leaving sky

broxiebear1

hi can anyone advise
i am going to leave sky , if i do what programmes will i get through sky box , 1 will i have to buy sky freesat card
2. is it worth buying freesat box. at the moment i have sky hd box but gave up on hd package .
thanks broxie

macman

Pull the card out and you will see exactly what channels you will receive. You don't have to buy a Freesat from Sky card, you only lose 3 channels from the EPG (Five, Fiver and Five USA).
If you currently have Sky+ you will lose the PVR functions on the box.

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

macman wrote: »

you only lose 3 channels from the EPG (Five, Fiver and Five USA).

Also used to be Sky3, but I'm not sure if that's still the case?

Inactive

Phantom_Flan_Flinger wrote: »

Also used to be Sky3, but I'm not sure if that's still the case?

Still true, as well as Sky 3 + 1.

Baldur

If you leave the Sky Card in the slot, you won't lose any of the above channels after leaving Sky, as it simply acts as a Freesat from Sky Card when the subscription packages have been removed.

Sky cancelled in October 2009 and all of the above channels are still available by leaving the card in situ.

ukcarper

They do change the card eventually but mine kept working for about 3 or 4 years. If you take card out BBC will revert to London and ITV to central. The other BBC channels are still on EPG but will not be on channel 101. You should be able to get your local ITV and channel 5 as additional channels.

broxiebear1

thanks everyone you have saved me £250 was going to buy humax freesat recorder but as most programmes are repeted anyway will stay with sky freesat .