Thanks let’s hope so. But I like to be prepared. Will be keeping a close eye and hope he doesn’t try and run off with my onto LNB
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Thanks let’s hope so. But I like to be prepared. Will be keeping a close eye and hope he doesn’t try and run off with my onto LNB
Firstly it is very obviously a chance that things have changed in the two years since my parents got Sky Q fitted.
But at that time the engineers would not touch a hybrid LNB with a bargepole, it was not regarded as standard equipment necessary to run Sky Q so they did not fit them, and if one was fitted would take it off and fit their own.
Like I say things may well have changed in two years so fingers crossed for you.
I can only say the issues my parents went through.
not in our experience.
On behalf of parents had rung sky beforehand to get this install requirement put into customer notes (for later freesat) .. but despite this the pratts turned up without it,
I would have told them to go away , but we relented and wrong lnb installed, but customer support said we will later install it/free when you have the feesat box.
rubbish service.
this doesn't fill me with confidence at all. i will ring them and see if i can request it myself
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You might be able to haggle the install for free?
Anyone else having issues downloading anything on Sky Q?
I’ve tried wireless, wired and restarting the Q box. It seems to trickle along at a few hundred k a second according to my firewall. Everything else on my network is fine as is the connection itself.
I’ve tried wireless, wired and restarting the Q box. It seems to trickle along at a few hundred k a second according to my firewall. Everything else on my network is fine as is the connection itself.
If I wait a month, my contract is ending, could haggle better then
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This is what I bit on a few weeks ago. £50 upfront for 2tb box, mini box, inatallation and then £13 a month on top of my £25 a month {no sports or movies}. Would have paid the same for normal hd multiroom.
Still waiting for 25th for the install.
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£13 ppm extra for multi room is such a con.
If you have a decent aerial connection and your tvs supports dvb t2 (most newish TVs do) get a decent dvbt2 injector (think mine is an Edison) also will need hdmi splitter to split sky q source.
This will give you sky q on all TVs that have an aerial and can support dvb t2. Picture quality is great with 1080p support. Just make sure current aerials up to job.
Injector was around £150
Splitter around £25
If you have a decent aerial connection and your tvs supports dvb t2 (most newish TVs do) get a decent dvbt2 injector (think mine is an Edison) also will need hdmi splitter to split sky q source.
This will give you sky q on all TVs that have an aerial and can support dvb t2. Picture quality is great with 1080p support. Just make sure current aerials up to job.
Injector was around £150
Splitter around £25
True, but you can still only watch the same thing on both TV's. You could do the same thing on Sky+HD with a TV Link with only the upfront equipment and install costs, about £15 if you did it yourself.
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Real reason they took rf out on sky q box was to sell their multi room boxes and to increase ppm subscription.
It does give benefit of watching 2 different channels though I’ll give sky that.
It does give benefit of watching 2 different channels though I’ll give sky that.
RF doesn't support HDCP which more and more content providers were requiring and Netflix won't allow you to view over a NON-HDCP connection either.
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00KBXKJ2A?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image
Above is injector I have, Netflix definitely works over coax and with a hdmi splitter at sky q box.
Don’t quote me on this but think hdmi splitter deals with all the hdcp handshaking.
Splitter like below
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neet®-SPLITTER-Distribution-Amplifier-Display-black/dp
/B002EACW82/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?keywords=hdcp+2.2+hdmi+splitter&qid=1568576880&sprefix=hdcp+2&sr=8-7
Hope links ok don’t think overclockers do aerial stuff
Above is injector I have, Netflix definitely works over coax and with a hdmi splitter at sky q box.
Don’t quote me on this but think hdmi splitter deals with all the hdcp handshaking.
Splitter like below
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neet®-SPLITTER-Distribution-Amplifier-Display-black/dp
/B002EACW82/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?keywords=hdcp+2.2+hdmi+splitter&qid=1568576880&sprefix=hdcp+2&sr=8-7
Hope links ok don’t think overclockers do aerial stuff
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Just before I order Sky Q, as I've seen mixed responses to this question;
Can the main Sky Q box and the mini boxes be controlled via IR? I have a house media cupboard where my current Sky HD boxes, ATV, Sonos etc all live. Most of it works off IR blasters so I wanted to check if the main and mini boxes have IR receivers?
Also, how good are the Sky bluetooth remotes in terms of connectivity? Are they good enough to reach other rooms are is it the usual terrible quality of bluetooth?
Can the main Sky Q box and the mini boxes be controlled via IR? I have a house media cupboard where my current Sky HD boxes, ATV, Sonos etc all live. Most of it works off IR blasters so I wanted to check if the main and mini boxes have IR receivers?
Also, how good are the Sky bluetooth remotes in terms of connectivity? Are they good enough to reach other rooms are is it the usual terrible quality of bluetooth?
Soldato
Thanks! As long as the main and mini boxes have IR I should be good to use the Philips Pronto I have in the house to control them.
Some things like voice search and find my remote only work via Bluetooth so it might be worth trying it first and see how you get on.
Soldato
I have harmony's on both mini box and main box the main box is away in a cupboard and works fine via the harmony blaster as does the mini box in the bedroom.