*** Sky Q Thread ***

Cosimo said:
Do they take your old Sky + HD box?
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Now that's a real hot potato.

Legally you own your Sky+ HD STB, but the engineers have instructions to install an LNB which won't work with the Sky+ HD STB.

If you happen to have a Freesat STB or Freesat TV, then you can ask for a Hybrid LNB to be installed. If don't then they won't.

This means that you won't be able to use your Sky+ HD STB as a Freesat STB with no recording facilities, even though you own it.

Now you can retain the old Sky+ HD STB. What you do with it is entirely your choice. Alternatively you could have it sent back to Sky for recycling.

There has been a popular secondhand market for Sky+ HD STBs. I suspect it's about to get flooded.

P.S. Please don't roast me. I'm just forwarding on the information for you all.
 
I've got Sky at the moment (well my Fiancées Dad does but I manage the account) so who's the best person to speak to about upgrading to Sky Q and getting the best deal?

Currently paying £90 with Sky Multi-Room!
 
No deals at all for Q. Full price for for TV, BB and line rental deals do carry over.

You would qualify for Q Silver, min £149 upfront.
 
I got my SkyQ hub today and have had a look at the router pages. Anyone expecting QoS or Guest Network options will be disappointed.

2x Gigabit Ethernet (options for Gigabit or 'fast' 100Meg along with efficient power saving mode)
Separately configurable 2.4GHz and 5GHz options with separate SSID's and passwords if you so wish.

Other than that it's pretty much par for the course on an ISP supplied Router and very similarly laid out to previous Sky Routers.
 
Perhaps 'modem only' mode is also too much to hope for?! Replaced my SR102 with a Netgear D7000......sincerely hope I will still be able to use this when (perhaps, actually, if!) I go with Sky Q :p

Back on main topic, I think we can wait and see how installs go....and get a feel for 'real world' reviews. Once the kit is out and about, wonder how pricing will change; if all positively received, then no 'quick' deals, but if there is a bit of ambivalence, then perhaps we might see canning of the (frankly ludicrous) up-front costs. In all honesty, I would *probably* stump up the additional subscription charges, but not as well as the setup costs and the 18-month subscription period!
 
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dl8860 said:
Seriously, only 2 LAN ports?
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Sky Q Hub official specifications

2x 10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet RJ45 port
1x DSL port
Mains (Mains input 230V) Connectivity
Works dual band on 2.4GHz and 5GHz concurrently – 2.4GHz 801.11n is 2x2 MIMO – Back compatible with 802.11 b/g – 5GHz 801.11ac is 3x3 MIMO – Back compatible with 802.11n
Supports Powerline AV1.1 – only compatible with other Sky devices
IPv6 support Security
Support WPA/WPA2 with WPA-PSK/AES and TKIP security
Support WPA2/AES Power consumption / Power saving features
“Network Standby” mode which uses less than 12W of power within twenty minutes of no use
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People connecting via LAN are in the minority and are only getting rarer. It's far more common for normal users, who may not have a desktop PC, only tablets, mobiles and laptops to not have anything connected via Ethernet. I only use two ports on my router anyway.
 
Cosimo said:
It now appears that you won't be able to watch BT Sport on Q Mini boxes as your subscription is registered to the viewing card which resides in the main Q box:

http://www.uswitch.com/broadband/news/2016/02/sky_q_customers_can_only_view_bt_sport_on_main_box/

You can stream BT Sport channels using Chromecast so it shouldn't be a problem for some of us.
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Apparently that report was incorrect which is handy - http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/644239/Sky-Q-Football-BT-Sport
Although I wouldn't be surprised if BT charge more for it.
 
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