sky SD box film/sport packs switch off

[GD1]

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@ThePope27 wrote:

@Annie+UK 

I think there's a few sky+hd models that don't decode DVB-S2 as well.

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As they ae HD boxes they MUST be able to decode HD (which have always transmitted innthe DVB-S2 format) and as such would continie to work woth any DVB-S2 transmissions 

There has been no Sky+HD box that only decodes DVB-S transmissions only, if that were the case they would never had HD on these (non existant) boxes.

The older boxes would have to be SD only to not decode HD

[ThePope27]

@GD1 ,

The first OG 2006 boxes were DVB-S only......

[Annie+UK]

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@ThePope27 wrote:

@Annie+UK,

The OG PVR4 Thompson/Pace/Samsung boxes. 

End of life, I would only recommend DRX890, DRX895 & DRX595, our Thompson was replace by Sky in a mass callback many years ago due to a hardware design issue

I still have a PVR4 down the shed that my parents owned when sky hd first come out, 

Ancient software with many bugs 😞

I was 3 years old when Sky HD was first released, just thought I would make you feel old 😉

No need, I am old 🙂

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[ThePope27]

@GD1,

You comment is incorrect as BBC HD was transmitted on DVB-S until 6th of June 2011

[ThePope27]

@Annie+UK,

I was just on about the OG PVR4 Thompson/Samsung boxes were the DVB-S only boxes, I wouldn't recommend them as a daily driver,

Only recommend DRX890WL and DRX895WL

[GD1]

@ThePope27  I don;t believe they were as Sky HD channels were always DVB-S2 so for this box in 2006 to be released without access to these HD channels from Sky would have been a major foobar.

[ThePope27]

@GD1,

Its made me curious now, I'll whip the old boy out over the weekend and satisfy my curiosity (that's if the old boy doesn't blow fire in my face)