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Use Sky+HD for Freesat HD after contract fininshes

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Hi All,

I am just about to order Sky +HD and want to check a couple of things quickly:

If I cancel my contract after 12 months, I will own the dish and the Sky+HD digibox. I will then be able to watch Freesat HD on the Sky+HD box with no subscription fee, but I will not be able to record using the SKy+HD box.

Is that right?

Many thanks!

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    Nigel GoodwinNigel Goodwin Posts: 58,524
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    cocksy_boy wrote: »
    Hi All,

    I am just about to order Sky +HD and want to check a couple of things quickly:

    If I cancel my contract after 12 months, I will own the dish and the Sky+HD digibox. I will then be able to watch Freesat HD on the Sky+HD box with no subscription fee, but I will not be able to record using the SKy+HD box.

    Is that right?

    Yes, and you will be able to watch a few more channels than you can on a Freesat box.

    You own the dish and box from the first day, they are always your's.
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    AndrueAndrue Posts: 23,366
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    cocksy_boy wrote: »
    If I cancel my contract after 12 months, I will own the dish and the Sky+HD digibox.
    Yes.
    I will then be able to watch Freesat HD on the Sky+HD box with no subscription fee, but I will not be able to record using the SKy+HD box.
    Yes - although I'm not sure there is such a product as 'FreeSat HD'. You would revert to 'FreeSat from Sky' and as you have an HD box a number of HD channels would also be available to you. Probably:

    BBC HD
    BBC One HD
    ITV HD
    Channel 4 HD
    Luxe HD

    It is possible to retain the recording facilities by paying £10pcm. It's not a very good long-term solution unless you desperately need C4 HD. Long-term you'd be better off buying a Freesat PVR and taking a one-time hit. The downside is that Freesat is not gaining HD channels very quickly and C4 HD is one of those it doesn't currently have.
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    BKMBKM Posts: 6,912
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    Andrue wrote: »
    BBC HD
    BBC One HD
    ITV HD
    Channel 4 HD
    Luxe HD
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    Plus (AFAIK) FiveHD - which Freesat does not have either!
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    AndrueAndrue Posts: 23,366
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    BKM wrote: »
    Plus (AFAIK) FiveHD - which Freesat does not have either!
    Is it? For some reason I thought that Five HD was part of the entertainment pack.

    If not then it's doubly annoying. Come the new year there's new CSI seasons starting and it'd make life a lot easier if I could farm them off to my Freesat PVR :mad:
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    BKMBKM Posts: 6,912
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    Andrue wrote: »
    Is it? For some reason I thought that Five HD was part of the entertainment pack.
    No! Seems to be FTV with any valid viewing card - exactly the same as C4HD!

    From http://about.five.tv/press/press-releases/Five-to-Make-HD-Debut-on-Sky-this-Summer

    Notes to editors
    "Five HD will be available without additional subscription to viewers with Sky+HD boxes, a Sky viewing card and an HD-ready television set."
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    bobcarbobcar Posts: 19,424
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    I can't imagine why anyone who has had a PVR like Sky+HD would ever go back to a plain digibox even one with HD? I like HD but if I had to choose between HD or the PVR functions the PVR would win every day. (Except for live football of course:D)
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