*** Sky Q Thread ***

It's no excuse and you know it. Sky compression = turning it up to the hilt as long as people buy it in order to cut costs. Sadly they have the monopoly so they can get away with it (for now).
There are bandwidth considerations for the satellite broadcasts to consider as well. It’s a trade off.

There are also still thousands without fast enough internet to stream 4K/UHD content. Satellite has none of those issues.
 
There are bandwidth considerations for the satellite broadcasts to consider as well. It’s a trade off.

There are also still thousands without fast enough internet to stream 4K/UHD content. Satellite has none of those issues.
Then have an option for those who can stream it 4K content, the box does a speed check and if it's good enough it defaults to a higher quality internet stream. But Sky's internet stream will also be bad, look at Now TV and Sky Go, both really poor examples of IQ compared to modern day standards. For the money Sky charge they really ought to up their game.

Sky have been saying TV over IP has been coming for years yet no recent updates or developments customers can see.
 
Sky is too expensive for the picture quality they offer. UHD movies and sports are a joke, movies are barely above DVD quality. The interface is slick but you don't watch that do you?
 
There are bandwidth considerations for the satellite broadcasts to consider as well. It’s a trade off.

There are also still thousands without fast enough internet to stream 4K/UHD content. Satellite has none of those issues.
Why operate to the lowest common denominator? There are far more people with decent broadband - enough to stream 4k/UHD. The fact Netflix have more subscribers in the UK than Sky pretty much proves that point.
 
Just watching the Holland game in UHD HLG! Sky really need to take note, now this is how football should be broadcast, not the current pitiful UHD quality currently broadcast
 
Just watching the Holland game in UHD HLG! Sky really need to take note, now this is how football should be broadcast, not the current pitiful UHD quality currently broadcast
It was the same for the world Cup. Absolutely lovely picture from the BBC and here's sky with a woeful "HD" picture and a sub par "UHD".
 
It was the same for the world Cup. Absolutely lovely picture from the BBC and here's sky with a woeful "HD" picture and a sub par "UHD".

Yet they still have the utter cheek to charge extra money for the HD addon, and the UHD addon. Maximum money in, as little money out on hardware as possible.
 
Ah, just tried through my firestick 4k and doesnt seem to get UHD there. Must be a TV app only thing unless theres a setting or you dont just watch the channel straight from the main screen in the iplayer app?
 
Ah, just tried through my firestick 4k and doesnt seem to get UHD there. Must be a TV app only thing unless theres a setting or you dont just watch the channel straight from the main screen in the iplayer app?
It's during the game, load the iplayer app and scroll to the footy. You should get an option for uhd feed. It's not on there as an option outside of match times.
 
Just watching the Holland game in UHD HLG! Sky really need to take note, now this is how football should be broadcast, not the current pitiful UHD quality currently broadcast
Agreed. I’m binning them off, fed up of paying over the odds for substandard picture quality.
 
Anyone on here managed to upgrade to the latest Sky Q box? I cant find anywhere to apply for the updated box and my 32BO doesn't support HDR.
 
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