* Sky Q Thread *

MissChief · 13 Feb 2020 at 20:53

So I was told that it didn't work, or didn't work very well so they opted not to activate it and then haven't built it into the newer boxes.

orbitalwalsh · 14 Feb 2020 at 09:27

NeilFawcett said:
12ft, through a double brick wall...

Got the option to upgrade to a 1TB Sky Q box for a one off £20.

But the fact I'd lose all the recorded programs on my existing box isn't appealling

UHD compatibility. Just a shame Atmos is only activated with UHD/Q Multiroom package

Vertigo · 15 Feb 2020 at 11:34

MissChief said:
Coming before the end of Feb I’ve heard. We even got told pricing, but I can’t say anything yet.

Tick tock.

Have zero faith this will appear before the end of the month but would be happy to be proven wrong.

the wopster · 15 Feb 2020 at 15:44

Vertigo1 said:
Tick tock.

Have zero faith this will appear before the end of the month but would be happy to be proven wrong.

Doubt they will beat BT on price anyway, I have BT sport HD on sky for £6 per month

Vertigo · 15 Feb 2020 at 19:43

woppy101 said:
Doubt they will beat BT on price anyway, I have BT sport HD on sky for £6 per month

Good deal but that's hardly standard pricing. They'll undoubtedly beat the standard price but I doubt it'll be by much, if they ever actually launch it at all.

MissChief · 15 Feb 2020 at 19:46

Vertigo1 said:
Good deal but that's hardly standard pricing. They'll undoubtedly beat the standard price but I doubt it'll be by much, if they ever actually launch it at all.

It will be launched. Staff have it already. I'm just unsure of when.

steve5424 · 16 Feb 2020 at 08:10

When I upgraded to a new Q deal last week I was offered BT sport's for £24 a month. Direct from Sky. I never took it as still too expensive IMO.

picnic · 16 Feb 2020 at 09:37

steve5424 said:
I was offered BT sport's for £24 a month

Is that just for BT Sport or does it include other channels?

Vertigo · 16 Feb 2020 at 11:35

steve5424 said:
When I upgraded to a new Q deal last week I was offered BT sport's for £24 a month. Direct from Sky. I never took it as still too expensive IMO.

If that's what the actual price ends up being then they're having a laugh.

I can get it through EE for half that. Hell, it's only £25 for a BT Sport Pass which has no contract commitment.

rodders · 16 Feb 2020 at 13:26

Box hasn't crashed for 6 days now, seems odd after doing it about a dozen times.
Guess I'll cancel the engineer?

steve5424 · 16 Feb 2020 at 13:55

picnic said:
Is that just for BT Sport or does it include other channels?

Just BT. My package came to £83 a month. With BT offered by upgrades it was £107

MOOGLEYS · 16 Feb 2020 at 14:00

MissChief said:
Try using the voice search? Might find it easier.

I’m quite impressed how well the voice search works on q. Thanks...

picnic · 17 Feb 2020 at 17:18

steve5424 said:
Just BT. My package came to £83 a month. With BT offered by upgrades it was £107

Ouch !

the-evaluator · 20 Feb 2020 at 08:21

We had a 2Tb Q box installed yesterday and bar the usual fun and games of getting my Logitech Harmony Ultimate to play nicely it's all gone well.

I forgot to note down my series links on my HD box before the Q box was installed. I was assuming the HD box would fire up and let me get into the menus but it seems not, it just sits there saying the box is initialising. Any idea if I can get around that?

Wardyp · 20 Feb 2020 at 12:53

I might be wrong but I think it needs a satellite signal for the menus to work.

The LNB on the dish is different on Sky Q vs HD box

the-evaluator · 20 Feb 2020 at 12:54

I'm sure I've been into the planner on the HD box when the dish was disconnected. It's not a big problem by any means just a bit of an inconvenience.

MissChief · 20 Feb 2020 at 17:59

the-evaluator said:
We had a 2Tb Q box installed yesterday and bar the usual fun and games of getting my Logitech Harmony Ultimate to play nicely it's all gone well.

I forgot to note down my series links on my HD box before the Q box was installed. I was assuming the HD box would fire up and let me get into the menus but it seems not, it just sits there saying the box is initialising. Any idea if I can get around that?

If you were connected to the dish, disconnect it. If you weren’t, connect it.

the-evaluator · 20 Feb 2020 at 21:37

MissChief said:
If you were connected to the dish, disconnect it. If you weren’t, connect it.

I have only tried it with the dish disconnected. I’m heading away for a couple of weeks but will give it a go with the dish connected when I’m back. Thanks for the pointer.

Vertigo · 3 Mar 2020 at 09:36

MissChief said:
It will be launched. Staff have it already. I'm just unsure of when.

Well last year I heard January but that came and went.

You said you'd heard February but that's now gone too.

No confidence this will be released any time soon. Nice that Sky have it up and running for their staff but not paying customers.

EDIT: No, wait, I've just found a news article from a week or so ago suggesting it's available?! If this is so where was the announcement? Where's the email from Sky? I get shedloads of pointless spam from them but they can't email existing Sports subscribers about this?

Basher · 3 Mar 2020 at 09:56

Vertigo1 said:
Well last year I heard January but that came and went.

You said you'd heard February but that's now gone too.

No confidence this will be released any time soon. Nice that Sky have it up and running for their staff but not paying customers.

EDIT: No, wait, I've just found a news article from a week or so ago suggesting it's available?! If this is so where was the announcement? Where's the email from Sky? I get shedloads of pointless spam from them but they can't email existing Sports subscribers about this?

You can add it on the website for £25 a month. Doesn't seem like a great deal. Struggling to see why it has taken so long to get to market.

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