*** Sky Q Thread ***

The picture quality on our new 4k TV is better than on the old HD box. Great to be able to do multiple recordings. Operation on mini and iPad is flawless. Only one minor niggle and that is the new size of the program guide which now displays less time slots. Overall very pleased with it so far.

Some good tips and tricks here:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/136...he-most-from-fluid-viewing-and-your-sky-q-box
 
Quick question - do you still get Sky Go with Q and is there the option of Sky Go Extra for another fiver?

EDIT: Just to clarify, I am aware there's a dedicated Sky Q App for phones/tablets but I'm unsure whether this totally replaces all the functionality of the old Sky Go app and I don't know what the deal is with other platforms, such as if I want to watch in a browser at work.
 
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Ah ok, and can you add Go Extra to it for the extra fiver? When I went through the online ordering pages there was no mention of Go at all.

EDIT: Spoke to Sky about this and they reckoned Sky Go Extra was included with Q - anyone know if this is true?

They also said the "refer a friend" scheme wasn't applicable to Q which is a shame.
 
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The Sky Q app runs on the Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 but not on the Galaxy Note 5.

BT Sport not running on the mini box so I've called BT and they said it will be added shortly. Said it will be free but we shall see.
 
Cosimo said:
The Sky Q app runs on the Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 but not on the Galaxy Note 5.

BT Sport not running on the mini box so I've called BT and they said it will be added shortly. Said it will be free but we shall see.
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Hang on....I thought the mini's used one of the tuners in the Silver STB so why would you not get all the channels that the Silver gets?
 
I thought we would be paying more for UHD when it arrives but not so:

•What will the additional charge for UHD subscription be?

•There will not be any additional subscription charge for viewing any UHD programmes when they are available, they will be included in Sky Q Silver subscription bundle.
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New viewing card turned up this morning. Install on saturday.

Pulled my viewing card out just to check the number on it corresponds with the one on the letter they sent *unlike last time...* and it's quite a crispy card. Seriously discoloured.

How is everyone finding the new touch remote? It's going to take some adjustment for me as I can use the old remote without even looking, so any change to that is going to irritate me for some time.
 
Flibster said:
How is everyone finding the new touch remote? It's going to take some adjustment for me as I can use the old remote without even looking, so any change to that is going to irritate me for some time.
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My wife had a go and refuses to use it and is using the 'normal' one. Not really unexpected as you should see her using a smartphone. :D

I'm using the touch and have got used to it but it's not easy to use without looking and the touch bar above the pad is too sensitive. Scrolling down is a bit of a pain. I think it's a bit of a gimmick.

So we have one each now. The one you get with the mini is not touch.
 
I had a very brief play with the touch remote the other week at a Sky stand in the local shopping centre.

Felt bizarre - unless I was getting it totally wrong, it appeared you needed to swipe right to progress through the menus and left to back up which felt completely wrong as the action of swiping right moved you further to the right in the onscreen menus which is backwards, or am I missing something?

Do you get another, more normal remote with buttons?
 
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