Bought a SKY + HD Box on eBay

"Borg" wrote in message
o.uk...
Nick Le Lievre wrote:
"Petert" wrote in message
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On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:04:30 +0100, "Nick Le Lievre"

Am I missing something here? I thought that to enable the record
function to work on a Sky+ box then you have to subscribe to various
Sky packages and/or pay a tenner a month.

I didn't think you could use the Sky+ finction when receiving Freesat


I am not receiving freesat, I have a valid sky subscription card and pay
£ 26 per month for Variety/Knowledge and Sky Sports 1.


Is there any Freeveiw HD channels on Sky ?


the channels from freeview HD - bbc hd, itv hd, four HD are available
through a sky HD box via satellite- plus channel 5 hd which isn't on
freeview HD.



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Gareth.

that fly...... is your magic wand....
http://dsbdsb.mybrute.com
you fight better when you have a bear!

The dog from that film you saw wrote:


"Borg" wrote in message
o.uk...
Nick Le Lievre wrote:
"Petert" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:04:30 +0100, "Nick Le Lievre"

Am I missing something here? I thought that to enable the record
function to work on a Sky+ box then you have to subscribe to various
Sky packages and/or pay a tenner a month.

I didn't think you could use the Sky+ finction when receiving Freesat


I am not receiving freesat, I have a valid sky subscription card and
pay £ 26 per month for Variety/Knowledge and Sky Sports 1.


Is there any Freeveiw HD channels on Sky ?


the channels from freeview HD - bbc hd, itv hd, four HD are available
through a sky HD box via satellite- plus channel 5 hd which isn't on
freeview HD.



Are these free though, no subscription needed ?

"Borg" wrote in message
o.uk...


the channels from freeview HD - bbc hd, itv hd, four HD are available
through a sky HD box via satellite- plus channel 5 hd which isn't on
freeview HD.



Are these free though, no subscription needed ?



yes - at most you'll need one of the free to air cards - cant be bothered
to take my card out to find out.



--
Gareth.

that fly...... is your magic wand....
http://dsbdsb.mybrute.com
you fight better when you have a bear!

The dog from that film you saw wrote:


"Borg" wrote in message
o.uk...


the channels from freeview HD - bbc hd, itv hd, four HD are available
through a sky HD box via satellite- plus channel 5 hd which isn't on
freeview HD.



Are these free though, no subscription needed ?



yes - at most you'll need one of the free to air cards - cant be
bothered to take my card out to find out.





OK thanks, always was under the impression Sky charged for all the HD
channels

Off to look for a Sky HD box now

Borg wrote:
The dog from that film you saw wrote:


"Borg" wrote in message
o.uk...


the channels from freeview HD - bbc hd, itv hd, four HD are
available through a sky HD box via satellite- plus channel 5 hd
which isn't on freeview HD.



Are these free though, no subscription needed ?



yes - at most you'll need one of the free to air cards - cant be
bothered to take my card out to find out.





OK thanks, always was under the impression Sky charged for all the HD
channels

Off to look for a Sky HD box now


I take it I just phone Sky for a freesat HD card then ?

The dog from that film you saw wrote:

yes - at most you'll need one of the free to air cards - cant be
bothered to take my card out to find out.

No card is need to receive BBC HD or ITV HD, you need a Free To View card to
receive C4HD, and AIUI some form of Sky HD sub for C5 HD.

Free to Air cards don't exist, because FTA broadcasts are unencrypted.

cant be
bothered to take my card out to find out.

It's less effort than actually typing you 'can't be bothered'.

--
Mark
Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply.

www.paras.org.uk

Mark Carver wrote:
: No card is need to receive BBC HD or ITV HD, you need a Free To View card to
: receive C4HD, and AIUI some form of Sky HD sub for C5 HD.

FiveHD is exactly the same as C4HD - a FTV card will work fine. It is E4HD
which needs a SkyHD subscription.