Use sky box to get freesat?

LadyinBlack_2

Thanks all for guiding me through this. I've ordered one from John Lewis at £230. Bit more than others but I like the security of it.

Kite2010

You could probably make some money back by selling your old Sky box online, if it's a recent model.

The only channel I miss being on FreeSat compared to sky is Dave

northernsaver

With freesat you get ALL the same channels as Sky, EXCEPT for the 'sky only- channels eg Sky One, Sky Sports. Freeview goes off a different aerial so you aren't guaranteed to get all possible channels.

There are freesat boxes available with the same functionality as Sky, such as rewind/ record/ pause. They're over £100 but if you think how much sky is a month, you'll probably pay it off after 6!

LadyinBlack_2

Kite2010 wrote: »

You could probably make some money back by selling your old Sky box online, if it's a recent model.

Thanks for this. My Hum,ax is being delivered today. I want to check it all works ok and then will cancel Sky. They offered me something like £8 off a month for 3 months which really teed me off - hence going for Freesat. They will now probably offer me a fantastic deal!! However, I'm going anyway.

The box is a recent model but not sure about selling online. Where would be a good place to sell? Ebay? Don't want hassle.

System

Gumtree is very popular for selling Sky STB's. Also there can be local websites or just stick a card in supermarket/shop.

OriolaW

LadyinBlack wrote: »

Kite2010 wrote: »

You could probably make some money back by selling your old Sky box online, if it's a recent model.

Thanks for this. My Hum,ax is being delivered today. I want to check it all works ok and then will cancel Sky. They offered me something like £8 off a month for 3 months which really teed me off - hence going for Freesat. They will now probably offer me a fantastic deal!! However, I'm going anyway.

The box is a recent model but not sure about selling online. Where would be a good place to sell? Ebay? Don't want hassle.

How is it working out for you? I'm interested in purchasing one.

teddysmum

Kite2010 wrote: »

The only channel I miss being on FreeSat compared to sky is Dave

Dave is on Freeview.

teddysmum

I don't know whether all new Humax boxes are twin or dual tuner, but you need this if you want to record two channels at once.

System

teddysmum wrote: »

I don't know whether all new Humax boxes are twin or dual tuner, but you need this if you want to record two channels at once.

Humax have recently released a single tuner STB however this requires an additional hard drive to be attached. The one the OP got is however the dual tuner version.

wiogs

teddysmum wrote: »

Dave is on Freeview.

Not much use to the OP though sadly.