Leaving Sky Tv - Box Query

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Have kept my broadband throughSky at just under £20 per month but have cancelled my tv deal, which had sports & movies - I was paying £31pm and it was due to go up to £48pm so I’ll just have the free view channels.
Does anyone know if you can still use the functions such as recording, live pause etc on the sky box after my tv deal has finished ?
Thanks in advance
Does anyone know if you can still use the functions such as recording, live pause etc on the sky box after my tv deal has finished ?
Thanks in advance
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Simple answer - no.
If you want to record/pause etc. using your Satellite dish, have a look at Freesat (and a Freesat Set-top Box).
Apparently you can’t record, pause etc with a Freesat box
Their capabilities vary, but something like this will definitely record:-
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/4252476
This question comes up a lot in this sub-forum, and it broadly stacks up like this:-
- If you want recording capability, you'll need Sky, VM, Freesat (with a suitable box) or Freeview (with a suitable box). Some TVs can record to a memory stick, but their tuner/timer/EPG capabilities are often not that great. (Some other providers - BT, EE, Talktalk, Plusnet - also offer TV options that are based around a bundled Freeview/Youview box that attracts a subscription cost).
- Of the above, Freeview is probably cheapest in terms of equipment cost, IF you already have a functional outdoor aerial (recording boxes start from just over £100).
- Overall cheapest options (assuming you either want cheap pay TV, or you have no aerial or dish currently at your home but do have good broadband) will be streaming options: Amazon, Netflix or Now TV. These will entail watching in a completely different way, being mainly concerned with catch-up/video on demand rather than TV channels. (Now TV does carry a selection of live channels - they can be paused but not recorded). Equipment starts from around £15, and Pay Content subs are below £10pm. Most equipment can be operated solely for free content (therefore no subs) and that would normally get BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, Demand 5, UKTV Player and Youtube (though devices vary).
I dumped Sky back in 2009 for Freesat and have had all those features since day one.
So 9 years of no Sky payments for a one off payment for a Freesat box.
That is "money saving expert" advice. :T