*** Sky Q Thread ***

[Hedge]

What's currently the best deal? I got mine a couple of months ago from Mischief which was great but now my friend is thinking of joining sky but I don't know best option.

 

[bemaniac]

The £12 codes were good but the all essential sky sports HD/UHD makes it upto £46.50 a month lol. Wish there was an everything for £35-£45/m code. Nevertheless March 2017 Formula One UHD *oooooooh!*

 

[Devious]

In August and before you get 3 remotes. 2 for the q silver and 1 for the mini. After they made sky Q cheaper to get overall and made it standard they moved to only 2 remotes.

I got 3 remotes in my install in October.

 

[MarkeR]

I will check this tomorrow when I'm back at work. Of the top of my head I believe you're still supposed to get both remotes with the silver.

Iknow2 still shows the 2 remotes, so does everyone on chatter!

 

[PJHUK]

I had Sky Q installed yesterday - 2 remotes for the 2TB box and ones each for each additional mini.

 

[Jae-So]

Is Sky Q actually worth it over Sky HD then, in practical day to day use.
I have a 4K TV but not interested in 4K viewing yet.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Is Sky Q actually worth it over Sky HD then, in practical day to day use.
I have a 4K TV but not interested in 4K viewing yet.

In my opinion, yes.

 

[Devious]

Is Sky Q actually worth it over Sky HD then, in practical day to day use.
I have a 4K TV but not interested in 4K viewing yet.

If you have a Terabit Sky HD box i would say not, if you are short of space then i guess so. I prefer the old interface with *useful* features

 

[MissChief]

I wouldn't go back to Sky+HD.

 

[Clairvoyant]

Im thinking about upgrading to Sky Q (need to record more than 2 programs these days). If I go to mysky I can get it for an Extra £12 pm. But I dont like the £90 one off fee. Any way to get that knocked off.

 

[ThundyCat]

Lockup, reset, lockup, reset.... Both my mainbox and minibox have been awful this weekend.

Will be calling sky tomorrow.

 

[Cosimo]

Hope this finally does it:

FIRMWARE UPDATE AVAILABLE FOR SONY’S ANDROID TV
Date: OND (network download) will be available on Nov 7th Models to be updated: Sony’s Android TV - 2015 models and the following 2016 models XD85, SD85, XD93, XD94 Improves or adds: Final fix for remaining Sky Q juddering issues We’re pleased to announce that a new firmware update will be available on the 7th November 2016, for customers that may still be experiencing intermittent juddering while watching 4K content via a UHD set-top box. To further improve stability and reduce the likelihood of juddering occurring, please download firmware on our support site.
We thank you for your patience and sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this issue has caused.
For more information and download visit Support for Television | Sony

 

[ChrisD.]

Is Sky Q actually worth it over Sky HD then, in practical day to day use.
I have a 4K TV but not interested in 4K viewing yet.

Yes. The box is much, much faster and the interface is slick. The IQ of regular HD is also better IMO.

 

[bemaniac]

Hope this finally does it:

Final fix................I swear if this doesn't work I'll be in Currys same day and not removing myself until they swap it for a different tv.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Yes. The box is much, much faster and the interface is slick. The IQ of regular HD is also better IMO.

How so? It's the same feed.

Also if your talking upscaling then it's best to leave it at the native res of the feed. So 1080i to stop introducing stuff that was never there in the first place.

 

[ChrisD.]

How so? It's the same feed.

Also if your talking upscaling then it's best to leave it at the native res of the feed. So 1080i to stop introducing stuff that was never there in the first place.

Mine's set at 1080p. I don't know if that makes a difference but one of the first things I noticed was better IQ.

Even my Openbox V8 has better IQ on the HD channels than my old Sky HD box.

I do have a calibrated TV, not sure if that would help.

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

How does the Q mini work, if I schedule recordings using a Mini will it mix recordings with ones made on the main box?

 

[Dirk Diggler]

I've too, have noticed better IQ on HD channels and have also got picture set to 1080p.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

How does the Q mini work, if I schedule recordings using a Mini will it mix recordings with ones made on the main box?

All recordings are on the main box, the mini is like an extended screen really.

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

Ah OK. Shame there is no kind of user profiles to separate things. My father watches and deletes stuff as soon as hes watched it so he would end up deleting stuff I wanted to watch.