Thinking about cancelling my Sky subscription....

[tomthebomb1968]

This is a bit like the absence of proof being the same as proof of absence. If it "dies" without a "stay alive" signal, and if the card no longer works because of this, how exactly is the PVR function going to be affected? I mean surely it's the card encryption algorithm that requires the periodic updates - not the electronic function of the hardware. If it did die I would pursue it with vigour !!.

Dunno about any of that m8, all I know was the record facility stopped on my Sky+ box when I canceled my sub and was reactivated when I re-subscribed, Lol

 

[wildebed]

Dunno about any of that m8, all I know was the record facility stopped on my Sky+ box when I canceled my sub and was reactivated when I re-subscribed, Lol

That's what I thought had happened - but all that had really happened was that my previously recorded programmes gained from PPV/subscription were inaccessible = newly recorded from FTA stayed as was.
Interesting .....

 

[tomthebomb1968]

That's what I thought had happened - but all that had really happened was that my previously recorded programmes gained from PPV/subscription were inaccessible = newly recorded from FTA stayed as was.
Interesting .....

Its been a long time since i got mine switched on again, but from memory I could not access any previous recordings or make new recordings at all even on FTV and FTA channels. I note that yours is an HD box, wonder if that makes a difference, or as I said previously, maybe your just lucky. My friend downgraded his full sub for the basic pack and has all his channels still working 5 years later. Sky keep phoning him asking him to try another package, he just tells em he is happy enough. lol