Thanks for that cactikid. Im asking for my daughter actually. I thought I read somewhere, probably several years ago, that some type of Sky card could be used in a Sky+ box (no subscription) that would activate the plus features i.e. recording, pause etc but thats probably not the case so.FREESAT VIEWING CARD ACTIVATED FOR PLUS AND HD UK
I dont think recordings will work unless you subscribe to sky themselves.
A good enigma 2 box will do more than an old sky + hd