Sky viewing card ?

[colinicky]

I have a Sky box that I have set up purely to get the "free" channels but I cannot get ch.4 or 5 & probably some others . My card is the blue one with the yellow house on it which always used to work for ch 4 & 5 . Have they changed the system as it comes up with a message to upgrade the card .

[Paul Brookes]

Originally Posted by colinicky

I have a Sky box that I have set up purely to get the "free" channels but I cannot get ch.4 or 5 & probably some others . My card is the blue one with the yellow house on it which always used to work for ch 4 & 5 . Have they changed the system as it comes up with a message to upgrade the card .

Assuming your card is for a now cancelled Sky subscription, you will need to get a "Free to Air" card from Sky. It costs about £20 I think (one off payment). Phone their customer services and they'll sort you out.

HTH
Paul

[Finless]

Call their customer services.

You know you'll have to do it in the end.

If you have just cancelled your Sky subscription then rumour has it that you will be contacted with some special offer to tempt you back.

[IanD]

Originally Posted by Paul Brookes

Assuming your card is for a now cancelled Sky subscription, you will need to get a "Free to Air" card from Sky. It costs about £20 I think (one off payment). Phone their customer services and they'll sort you out.

HTH
Paul

Thats the badger.

freesat from Sky - A new way to get free digital satellite TV

Ignore the £150 that's only if you want to buy a box and dish too, it's as Paul says £20.

[nickb]

I've just cancelled Sky. They offered me Sky+ for £50 if I stayed with them. I might have been tempted if it was free, but I have a TiVo that does most of what the Sky+ can do, and do it better.

As far as I'm aware, the free-to-air stuff will continue just fine, including Channel 4 and its sibling channels. ITV and a few other channels need the Sky viewing card to stay put as they're encrypted but they didn't say they want the card back, or ask me for £20.

The woman did her best to persuade me to stay, citing such quality broadcasting as Dave and the Hallmark channels.

I'll be fucked when footy season starts though. If I want Sky Sports, I'll have to take the minimum £16 package out too, so that's £33 per month or £26 for just Sky Sports 1. Or go with Setanta. I reckon that's a bit steep just to watch football and a bit of Rugby Union, so I'll probably start listening to Radio 5 Live instead.

[Lou]

Nope - ITV is fine on our box with no card at all, but Channel 4 is a no show.

We might get round to the freeview card one day, but on the other hand...

[ratcliffe]

I'd wait until August/September when the Freesat boxes will be including a PVR facility so then you can have satellite TV free, and the functions of a TiVo (ace!) and Sky+ for a lot less, all in the one box

Thats what I am waiting for!