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Old 24-02-2010, 11:05   #1
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Sky box

If I buy a second hand sky box from flebay will i be able to receive lots of channels without a viewing card.
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Old 24-02-2010, 11:33   #2
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you wont get channel 5 or dave but you will get quite a few yes like itv2, itv 3, bbc 3 etc
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Old 24-02-2010, 11:36   #3
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If I buy a second hand sky box from flebay will i be able to receive lots of channels without a viewing card.
No the box will need a card to activate it.
You can get a new sky box & card without subscribing to any of the packages, you can also
get a Freeview box, which will work from the same satelite dish.
I wouldn't buy a sky box off evil bay, could be any old rubbish that doesn't work properly.
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Old 24-02-2010, 12:17   #4
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you now need a "free to Air" card in it I believe, I think they are about 25 quid one off fee.

your alternative is a freesat box, s/h should be < 50 quid now as the SD ones are only 60 odd quid new.
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Old 24-02-2010, 12:55   #5
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Somebody gave us a box and I think the card was a one off £20, not bad really
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Old 24-02-2010, 13:22   #6
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If you want to get loads of `free` channels why bother with an old sky box?personally i`d go for a Freeview + box................
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Old 24-02-2010, 13:58   #7
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not a good move in my opinion janet.
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Old 24-02-2010, 15:01   #8
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I'd opt for a freeview box over a sky box
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Old 24-02-2010, 16:46   #9
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I have been looking at Freesat, you get a lot more channels than Freeview, thought you may get them on sky also.
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Old 24-02-2010, 17:33   #10
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No the box will need a card to activate it.
You can get a new sky box & card without subscribing to any of the packages, you can also
get a Freeview box, which will work from the same satelite dish.
I wouldn't buy a sky box off evil bay, could be any old rubbish that doesn't work properly.
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no it wont

without a card just the box you can get all these channels

101 BBC One Entertainment 102 BBC Two Entertainment 103 ITV1 Entertainment (HD via red button) 104 Channel 4 Entertainment 105 Five Entertainment 106 BBC Three Entertainment 107 BBC Four Entertainment 108 BBC HD Entertainment - High Definition 110 BBC Alba Scotland - Gaelic Language 113 ITV2 Entertainment 114 ITV2 +1 Entertainment 115 ITV3 Entertainment 116 ITV3 +1 Entertainment 117 ITV4 Entertainment 118 ITV4 +1 Entertainment 120 S4C Digidol (Wales) Entertainment 121 Channel 4 + 1 Entertainment 122 E4 Entertainment 123 E4 +1 Entertainment 124 More4 Entertainment 125 More4 +1 Entertainment 135 CBS Drama Entertainment 136 CBS Reality Entertainment 137 CBS Action Entertainment 138 Zone Horror Entertainment 139 Zone Horror + 1 Entertainment 140 BET Black Entertainment TV Entertainment 141 BET + 1 Entertainment 200 BBC News News 201 BBC Parliament News 202 S4C2 (Wales) News 203 Al Jazeera English News 204 Euronews News 205 France 24 News 206 RT Russia Today News 207 CNN International News 208 Bloomberg TV Finance News 209 NHK World TV News 210 CNBC Finance News 300 Film4 Movies 301 Film4 +1 Movies 302 True Movies Movies 303 True Movies 2 Movies 304 Movies4Men Movies 306 Movies4Men 2 Movies 400 Wedding TV Lifestyle 401 Wedding TV Asia Lifestyle 402 Information TV Lifestyle 403 Rural TV Lifestyle 405 Food Network Lifestyle 406 Food Network +1 Lifestyle 450 Men and Motors Lifestyle 500 Chart Show TV Music 501 The Vault Music 502 Flava Music 504 B4U Music Music 509 Zing Music 514 Clubland TV Music 600 CBBC Kids 601 CBeebies Kids 602 CITV Kids 603 POP Kids 604 POP Girl Kids 605 Tiny POP Kids 606 Kix! Kids 650 Teachers TV Specialist / Education 690 Inspiration TV Religious 691 Daystar TV Religious 692 Genesis TV Religious 800 QVC Shopping 801 price-drop tv Shopping 802 bid tv Shopping 803 Pitch TV Shopping 804 Pitch World Shopping 805 Gems TV1 Shopping 806 TV Shop Shopping 808 JML Home & DIY Shopping 809 JML Shopping 810 JML Cookshop Shopping 811 Thane Direct Shopping 812 Ideal World Shopping 813 Create and Craft Shopping 814 Speed Auction TV Shopping 815 Jewellery Channel Shopping 851 Netplay TV Gaming channel 861 Gala TV Gaming channel 869 Read Me Adult Text Service 870 Babestation Adult / Phone Girls 874 Filth Adult 950 - 971 - Other BBC Regions 974 Channel 4 London Channel 4 with Audio Description 975 Channel 4 London +1 Channel 4 with Audio Description 977 ITV London ITV Regional Service 999 Freesat Info Freesat Information service
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Old 24-02-2010, 17:34   #11
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if you want a few extra channels liek dave then you have to buy a sky freeview card but you get plenty without one
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Old 24-02-2010, 17:51   #12
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Re: Sky box

have a look at this

Sky Freesat & BBC Freesat HD. Free Digital TV by Satellite

that might help
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Old 25-02-2010, 06:36   #13
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Freesat is definitely the way forward, plus several of the free channels are already in HD. It will cost around £300 for a Freesat recorder and a dish to be installed but you'll be set up for years after that with no subscription charge. Don't buy a Thomson box though, very poorly made.

The only real difference with Sky is that you have even more channels that you don't want to watch and you'll be feathering the nest of the company that is gobbling up all the sports events and charging a fortune for people to watch them.
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