I want a Sky+ box

Carmen

Hi,
I want to change my sky box for a sky+ box, to have the record facility. There only seems to be sky+ with HD upgrade on the sky website, which I can do without. Is it better to go through sky to upgrade or is there another option?
Thank you for any help.
Carmen x

macman

All the boxes Sky supply are now HD, whether you have an HD sub or not. Why not just get one for peanuts on eBay, or free on freegle?

Gordon_Hose

I got a free box off a mate who had upgraded to the new Sky+HD box.

Otherwise try Ebay. Unless you take the HD package at £10.50 per month, Sky will charge you to upgrade your box.

prowla

I gave away a couple of Sky+ boxes on freegle last week - I am sure that there will be others being offered at any point in time.

Being able to use Sky+ planning & recording requires a subscription.

macman

I think it's implied that the OP already has a Sky sub-but a very old digibox.
OP, if this is the case and you don't already have a twin feed from the LNB, you will not be able to record one channel while watching another. To do that will require an additional feed.

Gordon_Hose

prowla wrote: »

Being able to use Sky+ planning & recording requires a subscription.

All you have to do is call them and they activate it.

Heinz

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

All you have to do is call them and they activate it.

That's only true if you already pay a subscription for a channel package of some sort.

Gordon_Hose

Heinz wrote: »

That's only true if you already pay a subscription for a channel package of some sort.

Indeed. But nowhere has the OP stated they are cancelling their Sky subscription.

Carmen

Thank you all for the replies.
I do subscribe to Sky but I want to change my basic box for the previously mentioned.
May I please ask, what is freegle?
Carmen x

Carmen

OK, I have just googled it, same as the old free cycle?

Gordon_Hose

Yeah, similar.