 years -and new FSFS ones have to be bought then (unless, AFAIR, these
are less than 3 years old)

On 9/19/2011 9:07 PM, Charles Ellson wrote:
On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:02:51 +0000 (UTC), (Brian
Mc) wrote:

Charles wrote:
: Won't you eventually get the repeated on-screen warning messages when
: the next round of card renewals comes up ?

Not with the FTA channels!

I had the message coming up on any channel.

As did I.

Sky typically now change smartcards every
5-6 years -and new FSFS ones have to be bought then (unless, AFAIR, these
are less than 3 years old)