old sky box but no card

Shepherdd

I hope to move when houses start to sell so don't want 1 year contract. No longer have sky card so only get 4 channels. can anyone advise on cheapest way to get a few more. happy to buy freeview if that will work. I only have sky cable for ariel.Thanks

underlay_guru

Hi,

FREEVIEW - Around 60 digital TV channels through the aerial. Boxes start from approx £20. Check signal availability at http://www.freeview.co.uk/availability.

ckerrd

If you have a dish and an old Sky box you do not need a card to get a number of channels, including the five main terrestrial ones.

List here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free-to-air_channels_at_28E

I assume you mean you have no aerial when you say "I only have sky cable for ariel" as no aerial involved with Sky

aliasojo

ckerrd wrote: »

If you have a dish and an old Sky box you do not need a card to get a number of channels, including the five main terrestrial ones.

You still need a Freesat card though, don't you? I wanted to put an old sky box in the bedroom but had to get a Freesat card from sky (£20)to see the channels.

Sometimes if you still have an old sky card it will work but not always.

ckerrd

No card needed as I said for the channels I linked to.

aliasojo

Thanks. I must have been mistaken then. Or perhaps things have changed since I did this.

ckerrd

Some of them, like five have to be added manually as, if you don't have a card, they do not appear on the EPG.

Slightly annoying but then that is 20 quid in your pocket and not Mr Murdochs

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

aliasojo wrote: »

Thanks. I must have been mistaken then. Or perhaps things have changed since I did this.

There's quite a few channels available to watch on a Sky box without a card, admittedly though, most aren't worth talking about.
My son uses our old Sky box in his bedroom with no card.

Inactive

Best way to find out what you will get is to connect it all up and switch it on.