*** Sky Q Thread ***

[ChrisD.]

I already pay the £12 sub for multiscreen to unlock the uhd I think. So I just call them and they will honour this deal you thinks ?

Is that on top of QMS?

 

[MissChief]

Is that on top of QMS?

QMS is the UHD sub. They're one and the same.

 

[ChrisD.]

QMS is the UHD sub. They're one and the same.

Sorry, what I mean is, if I already pay £12 a month for QMS as I have a second box, then buy a third for the price above, do I pay £12 more a month?

 

[MissChief]

Sorry, what I mean is, if I already pay £12 a month for QMS as I have a second box, then buy a third for the price above, do I pay £12 more a month?

No, the single QMS Sub covers all mini boxes on your account.

 

[5punk3monk3y]

Sky Italia has recently had HLG content added including Britannia and a handful of movies so, fingers crossed, it won't be too long until it arrives over here.

 

[Converge]

Sky Italia has recently had HLG content added including Britannia and a handful of movies so, fingers crossed, it won't be too long until it arrives over here.

Nice, does it come via an update, or they just switch over the content at some point?

 

[5punk3monk3y]

Nice, does it come via an update, or they just switch over the content at some point?

The content may be already there, it could simply be a signal sent out to enable it.

 

[Cromulent]

Am I reading this article correctly? Sky Q now has HDR support?

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/1/17066236/sky-q-netflix-hdr-spotify-support-features

 

[MissChief]

Am I reading this article correctly? Sky Q now has HDR support?

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/1/17066236/sky-q-netflix-hdr-spotify-support-features

It can, it's just not active yet. I haven't even heard of it coming yet either, but I have no doubt it will be, probably later this year.

 

[Cromulent]

It can, it's just not active yet. I haven't even heard of it coming yet either, but I have no doubt it will be, probably later this year.

Cool. I guess that is something to look forward to seeing. I've never seen any HDR content yet. In fact, I'm thinking about upgrading my Amazon Fire TV Box to the latest version just for HDR support in Netflix.

 

[5punk3monk3y]

Cool. I guess that is something to look forward to seeing. I've never seen any HDR content yet. In fact, I'm thinking about upgrading my Amazon Fire TV Box to the latest version just for HDR support in Netflix.

As I posted earlier HLG (a version of HDR) is already available for SKY Q Italy so it shouldn't be too long for the UK

 

[Cob]

Just noticed that Eurosport are showing the French Open tennis in 4k.

 

[MissChief]

Just noticed that Eurosport are showing the French Open tennis in 4k.

Centre Court only, Sky Q MS still required, but yes they are.

 

[the wopster]

I have a Sky Q Silver box plugged into my LG 65C8 TV. I set the screen resolution on the Sky box to 2160 10 -bit so I can watch UHD content such as films, live PL games (and F1) and certain Sky box sets which are available in UHD. Since the last update every now and again I go to watch UHD content it tells me I have to set the screen resolution to 2160 and when I check the box has reverted to 1080i! Anyone know why it does this and if there is anything I can do to stop it happening? Auto resolution like the old Sky HD boxes had would seem to be the sensible solution or am I missing something?

 

[MissChief]

I have a Sky Q Silver box plugged into my LG 65C8 TV. I set the screen resolution on the Sky box to 2160 10 -bit so I can watch UHD content such as films, live PL games (and F1) and certain Sky box sets which are available in UHD. Since the last update every now and again I go to watch UHD content it tells me I have to set the screen resolution to 2160 and when I check the box has reverted to 1080i! Anyone know why it does this and if there is anything I can do to stop it happening? Auto resolution like the old Sky HD boxes had would seem to be the sensible solution or am I missing something?

I haven't heard any reports of this happening and I've never noticed it happening before on my box.

 

[the wopster]

I haven't heard any reports of this happening and I've never noticed it happening before on my box.

4 times now since the last update it has happened to me

 

[Cromulent]

I have a Sky Q Silver box plugged into my LG 65C8 TV. I set the screen resolution on the Sky box to 2160 10 -bit so I can watch UHD content such as films, live PL games (and F1) and certain Sky box sets which are available in UHD. Since the last update every now and again I go to watch UHD content it tells me I have to set the screen resolution to 2160 and when I check the box has reverted to 1080i! Anyone know why it does this and if there is anything I can do to stop it happening? Auto resolution like the old Sky HD boxes had would seem to be the sensible solution or am I missing something?

That has happened to me a couple of times as well. Annoying, but not the end of the world.

 

[the wopster]

That has happened to me a couple of times as well. Annoying, but not the end of the world.

I’m glad it’s not just me

 

[ants83]

That has happened to me a couple of times as well. Annoying, but not the end of the world.

Same here

 

[5punk3monk3y]

Occasionally after an LG tv overnight auto update my Q box would drop to 1080.

I have a Sky Q Silver box plugged into my LG 65C8 TV. I set the screen resolution on the Sky box to 2160 10 -bit so I can watch UHD content such as films, live PL games (and F1) and certain Sky box sets which are available in UHD. Since the last update every now and again I go to watch UHD content it tells me I have to set the screen resolution to 2160 and when I check the box has reverted to 1080i! Anyone know why it does this and if there is anything I can do to stop it happening? Auto resolution like the old Sky HD boxes had would seem to be the sensible solution or am I missing something?

I notice you have the 2018 model, it may be worth having a look at LG's firmware release dates for that model and see if it corresponds with the drop in Res.