Sky+ Box - Preventing recording

[Deleted User]

giraffe69 wrote: »

Sky Q will mean
a. a larger capacity box

googler wrote: »

All that the separate Sky Q minibox will do is allow remote access to the main box, it doesn't allow extra storage

ballyblack wrote: »

Sky Q (2 TB) is the way to go. The HD+ box is too limiting for a enthusiastic Sky addicted family member!

Posters saying SkyQ automatically offers more storage are simply wrong.

Two 2TB Sky+HD decoders used with a Multi-room subscription can easily double the hard drive capacity of even the 2TB Sky Q.

As to the Op's "dilemma", I'd be implementing Parental Control on the main decoder and subscribing to Multi Room to allow for her son's predilection for recording anything and everything....

Belenus

As far as I am aware Sky no longer offer new Multi-room subscriptions for Sky+.

They now only offer it with Sky Q.

I may be wrong.

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Belenus wrote: »

As far as I am aware Sky no longer offer new Multi-room subscriptions for Sky+.

They now only offer it with Sky Q.

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Brand new customers don't get any choice; it's Sky Q.

However, a current customer with existing Sky+ equipment can certainly still request a Multi-Room subscription, though Sky would not provide any additional equipment and would doubtless attempt to push them into instead upgrading to Sky Q.

Cornucopia

Replace the "family" remote control with a universal remote that does not have the necessary buttons for recording on it. Then keep the original remote for your personal use.

knightstyle

Opp there is a way out of this. Buy a Humax sat box, run two extra leads from the LNB, it probably has spare outlets and use the humax box for your recordings. You won't get all the channels but there are plenty of free ones to choose from.

Sharon87

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

Brand new customers don't get any choice; it's Sky Q.

However, a current customer with existing Sky+ equipment can certainly still request a Multi-Room subscription, though Sky would not provide any additional equipment and would doubtless attempt to push them into instead upgrading to Sky Q.

Actually I tried to do that and they wouldn't allow it. They simply don't do multiroom anymore, as we would have had to get a 2nd box, which they don't make anymore. If you have 2 boxes already they may be able to rig it up.

Sky Q is all they do now for new subscribers/new multi room

[Deleted User]

Sharon87 wrote: »

Actually I tried to do that and they wouldn't allow it. They simply don't do multiroom anymore, as we would have had to get a 2nd box, which they don't make anymore. If you have 2 boxes already they may be able to rig it up.

Sky Q is all they do now for new subscribers/new multi room

You can buy a 2nd hand HD+ box for a tenner or even get one for free from the online recycling website whose name I've totally forgotten

Edit: https://www.freecycle.org/