sky+ box question.

[bigjoe_dub]

I have a sky + box. have it a good few years now. so long that the hard disk is not big enough to accomadate the sky anytime service. the box as it stands is working fine and i love sky + and would not be without it.

i rang sky to see if they would give me a newer sky + box that could take sky anytime. they of course tried to push my to sky HD which i do not want. (am already paying €80 odd a month) in the end they said they could but for a fee of €299. (a bit taken aback considering i am a loyal customer of many years standing)

anyway, my question. can i try and buy a cheaper sky+ box on ebay or in currys/dixons etc that could take sky anytime and just insert my sky viewing card and away i go all sorted or is it not that simple?

tia.

 

[Speedwell]

Yes I have a few boxes here and they were on different sky+ cards and all worked fine when I needed to change the box. Never had any issues. Prob best to get one from somewhere that you can see it working though just in case.

 

[vandriver]

Why not ring up to cancel your service.You will be put through to customer retention who are ready to do a deal if you tell them you are cancelling.My brother who did this last week was offered a sky+ box for free.

 

[AlbacoreA]

Whats the capacity of these boxzes? Can't you upgrade the drive yourself. I seem to remember people opening the original boxes and putting in bigger drives.