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After cancelling sky 15:03 - Nov 20 with 2682 views

I cancelled Sky because they kept putting the price up (Â£10 in a year) while claiming they were giving me a great deal.
I currently have no TV because on only have a satillite dish and sky have switched the q box off.
Friend gave me a HD box (it's not the old type with the card) to try but says no signal being received. I have checked all the connections but if honest technology has passed me by these days.
Anyone out there got any solutions?
It's not life if death because I have Six Music but if there is a way round it I would be grateful for the advice

After cancelling sky on 15:11 - Nov 20 with 2626 views

giant_stow

Do you have a old style TV arial you could plug in? If you have a smart telly, you could use those together to get Freeview. Or if you only have a smart telly, you could watch everything online using it?

If none of the above you could get Freesat - comes with a box which you could plugin to the non-smart telly, but you might need a new dish.

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After cancelling sky on 15:39 - Nov 20 with 2541 views

Westover

You could buy one of the old white Sky boxes (about twenty quid) and get all the Freeview channels that's what I did.

After cancelling sky on 15:44 - Nov 20 with 2504 views

Swansea_Blue

Yeah, you should be able to find something that still picks up the signal through hte dish. When I cancelled Sky we could still access all the traditional terrestrial channels through the box, but maybe that's different now. A Freesat box would probably do the job, but check first (don't take my word for it as I'm a technophobe!)

If you haven't got any device for capturing a satellite signal, and have decent wifi, then a streaming service is another option. Amazon Firesticks are easy to use and relatively cheap (one off payment of <£40). Or IPTV - basically streaming TV, but you probably need a smart TV for that.

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After cancelling sky on 16:05 - Nov 20 with 2451 views

WeWereZombies

Just watch everything off iPlayer on your laptop.

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After cancelling sky on 17:21 - Nov 20 with 2296 views

happybeingblue

sounds like hes given you a freeview box,if you only had sky and you are using their connections you probably need a freesat box,an old sky box should give you the freesat channels, if thats all you want.

After cancelling sky on 18:15 - Nov 20 with 2217 views

onlymehere

Sky change the receiver on the dish so you can’t use your old box.

After cancelling sky on 18:44 - Nov 20 with 2123 views

dickie

I did the same thing with Virgin when they tried to double the price (I'd haggled a good deal for a number of years). I cancelled the contract then got a new broadband only deal. Have invested in two Amazon fire sticks as we never watched live TV anyway.

After cancelling sky on 19:11 - Nov 20 with 2051 views

hampstead_blue

If you get a freesat box and plug it into the sky thingy, do you get freeview?

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After cancelling sky on 20:45 - Nov 20 with 1931 views

Che

Thanks for the responses, I have got a fire stick coming but I guess I just wanted to use that for football and films.
The hd box I have is the latest before q box arrived , I suspect it's not going to let me into watch free channels unless I pay.
I could reinstate my TV Ariel because my TV has Freeview
I find the whole thing tedious with all these different controllers,if I am honest just want simple convenience without sky's ever increasing prices.

After cancelling sky on 21:25 - Nov 20 with 1799 views

soclopath

After cancelling sky on 20:45 - Nov 20 by Che

We plugged our two cables from our sky dish to a purchased Humax bow watch all free sat you can watch and record at same time.

After cancelling sky on 21:39 - Nov 20 with 1720 views

Swansea_Blue

After cancelling sky on 18:15 - Nov 20 by onlymehere
Sky change the receiver on the dish so you can’t use your old box.

They didn’t for me. They’re not going to incur the cost of sending an engineer out when you’re cancelling.

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After cancelling sky on 21:50 - Nov 20 with 1678 views

onlymehere

After cancelling sky on 21:39 - Nov 20 by Swansea_Blue
They didn’t for me. They’re not going to incur the cost of sending an engineer out when you’re cancelling.

When I upgraded to sky q they changed the receiver engineers do it to all upgrades.

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