Sky Q

Sleeper12

mcgrailg wrote:

Is the Sky Q available as a stand alone box or do you have to take a mini with it does anyone know ?

Stand alone but you have to pay for multi room if you want 4k

mcgrailg

Thanks for the replies, i have the Sky Q but wanted to cancel multiroom at the weekend. The person i talked in Sky was adamant i could not cancel it, i needed it for Sky Q

The Ayatolla

Is there one multiroom fee, regardless of how many mini boxes you have?

Sleeper12

The Ayatolla wrote:

Is there one multiroom fee, regardless of how many mini boxes you have?

Yes one multi room fee regardless of how many rooms. They claw some of this back by charging outrageous installation charges for anything over one room

_Kaiser_

mcgrailg wrote: »

Is the Sky Q available as a stand alone box or do you have to take a mini with it does anyone know ?

I'm getting it on its own

The Ayatolla

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Yes one multi room fee regardless of how many rooms. They claw some of this back by charging outrageous installation charges for anything over one room

Presume if I have my own ethernet cables ran, then there's no outrageous fee? Or am I being silly and Sky just charge anyway.

Sleeper12

The Ayatolla wrote:

Presume if I have my own ethernet cables ran, then there's no outrageous fee? Or am I being silly and Sky just charge anyway.

They charge anyway. Installation fees are on their website

The Ayatolla

Sleeper12 wrote: »

They charge anyway. Installation fees are on their website

For such a straightforward thing customers should be given a self install option. Like Virgin do with their routers etc.

Sleeper12

The Ayatolla wrote:

For such a straightforward thing customers should be given a self install option. Like Virgin do with their routers etc.

You push a button on the Sky Q box and push a button on the multi room device to pair them. That's it installed. You'll have to do this yourself every now and then anyway

The Ayatolla

Sleeper12 wrote: »

You push a button on the Sky Q box and push a button on the multi room device to pair them. That's it installed. You'll have to do this yourself every now and then anyway

Even if using ethernet?

Sleeper12

The Ayatolla wrote: »

Even if using ethernet?

That I'm not sure about

jca

Does the mini box have all the features of the main box? Pause rewind record etc.

shmeee

jca wrote: »

Does the mini box have all the features of the main box? Pause rewind record etc.

Yes, exact same.

No difference I found. It's an exact copy of what you will have on the main box.

Handy the way you can just move it from room to room also a runs of your wi-fi network. So easy.

jca

shmeee wrote: »

Yes, exact same.

No difference I found. It's an exact copy of what you will have on the main box.

Handy the way you can just move it from room to room also a runs of your wi-fi network. So easy.

Have you sky bb? I have the option of either wiring the mini box or using it over WiFi. I have vm bb using a tplink modem, will they connect via WiFi with that setup?

shmeee

jca wrote: »

Have you sky bb? I have the option of either wiring the mini box or using it over WiFi. I have vm bb using a tplink modem, will they connect via WiFi with that setup?

I'm running Eir Broadband with no boosters and no problems since I changed the frequency it was running over. Had some problems the first week it was installed last year but followed advice here and changed some settings and working finest since, past year or so now.

Can't see why your setup won't work.

jca

shmeee wrote: »

I'm running Eir Broadband with no boosters and no problems since I changed the frequency it was running over. Had some problems the first week it was installed last year but followed advice here and changed some settings and working finest since, past year or so now.

Can't see why your setup won't work.

Thanks for that. It looks very slick.

peteeeed

dishless sky q on the way

https://www.pocket-lint.com/tv/news/sky/143467-sky-tv-without-a-dish-it-s-getting-closer

Gerry Wicklow

Tell that to the thousands around this country who barely get a 2G mobile signal and dial-up speeds on a landline.

jones

Any notice the sky q silver box a little less reliable after the last update? Seems to crash now and again now. Freeze and have to turn it off and on again

dubmick

Sleeper12 wrote: »

mcgrailg wrote:

Is the Sky Q available as a stand alone box or do you have to take a mini with it does anyone know ?

Stand alone but you have to pay for multi room if you want 4k

Usual carry on from sky. Outrageous that you have to get a 2nd box to avail of 4K.

Sleeper12

dubmick wrote:

Usual carry on from sky. Outrageous that you have to get a 2nd box to avail of 4K.

You won't be missing much. Pretty miserable collection of 4k content & absolutely no HDR. I'd rather have HDR content rather than 4k.

Netflix & Amazon Prime video have a much better selection of 4k and HDR

dubmick

Sleeper12 wrote: »

dubmick wrote:

Usual carry on from sky. Outrageous that you have to get a 2nd box to avail of 4K.

You won't be missing much. Pretty miserable collection of 4k content & absolutely no HDR. I'd rather have HDR content rather than 4k.

Netflix & Amazon Prime video have a much better selection of 4k and HDR

Yeah using both on my TV and the pictures looks amazing. If only Netflix or Amazon prime could get World Cup rights!
Anyone know if any Saorview boxes can get Ultra HD? I can only presume the BBC will be looking at Ultra HD for the World Cup.

Dr. Nick

If I get Sky Q I'd like to also keep my current set-up (without sub obviously). Is this possible?

harr

Hi
Currently seeing a program (liar) on the my Q section from ITV HD but I don’t seem to have the channel and it’s not on the catch up tab..
Anybody seeing this.
Am I missing the channel somewhere?

Sleeper12

In Ireland we don't get any ITV or UTV as far as I remember. These are on Astra, so they are there but not on the planner.

Search online for their frequency & you can tune them in on the add channel section. Even then they won't be on the planner

harr

Sleeper12 wrote: »

In Ireland we don't get any ITV or UTV as far as I remember. These are on Astra, so they are there but not on the planner.

Search online for their frequency & you can tune them in on the add channel section. Even then they won't be on the planner

I have them tuned in , I was just wondering why i have a ITV program is available for me to watch and record when I don’t have that channel.
It’s currently gone off the my Q section but I have it recorded.

peteeeed

updates on the way including spotify

https://www.pocket-lint.com/tv/news/sky/143786-sky-q-getting-loads-of-new-features-from-march-including-spotify-and-more-4k-content

Sleeper12

Can't wait for the HDR content

peteeeed

netflix integration announced , not just an app coming this year

https://www.pocket-lint.com/tv/news/sky/143811-sky-q-will-have-netflix-integrated-into-the-ui-this-year-new-combined-tv-package-too

icdg

Official Sky announcement on Netflix. Given Virgin’s had this for ages it’s very welcome. Includes Now TV but not Sky+HD.

https://www.skygroup.sky/corporate/media-centre/articles/en-gb/sky-and-netflix-agree-new-european-partnership

Sleeper12

icdg wrote: »

Official Sky announcement on Netflix. Given Virgin’s had this for ages it’s very welcome. Includes Now TV but not Sky+HD.

https://www.skygroup.sky/corporate/media-centre/articles/en-gb/sky-and-netflix-agree-new-european-partnership

That is interesting. How much extra would someone be willing to pay Sky Q for Netflix 4K & HDR? I would think 4 euro per month tops if you are only getting one screen. Anything more than that then why bother? you get 4 screens with Netflix for around 14 euro.

I also think having them side by side will highlight one of Sky Qs biggest drawbacks. Netflix has individual profiles. I can watch the same show/movie as my daughter at my own pace. It's always seemed nuts to me that I watch half a movie & pause it my daughter then watches it in her room to the end. Ive now lost the place where I paused the movie.

Anyway I don't want to knock it without seeing it. I suppose an advantage would be if on the rare occasion my internet dies I would still have Netflix through my Sky dish. I think I'm more interested in Sky Q getting HDR content. This is more important than UHD in my opinion. You don't need to be close to the TV to benefit from HDR

JDxtra

What an odd development, didn't see that coming.

Johnboy1951

Sleeper12 wrote: »

That is interesting. How much extra would someone be willing to pay Sky Q for Netflix 4K & HDR? I would think 4 euro per month tops if you are only getting one screen. Anything more than that then why bother? you get 4 screens with Netflix for around 14 euro.

I also think having them side by side will highlight one of Sky Qs biggest drawbacks. Netflix has individual profiles. I can watch the same show/movie as my daughter at my own pace. It's always seemed nuts to me that I watch half a movie & pause it my daughter then watches it in her room to the end. Ive now lost the place where I paused the movie.

Anyway I don't want to knock it without seeing it. I suppose an advantage would be if on the rare occasion my internet dies I would still have Netflix through my Sky dish. I think I'm more interested in Sky Q getting HDR content. This is more important than UHD in my opinion. You don't need to be close to the TV to benefit from HDR

I very much doubt that!

loyatemu

seems strange for Sky to facilitate a competitor like that. I guess their concern is that people are using Netflix anyway, and if they're buying a device to watch it on their TV (Roku or Android box or whatever) they might just decide to ditch the Sky box.

icdg

In many ways Netflix are just another content provider for Sky. No different to Virgin carrying Sky’s channels (well, some of them) or Sky carrying Virgin’s. It’ll be good for smart TV owners as some day the Netflix app on their particular model might be unsupported. Like Virgin, Sky will facilitate those who want to maintain the standalone Netflix direct subscription as well as those who want to bundle. I can’t imagine prices will be any different or undercut in any way the direct Netflix sub (and incidentally Netflix makes you take the 4 screen subscription pack, at €13.99 pm, to get any UHD content).

galtee boy

Thinking of taking the plunge and getting SkyQ , now that Vodafone took the unbelievable step of downgrading all the BBC channels from HD to SD since March 1st. Can I ask, it's nearly two years on since Q launched, those of you that have it, what do you think of it now ? Is it fairly bug free, is there still connectivity problems to the mini box, especially if you don't have Sky broadband, is it more user friendly, eg using Other Channels for ITV etc, will my good wife and daughter find it as easy to use as the old Sky+HD box we used to have ? Any response from all you guys who have been " field testing" it for the last two years would be appreciated.

Sleeper12

I've never had an issue with the box or connection & my broadband is Virgin.
I have an issue paying 15 euro extra for HD & then another 15 or 16 for UHD. This is on top of the cost of the channels. We have everything but sports and it's over 100 per month. 1200 euro per year.

Gerry Wicklow

I would have an issue paying for BBC HD channels when they are all FTA :eek:

galtee boy

Sleeper12 wrote: »

I've never had an issue with the box or connection & my broadband is Virgin.
I have an issue paying 15 euro extra for HD & then another 15 or 16 for UHD. This is on top of the cost of the channels. We have everything but sports and it's over 100 per month. 1200 euro per year.

That is very expensive, for new customers, the current offer I am tempted by, is the Variety pack plus HD which are half price for 6 months, which is 19.50 + 8.50 = 28, then obviously 56 per month after that, at least that's what I think read in the current offers section on their website.

galtee boy

Can you Chromecast Sky Go or if not, can an iPad be connected to a tv ? Idea being in either case, to give multiroom of sorts.

The Ayatolla

No to both.

yknaa

Our HD box is acting up and I am thinking of upgrading to Sky Q. I'm with Sky for over 8 years and just wondering what the best deal anyone has got with an upgrade to Q. I hope to get a minibox for multi-viewing as part of the package. Thanks

Sleeper12

yknaa wrote: »

Our HD box is acting up and I am thinking of upgrading to Sky Q. I'm with Sky for over 8 years and just wondering what the best deal anyone has got with an upgrade to Q. I hope to get a minibox for multi-viewing as part of the package. Thanks

Boxes are all free so get as many as you like. Installation is a different matter. Last I checked it was between 120 & 220 depending on how many rooms

The Ayatolla

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Boxes are all free so get as many as you like. Installation is a different matter. Last I checked it was between 120 & 220 depending on how many rooms

What a shambles.

Should have a self-install option like Virgin too. Those mini-boxes don't require any additional cabling either.

peteeeed

The Ayatolla wrote: »

What a shambles.

Should have a self-install option like Virgin too. Those mini-boxes don't require any additional cabling either.

an adjustment has to be made to the existing dish although later in the year sky q will be available without the need for a dish

The Ayatolla

I get that for the Sky Q main installation - but the addition of mini-boxes requiring an installer is a farce for anyone with little-average tech know-how.

Sleeper12

The Ayatolla wrote: »

What a shambles.

Should have a self-install option like Virgin too. Those mini-boxes don't require any additional cabling either.

The main box needs installing. There's a new type of LNB so I didn't mind paying for that. I think that was 120 but it went up to over 200 if you wanted two mini boxes. These require the installer to push a button on the main box & on a mini box to pair them. This is something you'll have to do yourself from time to time as they can become unpaired. If your boxes become unpaired they don't send out the engineer. They walk you through it over the phone. You should be allowed to install the mini boxes yourself

robert muldoon

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Boxes are all free so get as many as you like. Installation is a different matter. Last I checked it was between 120 & 220 depending on how many rooms

please correct if I’m wrong but when I got Sky Q aover a year ago, I got the main box and 2 mini boxes included but I had to pay for a third box and a box costs about 120e, if you are getting Sky q make sure you are happy with the touch remotes, I personally find them a pain but I understand that there is a new version than can convert to button only, I don’t have that option so had to pay to change to button remotes

The Ayatolla

Sleeper12 wrote: »

The main box needs installing. There's a new type of LNB so I didn't mind paying for that. I think that was 120 but it went up to over 200 if you wanted two mini boxes. These require the installer to push a button on the main box & on a mini box to pair them. This is something you'll have to do yourself from time to time as they can become unpaired. If your boxes become unpaired they don't send out the engineer. They walk you through it over the phone. You should be allowed to install the mini boxes yourself

Exactly.

I'm hesitant to jump to Sky Q as well for what you mentioned about with having to re-pair every so often. I've heard this from a few people on here and those I know that have Sky Q.

I have wired ethernet all over the house, so you'd imagine they should never lose the pair, in theory? I expect those pairing issues only occur when relying on Wifi?

Sleeper12

The Ayatolla wrote: »

Exactly.

I'm hesitant to jump to Sky Q as well for what you mentioned about with having to re-pair every so often. I've heard this from a few people on here and those I know that have Sky Q.

I have wired ethernet all over the house, so you'd imagine they should never lose the pair, in theory? I expect those pairing issues only occur when relying on Wifi?

In fairness I've had very little pairing to do. I was just using it as an example of them not letting you pair them in the first place & charging a lot of money for something my six year old niece does in her own home with no difficulty.