Cancelling Sky, but still want record function

pollyanna24

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

Go outside and look around your roof. It should be immediately apparent whether there is still a roof aerial.

However, since you know for certain (having had Sky) that your satellite dish and cables are in full working order, it would probably be prudent to go with Freesat rather than Freeview.

Don't think I've ever seen one. Strangely though, saw one in my loft the other day.

pollyanna24

Mister_G wrote: »

Check the loft as well!

And yes, I wrote my above comment before seeing this! But would it work sitting in the loft?!

JJ_Egan

Yes if its connected .
How well it works depends upon many factors .
My in loft aerials have always worked but that was pre digital

Mister_G

pollyanna24 wrote: »

And yes, I wrote my above comment before seeing this! But would it work sitting in the loft?!

Assuming that there is a cable going to it, is there an aerial socket in your living room/somewhere downstairs? It will be the same type of connector as the aerial one on the TV. If so, try connecting your TV to it and see if there is a signal.

You will probably have to do a re-tune of the TV.

Bigphil1474

OP, if you don't want adverts from ITV, then a recorder is a far better option than catch up. I stopped with ITV hub as it seems to have more adverts than the live TV. I avoid watching anything live on commercial channels unless it's sport, and just use the skip function when I play back from my recorder. Last time I saw a TV ad was when the world cup was on in July.
I have a Youview box from when I used to be with PlusNet and it does series record and has about 1TB disk space - never got above 50% full anyway. It was 'free' although I paid £5 a month subscription for 12 months.
If you have a smart TV, you may be able to hook up an external hard drive which would allow you to record as well, but I had that in the past and it wasn't great.
The more expensive boxes tend to have more space for recording - recording HD channels takes up more room, plus they will have multiple channel record functions. With mine, I can record 2 programmes at the same time and watch a third channel, unless all 3 are part of the same group. Cheap ones might not let you watch another channel while recording.

teddysmum

Hub has full ads for recent programmes, but has none or a couple of very short ones if using catchup on a series.

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pollyanna24 wrote: »

Thanks for everyone's replies.

Okay, so Humax is the way to go. Is there a specific one I should be looking at as I literally have no clue! And even these seem to rang from £139 up wards in Currys.

I think I will see how I manage without the whole recordable thing for a while and if I really miss it, then look into getting a box.

Yes Humax is the way to go but only with their excellent Youview box. Records with lots of space, catch up, iplayer, netflix amazon, now tv and apps and IMO is better quality than the humax recorders. Latest Youview does 4k . Plenty of used older Youview boxes on Ebay

Redlady.....

I lost my partner last June and a month or so later started to sort out my financial situation. It wasn't in a bad state or anything, just wanted to see where I was. We'd had Sky for many years but only really kept it for the sports. I decided that the whole lot was costing too much and decided to reduce it down to the basic and see if I watched it enough to either keep or get rid.

I had bought a smart tv while my partner was ill, only because it had a big screen and he could see it better. It was a few months after he'd died before I started exploring the wonders of smart tv's, wow, who needs Sky?

I rung sky and asked to cancel, only to be told I'd agreed to an 18 month contract and couldn't cancel until Nov 2019. Not having done a deal for lots of years I knew I hadn't had a contract for a long time so presumed that when I rang them to reduce to basic it was straightforward. I was offered deals but I didn't want one just a reduction. It seems that even that was an 18 month contract.

Anyway, I have decided to just cut the DD and let them chase me forever more. Can anyone tell me whether I will still be able to use my Sky + box and remote to get terrestrial channels or will Sky do something remotely to my box because of none payment.

JJ_Egan

They will trash your credit record and pass the debt to a recovery agency who will pester you forever more .
After contract ends you can move or cut services with no penaltys .

Mister_G

Redlady..... wrote: »

Can anyone tell me whether I will still be able to use my Sky + box and remote to get terrestrial channels or will Sky do something remotely to my box because of none payment.

Yes, your Sky+ box will continue to receive the Free to Air channels.

However, you will lose the recording function.