hogweed
Ex Member
I used to have Sky in 2 rooms of my house, but cancelled the second one when my girlfriend moved out. However, my daughter who visits a couple of times a week would like TV in that room, and the cable from the dish is still there, so I thought I might buy a cheap Freesat box off eBay and just plug it in.
But... I've read endless threads about Sky viewing cards etc, and I wondered if these Freesat boxes need any kind of card in them, or if thats purely a Sky thing?
Sometimes you get Sky boxes for next to nothing on Freecycle etc... but I understand for them to work you need a Freesat card so I suppose the Freesat boxes must have the licensing built in or something, or is the Sky Freesat card just a way of Sky recouping some money for having to transmit the signals?
Thanks
But... I've read endless threads about Sky viewing cards etc, and I wondered if these Freesat boxes need any kind of card in them, or if thats purely a Sky thing?
Sometimes you get Sky boxes for next to nothing on Freecycle etc... but I understand for them to work you need a Freesat card so I suppose the Freesat boxes must have the licensing built in or something, or is the Sky Freesat card just a way of Sky recouping some money for having to transmit the signals?
Thanks