*** Sky Q Thread ***

@Jamesyboyjim & @Jez

Thanks for the suggestions guys. Good to know there are cheaper options out there as I didn't really want to spend £200 on a new Sky box nor did I fancy giving Rupert Murdoch and more of my hard earned each month in subscription costs!

I think I'd probably want the version with built in Wifi as my box isn't near my router or phone line so is it the DRX890W (presuming W stands for wireless) I need to be looking at?
 
Vertigo1 said:
Seriously?! That's a staggering omission!
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Yup.

Other thing that's desperately needed back again is the ability to start from a user defined point of the program. Using the left and right arrows/swipes you can jump forward by 15 minutes at a time, but that's not a hugely useful amount of time.
 
There are quite a few problems with Sky Q in my opinion - not huge "I'll die if they don't get fixed" issues but a number of small annoyances that add up to the system not being as user friendly as the one it's replacing!

Which when you consider the tag line is supposed to be "fluid viewing" is a big problem!
 
has anyone managed to get a decent deal on sky q or are they sticking firmly to the prices at the moment? i am out of contract and fancy an upgrade but not at £150 + £20 extra a month
 
They're not dealing on Q at all right now - it's too new and they obviously have no shortage of customers.

The only "deal" seems to be the free 32" TV or £100 which "finished" last week only to re-appear this week and apparently ends again today. Think this one will keep popping up periodically but I presume you're on about discounts off the monthly?

I reckon deals will start arriving towards the end of the summer when the initial rush dies down but it's up to you whether you wait.

One thing I can't get a totally definitive answer on is whether the "refer a friend" scheme applies to Q.
 
I will ask today for you Vertigo.

There's been talk of a staff introduce a friend deal on SkyQ later this year but nothing confirmed as yet so I have no idea if it will be a new customer deal only or apply to existing customers.
 
Vertigo1 said:
They're not dealing on Q at all right now - it's too new and they obviously have no shortage of customers.

The only "deal" seems to be the free 32" TV or £100 which "finished" last week only to re-appear this week and apparently ends again today. Think this one will keep popping up periodically but I presume you're on about discounts off the monthly?

I reckon deals will start arriving towards the end of the summer when the initial rush dies down but it's up to you whether you wait.

One thing I can't get a totally definitive answer on is whether the "refer a friend" scheme applies to Q.
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£100 off the cost of the box/installation will be good ill have a look at that now.
 
MissChief said:
I will ask today for you Vertigo.

There's been talk of a staff introduce a friend deal on SkyQ later this year but nothing confirmed as yet so I have no idea if it will be a new customer deal only or apply to existing customers.
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Cheers - I will be a totally new customer when I do sign up - not had Sky for 15+ years.
 
I think I'm kicking my Sky Q into touch and going back to regular Sky! :(

There are just too many annoyances for it to be usable in my house - it's ****** with all of my devices - I used to be able to use my Sony remote to operate my Kodi box via a CEC adaptor and my Maxell soundbase worked flawlessly but the HDMI control setting within the new Sky Q box has messed with both to the point where it's just not worth it! :mad:

With HDMI control "On" the HDMI connected soundbase doesn't work and with it off my Sony TV wont recognise my CEC adaptor to use within Kodi!?!?!?

The only way I can get either to work as they should is to physically pull out the HDMI cable connecting the Q box to the TV!?!?!

Between this and the awkward UI I've had enough!
 
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Not using ARC but CEC seems to be working ok for me. Controls the TV/AMP ok. Hit the Sky button, TV turn on which then turns on the amp.

Q Silver plugged into Yamaha amp which then feeds to the TV. Q set to output Dolby digital over HDMI.

Sounds like I'm lucky.
 
I just can't get my head around it - every time I switch my various devices on something different happens!?!?!

If I power up the Silver box it turns my TV and although the soundbase sometimes comes on at the same time, I get no sound. Other times it simply doesn't come on at all and the TV defaults to it's own speakers!

Things get even worse with Kodi when the TV doesn't detect that I've got any HDMI sources connected and the TV remote doesn't operate the menu!

Unplug the Silver box and hey-presto, all is well with the world!?!?!

Just hope Sky are true to their word and let me switch back to our previous setup with no cost!

Oh and pressing the down arrow to scroll UP through the channels on the on-screen view - what the hell is that about!!!???!?!

Someone really ought to have done some more thorough testing before this box found it's way into people's homes!
 
Had a play with Sky Q at a mates house who had it installed last week.

Generally it's ok. The box is physically much better looking and it's lightning fast. The new UI is interesting, you can see what they were thinking, but it's not without some fairly annoying issues some of which will be hard for them to fix without redesigning the entire thing. All in all it doesn't add anything significant over normal Sky HD to warrant the extortionate amount they are charging for it.
 
dbmzk1 said:
Had a play with Sky Q at a mates house who had it installed last week.

Generally it's ok. The box is physically much better looking and it's lightning fast. The new UI is interesting, you can see what they were thinking, but it's not without some fairly annoying issues some of which will be hard for them to fix without redesigning the entire thing. All in all it doesn't add anything significant over normal Sky HD to warrant the extortionate amount they are charging for it.
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Is it really that much though? Yes the entry price is higher but you get the same channel pack as you would with the full Family HD on regular Sky. If you add Sports and Movies then it's £88.50 a month but that's actually not much more than normal sky would cost with the same package and a second box.
 
Another issue I've got is that the remote feels too small in the hand - that and the fact that in the dark it's very difficult to tell which way up you've got it which can lead to some errant button presses - especially the ridiculous touch buttons - no need for them at all imo - very gimmicky!
 
We are really thinking of getting Sky Q Silver with movies and sports as well. Being able to watch a programme while you record 4 others is a huge upgrade because we are constantly running out of channels we can record on Virgin Media at the moment. Only being able to record 3 channels just isn't enough. Plus with Sky Q we can get Sky TV upstairs as well which will be really good.

The only thing I worry about is the stupid touch sensitive controller which sounds awful. Can you get an extra one of the standard controllers to replace it?
 
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