sky card question
 

Have had a "freeview" sky card (the one with the yellow house on) since the
demise of the solus card.
Any idea when the card will expire.
I remember it was guaranteed for 2 years at the start but I now see that the
cards are no longer available. Am not in an area where terrestrial freeview
works and my TV picture from terrestrial is almost unwatchable so I do
depend on the card.
Thanks in advance.

les wrote:
|| Have had a "freeview" sky card (the one with the yellow house on) since
the
|| demise of the solus card.

Ok. It's Free To View not Freeview. Freeview is terrestrial Digital TV.


|| Any idea when the card will expire.

Not for quite a while yet.

|| I remember it was guaranteed for 2 years at the start but I now see that
the
|| cards are no longer available.

No, that is the latest spin on things. The Solus cards didn't have a 2yr
guarentee. The new "freesat" ones will.


Am not in an area where terrestrial freeview
|| works and my TV picture from terrestrial is almost unwatchable so I do
|| depend on the card.

It will still work. Put it in your digibox now (if you have one) and give it
upto 24hrs, ITV, Ch4 & Ch5 will appear.


|| Thanks in advance.

NP

^^artnada^^ wrote:

: No, that is the latest spin on things. The Solus cards didn't have a 2yr
: guarentee. The new "freesat" ones will.

This isn't quite true! The Solus card scheme had died when Sky changed their
smartcards at the end of last year. Due to political pressure the option to
PURCHASE a new series Sky card for FTV use (at £20+VAT??) came back for
a few months (and ended, AFAIR, on 31/01/04).
At that time the cards WERE guaranteed to last at least 2-3 years (and the FAQ
said it was likely to be longer!)

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 15:03:12 +0000 (UTC), Brian McIlwrath
wrote:

^^artnada^^ wrote:

: No, that is the latest spin on things. The Solus cards didn't have a 2yr
: guarentee. The new "freesat" ones will.

This isn't quite true! The Solus card scheme had died when Sky changed their
smartcards at the end of last year. Due to political pressure the option to
PURCHASE a new series Sky card for FTV use (at £20+VAT??) came back for
a few months (and ended, AFAIR, on 31/01/04).
At that time the cards WERE guaranteed to last at least 2-3 years (and the FAQ
said it was likely to be longer!)

I'm not quite sure how you could ever claim on that guarantee though. Are there
still customer service people who can be contacted regarding the 23 quid FTV
cards? If one fails can you get it replaced?

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

Brian McIlwrath wrote:

At that time the cards WERE guaranteed to last at least 2-3 years (and the FAQ
said it was likely to be longer!)

These cards are guaranteed to last "at least until the end of 2006".
And they will also last "until the next card change" which precedent
would put at perhaps 2009.

New FTV cards will be available soon so this is no longer a real
problem.

--
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The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy
How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/
BBC gone? : http://www.astra2d.co.uk/
----
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Nigel Barker wrote:

I'm not quite sure how you could ever claim on that guarantee though. Are there
still customer service people who can be contacted regarding the 23 quid FTV
cards? If one fails can you get it replaced?

The last time I tried you could.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy
How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/
BBC gone? : http://www.astra2d.co.uk/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)