Using an old Sky dish

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harveynichols

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I have just moved into a house where there is an old sky dish and connections into the house. The seller took their sky box. Could this dish be used with any STB or would I need to use a Sky box to view freeview, and if so, which one would you recommend. Thanks.
 
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If it was a recent Sky box (they move satellite positions when they went digital) then you can just connect any other receiver to the cable and you will get all the Free-To-View channels - BBC and ITV and lots of shopping channels etc.

You can pick up a FTV receiver off eBay or sometimes Lidl have them. They don't cost a lot or you could get an old Sky receiver that will also give you the free channels - without a card.
 
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Big round dish or oval little dish?
 
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