* Sky Q Thread *

200sols · 3 Mar 2020 at 10:06

Basher said:
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.

Well, at that price why did they even bother?

Vertigo · 3 Mar 2020 at 10:19

Just had an online chat with them about it.

They're claiming you can get both Sky Sports and BT Sport in HD as a bundle for £35. The full price for Sky Sports HD is £34 according to my bill but I'm discounted down to £18.

They said I could add BT Sport for £17 a month! So I'd be up to the full bundle price of £35 and wipe out most of my discount. I'd also have to commit for a further 18 months when my contract and discounts are ending in 6 months, meaning I'd be trapped paying full price for a further year with little negotiating leeway.

What a joke, told them where to shove it.

BMox81 · 3 Mar 2020 at 12:04

Disney+ coming to Sky Q - that'll mean another little increase I expect.

Brummies · 3 Mar 2020 at 13:22

For convenience I’d probably want it on Sky so it’s all on one bill

james.miller · 3 Mar 2020 at 13:28

Brummies said:
For convenience I’d probably want it on Sky so it’s all on one bill

Works well for netflix

Basher · 3 Mar 2020 at 13:28

james.miller said:
Works well for netflix

Because it's cheaper. Is it cheaper to have BT Sports via Sky?

james.miller · 3 Mar 2020 at 13:32

No idea, I don't watch any sports channels

MissChief · 3 Mar 2020 at 13:46

Basher said:
Because it's cheaper. Is it cheaper to have BT Sports via Sky?

On BT’s publicised prices if you don’t have their broadband, yes.

Vertigo · 3 Mar 2020 at 13:58

BMox81 said:
Disney+ coming to Sky Q - that'll mean another little increase I expect.

Yeah it's a little vague as to whether this will be another optional subscription you can add, like Netflix, or simply added to the existing Sky service, likely with a price hike in the near future.

You'd think the former was the obvious choice but the key thing is how they mention the effect on Sky Cinema and that it'll enable them to retain a lot of content there which would otherwise have been removed/delayed.

BMox81 · 3 Mar 2020 at 14:16

Vertigo1 said:
Yeah it's a little vague as to whether this will be another optional subscription you can add, like Netflix, or simply added to the existing Sky service, likely with a price hike in the near future.

You'd think the former was the obvious choice but the key thing is how they mention the effect on Sky Cinema and that it'll enable them to retain a lot of content there which would otherwise have been removed/delayed.

I'd say initially it will be the £5.99 a month added to the existing service.

dessimpson · 3 Mar 2020 at 16:20

I cancelled mine last month. Waiting for the boxes to arrive to send the kit back.
Got a letter in saying the prices were going up....... Not for me

Vertigo · 3 Mar 2020 at 17:12

BMox81 said:
I'd say initially it will be the £5.99 a month added to the existing service.

They can't just add six quid to the price for everyone though, there'd be a riot.

MissChief · 3 Mar 2020 at 18:04

Vertigo1 said:
They can't just add six quid to the price for everyone though, there'd be a riot.

It’ll be opt in like Netflix is.

Dave Whittall · 4 Mar 2020 at 00:50

Hi Guys,

New forum user.
I have a technical question regarding Sky Q hub and mini box.
Where is the best place to post?

Many thanks
Dave

MissChief · 4 Mar 2020 at 01:24

Dave Whittall said:
Hi Guys,

New forum user.
I have a technical question regarding Sky Q hub and mini box.
Where is the best place to post?

Many thanks
Dave

Just ask in here tbh.

Dave Whittall · 4 Mar 2020 at 07:15

OK thanks.
I have Sky Q with the new Sky Hub and a Sky mini box.
The main box is connected via ethernet and the mini is wireless.
I'm looking to install a Ubiquiti UAP-AC-LR Access Point, however it looks like there may be issues with compatibility with the Sky mesh.
I've seen quite a few posts from a while back regarding this but I haven't seen any recent discussions.

Does anyone have any experience using this set up?
Basically will it work?

Thank you.

Dave

Dave Whittall · 4 Mar 2020 at 07:16

MissChief said:
Just ask in here tbh.

OK thanks.
I have Sky Q with the new Sky Hub and a Sky mini box.
The main box is connected via ethernet and the mini is wireless.
I'm looking to install a Ubiquiti UAP-AC-LR Access Point, however it looks like there may be issues with compatibility with the Sky mesh.
I've seen quite a few posts from a while back regarding this but I haven't seen any recent discussions.

Does anyone have any experience using this set up?
Basically will it work?

Thank you.

Dave

BMox81 · 4 Mar 2020 at 10:36

Vertigo1 said:
They can't just add six quid to the price for everyone though, there'd be a riot.

Well it will be £5.99 a month if you subscribe separately which at present time, is the only way of using both services.

Now Sky could obviously do something to tie in with the Ultimate deal that they do, but at present, you'll be paying for your Sky sub, then your D+ one as well.

CliffyG · 4 Mar 2020 at 12:29

Dave Whittall said:
OK thanks.
I have Sky Q with the new Sky Hub and a Sky mini box.
The main box is connected via ethernet and the mini is wireless.
I'm looking to install a Ubiquiti UAP-AC-LR Access Point, however it looks like there may be issues with compatibility with the Sky mesh.
I've seen quite a few posts from a while back regarding this but I haven't seen any recent discussions.

Does anyone have any experience using this set up?
Basically will it work?

Thank you.

Dave

I have Ubiquiti UAP Pro at home. I just ran cable to all mini boxes and the main box and completely disabled the wireless on each device.

Terminatort4 · 4 Mar 2020 at 18:27

Hopefully sky will bundle it in with the ultimate on demand package which I already purchase. So wont have to pay any extra. Will just have to wait and see what happens.

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