Sky recordings
 

Possibly the wrong place but please move if inappropriate.
For our sins, we have a Sky box installed. The North Sea air and the last two days gales have 'dismantled' the dish and lnb holder.. Obviously no 'live' input available but SWMBO would like to look at some of her (many) recordings. No joy!!! I would have supposed that the recordings would be on an internal HD, accessible via the Planner selector - not so! It looks as though the recordings require dish access just like live reception. Can anyone confirm, please, and any suggestions for SWMBO to access her 'Death in Paradise' etc.?
TIA

Certainly in this house,when the Sky signal does not work, for some reason the Recordings do not work. Clearly, the recordings are somehow "mediated" ?? by having a sky signal. It isn't just a simple hard drive.

A O and Pdr1 - thank you for that info. Unsurprising that Sky would insist on their 'pound of flesh'! Temporary fix by recovering the Humax from the loft - recordings from happier days! Local 'leccy' shop reckons new dish by tomorrow at the latest! Good service is not dead!