Can't view 'old' Film Four films with free Film4

[taposh]

Morning chaps,
At the beginning of the year I got Film Four (as it was then) free for a month. I stored a few films on my Sky+ box with the intention of transferring them to DVD.

However I didn't get round to it by the time the month freebie ended, and once I was no longer subscribed to Film Four I couldnt view them (as I was no longer a subscriber).

However knowing it was going to be free at some point I kept them on the box on the assumption that they would be viewable again once Film4 came back as free to view.

Well guess what. No joy. Still can;t view them. Get the same error message as before saying I need to subscribe to FilmFour to view them.

Has anyone got any ideas on ways round this ?? Or am I just wasting space on the Sky+ box ??

Cheers in advance.

[neilmcl]

If you wanted to archive them then you should have done so when you had access. There's nothing that can be done now. I wouldn't worry about it though as they're more than likely be repeated at some point.

[taposh]

Didn't realise I was going to lose viewing access when I unsubscribed from Film Four. Bit of a cheek if you ask me.

Only prob with repeats now is they will loaded with adverts.

[Cupart]

As with all the other SKY encrypted channels, the saved stuff on your SKY+ is still encrypted and won't do any good without the correct card and subscription for copying to a DVD/VHS let alone watching them.

What I'm trying to say is; The programs you actually watch from the SKY+ box are being decrypted while you watch them :-)

[Cupart]

Originally Posted by taposh

Only prob with repeats now is they will loaded with adverts.

Can't you just edit those out on your DVD recoder?

[taposh]

Originally Posted by Cupart

Can't you just edit those out on your DVD recoder?

Yeah, I could edit them out, but a bit of hassle though. Especially when they are sitting in the full intact glory on the Sky+ box.

Guess just going to have to delete them. At least it will liberate about 15% from the box.

[ozsat]

It said in my letter from Sky that recorded films would not be accessible after 19th July.

[taposh]

Originally Posted by ozsat

It said in my letter from Sky that recorded films would not be accessible after 19th July.

Cheers. Must have missed that letter. Would have been useful to quote to numnuts from Sky last night who couldnt give an answer either way.

[Madd]

Originally Posted by taposh

Didn't realise I was going to lose viewing access when I unsubscribed from Film Four. Bit of a cheek if you ask me.

Only prob with repeats now is they will loaded with adverts.

"A bit of a cheek.."?! What about "I stored a few films on my Sky+ box with the intention of transferring them to DVD"? Have you thought of buying the film on DVD instead of attempting to steal them?

[D2V2D]

Originally Posted by Madd

"A bit of a cheek.."?! What about "I stored a few films on my Sky+ box with the intention of transferring them to DVD"? Have you thought of buying the film on DVD instead of attempting to steal them?

Crikey, What planet do you come from?

[Madd]

Originally Posted by D2V2D

Crikey, What planet do you come from?

I didn't expect any other sort of response! Thanks for not dissappointing me.