Do sky take back their boxes?

AFK_Matrix · 23 Jan 2012 at 20:11

Hi,

I cancelled my sky subscription over 2 months ago and I still have the sky box. Should sky take it back or do I now just keep it?

Thanks.

j_walsh · 23 Jan 2012 at 20:12

You keep the box its yours

If hd may be worth ebaying as they can fetch £40

Puzzled · 23 Jan 2012 at 20:13

If you've had it over 12 months then the box is yours anyway.

AFK_Matrix · 23 Jan 2012 at 20:21

Awesome. Well I did have HD till I cancelled it so it is a HD box. Will look on fleabay and see if its worth selling.

I don't suppose you can get it to work with a Virgin box can you?

Thanks guys.

j.col · 23 Jan 2012 at 20:22

Try the MM here?

~>Dg<~ · 23 Jan 2012 at 20:24

lol mine was collected and theyre is a thing that says they can charge for it i think

darael · 23 Jan 2012 at 20:25

Contact Sky before selling it.

bluDawg · 23 Jan 2012 at 20:31

AFK_Matrix said:
Awesome. Well I did have HD till I cancelled it so it is a HD box. Will look on fleabay and see if its worth selling.

I don't suppose you can get it to work with a Virgin box can you?

Thanks guys.

no one is cable the other is satellite

PhillyDee · 23 Jan 2012 at 21:07

darael said:
Contact Sky before selling it.

Why? As long as you are out of the 12 month contract, its all yours to keep. Virgin on the other hand owns all the equipment.

TNGL · 23 Jan 2012 at 21:12

*Worst joke ever coming up*

I don't know... try throwing it up in the air and seeing if it returns.

*Worst joke ever just been*

eddiemcgarrigle · 23 Jan 2012 at 21:13

I'll take it off your hands if selling.

BDEE · 23 Jan 2012 at 21:41

Do what I did when I cancelled Sky - get a Sky FreeSat card for £20 - FreeSat but with extra channels and no other costs

buchtis · 23 Jan 2012 at 21:52

If it's HD you now have a free Freesat box.

alex24 · 23 Jan 2012 at 21:56

Related question -

Is the IQ on the new boxes with HDMI better than the scart boxes? The Sky+ box my parents use has terrible IQ. Will Sky replace it for no other reason? Anyone tried to get them to give a new box out?

Monkeynut · 23 Jan 2012 at 21:58

The SD upscaling is terrible. Only HD looks good.

alex24 · 23 Jan 2012 at 22:04

That's a disappointment. Theirs is an old square white Sky+ thing. Can't remember the brand. It still has the old EPG though.

Jono8 · 23 Jan 2012 at 22:14

buchtis said:
If it's HD you now have a free Freesat box.

Probably a stupid question, but would you still be able to use it to record programmes onto the boxes harddrive if you were using it this way?

buchtis · 23 Jan 2012 at 22:16

Should be able to as it's technically still a Sky+ box, just without Sky so it should have all the features enabeled. I've seen people take them apart and put bigger HDD's in too.

Marky · 23 Jan 2012 at 22:16

Sky = You buy the box (Keep It)

Virgin = You rent the box (Send It Back)

Abraham · 23 Jan 2012 at 22:18

Jono8 said:
Probably a stupid question, but would you still be able to use it to record programmes onto the boxes harddrive if you were using it this way?

I didn't think you could, last tiime I looked was some years ago though.
I've just cancelled my multiroom package along with a few other bits, if I could still record on the hd box then I'd consider dropping my subscription entirely.