Free sat from sky and record/pause function

merlot123

I currently subscribe to Sky and want to change to freesat, I have read somewhere on here that you can pay £10 per month in order to retain the record/pause function on the + box, can anyone point me in the direction of where I will find this info on the Sky website. I have looked and have googled, but unable to find the information.

knightstyle

Ring Sky and tell them you want to quit their service and change to Freesat from Sky. They will then stop your existing card from receiving the extra channels but you can continue to record, pause etc. Your subscription will change to £10 a month.
We did it, be prepared to resist the hard sell to try to get you to stay with the expensive Sky package, "half price for 3 months" etc.

gpc273

To get Freesat you'll need to buy a Freesat box so just get one with the +plus/ record/rewind live TV feature built in and save yourself £10 a month.
Thats what I have, don't miss Sky (2 years down the line), I have a Humax Foxsat HDR which has a decent memory, around 150GB which is more than enough for us. It pauses and rewinds live TV, records at the press of a button.
With Freesat you get some HD channels, BBC HD, BBC1 HD, ITV1 HD, C4 HD.

gpc273

Alsowhen setting up just disconnect the Sky box and use the same cables to connect your Freesat box, simples.

zee_2

left sky last year, made no request over card, the card in machine works to pick up freesat, I think that every few years sky change cards , but stand to be corrected, send no money
I bought from http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/prodCat.asp?cat=factory&type=sat
best thing I ever did , cost me less than 1 years subs.
ps. use sky box in bedroom ,fitted extra pair of cables to dish[ cost £14.99 ]

merlot123

knightstyle wrote: »

Ring Sky and tell them you want to quit their service and change to Freesat from Sky. They will then stop your existing card from receiving the extra channels but you can continue to record, pause etc. Your subscription will change to £10 a month.
We did it, be prepared to resist the hard sell to try to get you to stay with the expensive Sky package, "half price for 3 months" etc.

Thank you, I will ring them, I found old threads about the £10 a month, but couldn't find it on SKY website so wanted to check before contacting them.