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Pretty certain I only got the £5 offer when I went into that earlier but now all I get is an error (which I seem to get quite a lot on their site) so can't check.
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So is that Sky Q + Mini box = free Sky Go Extra or is it Sky Q + Mini box + Mini box = free Sky Go Extra?
The word "extra" in your comment is what's confusing me.
Ok, I think everything has been resolved now. I received a text from Sky to say the matter has be solved so I check my account online and Sky Go Extra is now not even showing on my account at all! On the phone to Sky again and finally speak to somebody that actually knows what he's talking about - if you have Sky Q Silver then you don't need to activate Sky Go Extra, it's already included in the Silver bundle which is why it doesn't show up as another service. By activating Go Extra the other week it was adding something I already had and charging me for it.
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I keep getting random audio sync issues all the time. Is this normal? Sometimes the audio delay setting can't fix it
Talking about communal dishes, one thing I did wonder about was whether the cable from the dish can be split now?
As Sky Q uses a wideband LNB which simply feeds all the transponders to the box, surely splitting the signal would be as simple as it is with a regular antenna? Of course, as Sky won't let you have multiple Q boxes there's not much point but, perhaps one day...
As Sky Q uses a wideband LNB which simply feeds all the transponders to the box, surely splitting the signal would be as simple as it is with a regular antenna? Of course, as Sky won't let you have multiple Q boxes there's not much point but, perhaps one day...
So we signed up to Sky Q the other day and got a reasonable deal. Certainly cheaper than we were paying to Virgin Media for TV/Phone/Broadband so that is good. Should probably have checked here first though as I now notice there are some F&F deals for new customers. Oh well you live and learn.
On the plus side I'm really looking forward to getting Sky Q it sounds so much better than what we had with Virgin Media. The Virgin Media TIVO box is so damn slow it is unbelievable.
On the plus side I'm really looking forward to getting Sky Q it sounds so much better than what we had with Virgin Media. The Virgin Media TIVO box is so damn slow it is unbelievable.
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Guys quick question. I'm moving in with in laws for a few months while we sort out our new house. They currently have sky+ and have a pretty poor max broadband speed (20mb I think). They are talking about upgrading to SkyQ with 2 mini boxes 1 for their bedroom and 1 in ours. Now the question is, how good is the WiFi using the minis as hotspots? Reason I ask is I'm a big pc gamer, the pc will be upstairs in the same room as the mini box, but am I right in saying there will be no way to connect to that mini box via ethernet cable? How good and strong is the wireless signal? Anyone have any experiences of wireless pc gaming on SkyQ?
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The engineers have some with them or may even be able to reuse your current one.
Thanks, hope so.
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Had Sky Q installed today (silver 2tb + mini box) - it's awesome 
No, you can't have a wired connection from PC > Sky mini. The wireless is very good - I used to get intermittent connection at the bottom of my garden but now with the sky mini box 1/3rd of the way between the router acting as a hotspot I now get three bars and a solid 20 down / 20 up on my phone/tablet. I'm on fibre pro (so 76 down / 20 up) - PC's are all wired into the router - so I can't comment on gaming - but with those speeds it should be good as long as the connection is reliable, but the mini box has been streaming all day and I've not experienced on hiccup or glitched image.
No, you can't have a wired connection from PC > Sky mini. The wireless is very good - I used to get intermittent connection at the bottom of my garden but now with the sky mini box 1/3rd of the way between the router acting as a hotspot I now get three bars and a solid 20 down / 20 up on my phone/tablet. I'm on fibre pro (so 76 down / 20 up) - PC's are all wired into the router - so I can't comment on gaming - but with those speeds it should be good as long as the connection is reliable, but the mini box has been streaming all day and I've not experienced on hiccup or glitched image.
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