Sky TV Options

[Jeff H]

I've moved into a house with a new Sky Dish & Cabling.
What do I need to just to watch the free Sky channels, just like Freeview but with more Channels.
Or any other suggestions, if there is a better option.
Thanx.

[mmace]

a lot of the channels still have encryption even though they're free so you need any Sky box (new or 2nd hand) and a freeview card which is £10 or £20 (can't remember but nearly the price of a freeview box on it's own!) that you need to phone Sky to get.
The upside is that you can upgrade and start subscribing at any time to any of the Sky packages
the downside is the price and that all the other hundreds of channels are still in the EPG so you have to go through them to find the ones that are free!

[gowm]

as stated above, u do get a lot of free channes without the card, i have a a sky box without the card in a bedroom just to get a digital picture, but u dont get itv on it without the card, and the card is £20 from sky, i have seen a few on ebay though

Mike