Sky box recommendations

Tom Dunne

My ancient Grundig Sky box is continually crashing, so I am going to purchase another on E-bay. I don't subscribe to Sky any more.

So, a few questions:

Any recommendations for box types I should purchase?

I have a UK FTV card - can I just put this into any Sky box I buy?

Finally, I see some Sky+ boxes - is there any point in me buying one, given I will never subscribe to Sky and I would only use it with the FTV card?

Tony

tom dunne wrote:

My ancient Grundig Sky box is continually crashing, so I am going to purchase another on E-bay. I don't subscribe to Sky any more.

So, a few questions:

Any recommendations for box types I should purchase?

I have a UK FTV card - can I just put this into any Sky box I buy?

Finally, I see some Sky+ boxes - is there any point in me buying one, given I will never subscribe to Sky and I would only use it with the FTV card?

Panasonic and pace are good ,DSB 40 and pace 430N , no point in going sky + for ftv

watty

Unless the Sky+ is not too expensive and you think that when SkyHD is launched they abolish the recording rental? Bit of a gamble.

byte

I'd imagine that even if Sky did drop the recording rental, they'd still probably only allow recording to those with active subscriptions (if only).

hudhastings

Can any1 tell me why when i tried to order a british yellowhouse sky card on ebay, they e-mailed back that it was against there policy to send it/ something about the rules and regulations, is it because its against the law/ but how do other people on this site get the card from england to ireland?. I really want ch4 for horse racing so how do all the rest of ye get it of ebay/ is there some loophole or is it because I live in Cork and its so far from the north of ireland border.

watty

You need a UK address.

byte

Was this from a private seller? I can only assume so, doubt Sky sell cards on eBay!

Try a different seller maybe.

Blaster99

hudhastings wrote:

Can any1 tell me why when i tried to order a british yellowhouse sky card on ebay, they e-mailed back that it was against there policy to send it/ something about the rules and regulations, is it because its against the law/ but how do other people on this site get the card from england to ireland?. I really want ch4 for horse racing so how do all the rest of ye get it of ebay/ is there some loophole or is it because I live in Cork and its so far from the north of ireland border.

Was this the seller e-mailing you or eBay cancelling an auction and sent out an e-mail explaining why? I've never experienced the former, but I've experienced the latter.

You shouldn't have any problems with buying an FTV card on eBay. Most of the sellers realise the market is overseas.

grahamo

hudhastings wrote:

Can any1 tell me why when i tried to order a british yellowhouse sky card on ebay, they e-mailed back that it was against there policy to send it/ something about the rules and regulations, is it because its against the law/ but how do other people on this site get the card from england to ireland?. I really want ch4 for horse racing so how do all the rest of ye get it of ebay/ is there some loophole or is it because I live in Cork and its so far from the north of ireland border.

try www.freesatcard.com