What to do now??

krustydoyle

Well folks,

Complete rookie so sorry if this is a silly question.

Cancelled my sky subscription and it's due to finish this Monday (22nd)

What use is my sky+ box now??
Can I get freeview??

Thanks for your help

truedoom

think you can still get some of the free to air channels, but they're all ****e tbh.

truedoom

My bad, didn't know BBC 1, 2 CH4 and Film 4 were included tbh :P

dogtoffee

This is a list of what is you can still get

Entertainment

BBC 1 HD, BBC 2 HD, BBC 3 HD, BBC 4 HD, BBC NI HD, ITV HD, Channel 4, Channel 5,

BBC Alba, ITV+1, ITV2, ITV2+1, ITV3, ITV3+1, ITV4, ITV4+1,S4C Digidol
Channel 4 + 1, E4, E4 + 1, More4, More4 + 1, Channel 4 HD, Channel 5 +1
5 USA, 5 USA +1, 5*, 5* +1, CBS Drama, CBS Reality, CBS Reality+1, CBS Action
Horror Channel, Horror Channel+1, BET, BET+1, True Entertainment, More>Movies
Pick TV, Challenge TV, Viva


News & Sport

BBC News HD, BBC Parliament, Sky News, Al Jazeera Eng, Euronews, France 24, Russia Today HD,CNN, Bloomberg Television, NHK World HD,CNBC, CCTV News

Movies

Film4, Film4 + 1, True Movies 1,True Movies 2, Movies4Men, Movies4Men +1

Lifestyle

Showcase, Information TV, Showcase 2, Food Network, Food Network+1, Travel Channel
Fashion One,The Active Channel

Music

Chart Show TV, The Vault, Flava, Scuzz, B4U Music, BuzMuzik, Bliss, Zing, Clubland TV
Planet Pop, Vintage TV, Heart TV, Capital TV, Kiss, The Box, Heat, Smash Hits, Magic, Kerrang!

Children

CBBC Channel, CBeebies, CITV, POP, POP Girl, Tiny Pop, Kix

Thurston?

krustydoyle wrote: »

... Cancelled my sky subscription and it's due to finish this Monday (22nd)

What use is my sky+ box now??
Can I get freeview??

Freeview is UK terrestrial TV, not satellite, so you won't get that. You will get the satellite channels that are free-to-air (FTA), requiring no subscription or card.

krustydoyle

Nice one, thanks folks.

bored_stupid

.adverts.ie/satellite/sky-uk-freesat-card/6093115 you can get FTA cards on adverts.ie

Masala

This is a list of what is you can still get

Hi.... just curious.

I have the OLD Sky box.. the Silver one before the Sky+ and SkyHD boxes. I don't get half of the above list. If I plug in my OLD Sky+ box ( which replaced the Silver one .. and has since been replaced by the HD box) would I get more channels???

Will try that tonite!!

dogtoffee

Masala wrote: »

Hi.... just curious.

I have the OLD Sky box.. the Silver one before the Sky+ and SkyHD boxes. I don't get half of the above list. If I plug in my OLD Sky+ box ( which replaced the Silver one .. and has since been replaced by the HD box) would I get more channels???

Will try that tonite!!

yes plug the old one in and all the listed channels will be there,

Karl Stein

Using a Sky box for FTA is a pain in the nuts. If your TV can receive Saorview you'd be better off buying a good PVR Freesat receiver (one off payment) which would have similar recording and series linking features as a Sky + box.

Technofobe

I think ( could be wrong though ) if you unplug the skybox then remove the card then power back up it puts all the free stations into order starting with bbc so your not skipping through the menu lookin for channels that are free to air
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1fAixgHwoA

I ditched sky 6 months ago and got an Amiko Alien 2
it is a HD combo box meaning you have your freee satelite and your saorview in the one box with 7 day EPG ( when connected to internet ) and only 1 remote more and more stuff in HD now for free
you can pause and rewind live tv ( if you add a usb drive ) and have a basic epg driven record like series link
great investment

Dr. Nick

I have a UK card, bought for the 'blue button' trick (now defunct it seems). Works perfectly in my sky+ hd box. Can record on the card and recordings stay on the box with normal IRL card inserted.

Buying another sky+ box on adverts.ie, for use with multi-room or uk card.