Sky HD boxes

[teide_ian]

Do sky HD boxes work without buying the sky HD sub as was thinking of getting one just for BBC/ITV etc as here in Tenerife you need the big dish to receive them on a normal box and obviously the HD channels you can get on a smaller dish.
Or is there any other HD box that could get me these channels without a sub.
Thanks.

 

[Channel Hopper]

Have you tried a FreeSatHD box on those channels that interest you ?

 

[teide_ian]

Thanks for reply,
Just looked on site and all freesat for bbc etc in hd are now on astra 2d so no good to me as when i last looked you could pick up with a smaller dish.

 

[Channel Hopper]

So, what size dish do you have, and what do you think you can install without the neighbours complaining ?

 

[PaulR]

If you can't get 2D then it won't matter which HD box you have as they both rely on the same signal.

 

[shop-bright]

I think the box will work without subscription.

 

[AdinHH]

A Sky HD box works fine without subscription.

 

[Topper]

A Sky HD box works fine without subscription.

Yes you mat be correct but in the o/p's case it will not work without a signal