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I have spotted a couple of satellite boxes for sale on a certain internet auction site that say that you can pick up Sky tv and not have to worry about a contract/subscription.

A friend of mine says that I will need a card?

All I want to do is pick up a signal strong enough that I can watch some tv when the sun goes down/weather is fowl etc. The choice of equipment is horrendous! Freeview, Free to Air, Free Sat, Free Sat from Sky not to mention all the different boxes that offer all manner of connections, cabling, single through to quad LNB, between 140 and 260 channels, boxes that can hold up to 5000 stations!

Can anybody explain whether I will be able to use a box without a card and still pick up a signal? Can anyone suggest what would be best; Free Sat or Free to Air.

Confused and bewildered of Tonbridge!

As said above You only need the card and pay the subscription to view the none BBC/ITV/Five etc.

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So I could plug in and pick up signals straight away? The box doesn't need to be unlocked/unblocked/activated by Sky then? Thats handy to know.

Thanks for the link, i'll go take a look now; but you've disappointed me re: the poor weather reception

Still, I suppose getting a signal and losing it in poor weather is better than not getting a signal at all?

Quote: Originally posted by Defender on 10/7/2009

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Thanks for the link, i'll go take a look now; but you've disappointed me re: the poor weather reception

Still, I suppose getting a signal and losing it in poor weather is better than not getting a signal at all?

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We take our spare Sky+ box and card from home so we can record if there's something on and we're going to be out.  The only time we've had weather related problems was when the sound of the rain hitting the caravan roof was too loud for us to hear the TV - the picture was perfect!

Quote: Originally posted by Feecamp on 11/7/2009

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We take our spare Sky+ box and card from home so we can record if there's something on and we're going to be out.  The only time we've had weather related problems was when the sound of the rain hitting the caravan roof was too loud for us to hear the TV - the picture was perfect!

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I will telephone Sky tomorrow. We were in Bluewater this evening and there are a couple of Sky desks situated around the malls. According to the sales representatives on these stands, you cannot just get subscription free tv from Sky similar to Free Sat; you have to take out a subscription.

One rep did admit though that a Sky box would work even if the subscriber had cancelled their subscription but stated that you would receive fewer channels than Freeview offer.

I guess, in order to receive more channels I would need to pay the £5 for the card. Would they sell this to me even though I was not a Sky customer though?