wondering if anyone can help me, my contract is finishing at the end of next month i was wondering if i cancel it can i still use the box to watch programmes and record them and if i can what channels can i get.

No, you need o either subscribe, or pay £10 a month to "enable" the Sky+ features (it's not a £39 TopUp TV box where the + features are free regardless of whether you subscribe or not )

oh sound matty well ive got sky + at the mo paying £36 a month for the sky channels internet and phone,unlimited calls to landlines and unlimited calls to australia and i think 8gb of internet am i best staying with sky or would i get this package cheaper with someone else

you or Sarah on o2 for your phone? You can get comparable fone deals from other providers and CPS numbers etc, and o2 Broadband is £7.50 with an o2 phone, and miles better (and faster) than Sky Broadbands current service (and no limits).

where both on pay as you go at the mo.i dont need much internet only go on facebook, here and and check me emails now and then just wanted to see how cheap i could get it

when ye pop round we will have a look at what ye options are mate. afaik, you need to have an active Sky television subscrption to keep the landline and broadband service (thats why I was forced to ditch them when I moved to TopUp TV) and the Sky+ features for £10 per month is not counted as a TV subscription, so if you want to cancel your TV subs, you would need to leave the other services as well.

You could probably save £10 - £15 per month overall with other providers and a TUTV box, and youd probably make a few quid on the sky+ box... but it worth trying to get a retention deal out of them first, they have been known to reduce the price of the tv service to £3 per month for 6 months etc...

got a Samsung sky+ hd 250gb no remote (but may get one)
Not on sky can it be used for anything else eg foreign satellites with a different card eg trex or record off Virgin
Can it be used to record off other receivers
or may take out hard drive to use in a pc or external drive

Only use for sky. Cheapo aldi box for the porn lol.