Recording – different kit / features

What products can you use to record Sky? Can I record Sky on a Freeview digital TV recorder?

Sky supply two well-designed digital TV recorders–see our reports on the Sky +Thomson and the Sky+ HD Thomson,–but to get either you need to subscribe to Sky services. You cannot buy or rent a Sky recorder if you go for the Freesat from Sky deal. A Freeview digital recorder will not record Sky subscription satellite services.

If I cancel my Sky subscription will I go on receiving Freeview on my Sky box / Sky+ box?

Yes the Sky box will continue to receive the no-subscription Freesat from Sky service which includes all the BBC and ITV channels and many of the additional Freeview channels. But it will not receive Sky subscription channels and if you have a Sky+ box, it will stop working as a recorder and you will not even be able to watch programmes previously recorded on it.