just left sky

[jif]

hi need some help ,we have left sky and they have stopped all our extra channels 2 weeks early
so now the hd box will not let us view things we recorded ,even off non sky channels .is there any way around this ?
can anyone give us some advice i.e is it worth keeping the hd box -can anything be done with it or is it better getting a different box
new to messing around with satellite tv, any advice much appreciated
thanks

[royboyz]

To view or use the box as a pvr u have to still pay sky a monthly sub ?10 I think. U may be able to extract the recordings by removing the Hard drive and sticking it in an external enclosure. I did that with my old sky+ box and now have a 160gb drive. The enclosure cost about ?7 from the bay.

The box can be used to get freesat channels

[Dr Rott]

I'm pretty sure that the recordings on the hard drive are encrypted, or not in a format that can be played back on anything other than a sky box.

[jif]

thanks for your help
so i would need a new box ,what would the best to use with the sky dish ?

[nathan2007]

the recordings are 1--% encrypted, and yes if u wanted to go that way you would defo need a new box mate