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Sky Q no RF OUT compared with current Sky Plus HD

  • 22-04-2025 03:49PM
    #1
    bluetangle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭


    Considering replacing my Sky Plus HD box with a Sky Q one.

    Had cabling installed a few years ago which allows me to watch Sky channels in 5 other rooms, not in HD but can live with that. Have an app that allows remote control of the Sky Plus HD box.

    I see the Sky Q box doesn't have an RF OUT connection and wondering is there a workaround that anyone has installed to distribute the signal to other rooms, even in SD.

    Have no interest in paying for Sky distribution devices in other rooms.

    Thanks



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  • #2
    swoofer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,828 ✭✭✭swoofer


    If I ever move to sky Q I would get this from amazon, it may appear pricey but will repay itself.

    300128 HD MODULATOR WITH HDMI LOOP THROUGH. (hdmi to cofdm modulator)

    And in return can you say the app you use to control the sky HD box?



  • #3
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,052 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    My brother has used one of these DVB-T HDMI modulators since he had SkyQ installed. Sky combined with Saorview via coax to the TV.

    He set a vacant LCN on the modulator, LCN 8 in his case for SkyQ viewing on the TV.

    SkyQ channel changing via the IR return

    https://www.freetv.ie/hd-to-rf-modulator/



  • #4
    bluetangle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭bluetangle


    The App is Sky UK remote on PlayStore. You need to just close the ads when they pop up by pressing X or Close.

    Useful since Sky removed support from their Sky + remote feature. Works



  • #5
    bluetangle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭bluetangle


    Forgot to say you can select from the different remote controls on the Sky UK Remote



  • #6
    bluetangle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭bluetangle


    Is it worth even considering a switch to Q if satellite support ends in 2029 I believe



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  • #7
    The Cush
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123381485#Comment_123381485

    There's no confirmation that SkyQ will end in 2029, only that Sky has a contract to use the Astra satellites until 2029, contracts can be renewed.

    2029 is a few years away, so why not move over if that's what you want.



  • #8
    fman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 436 ✭✭fman


    The satellites are due to reach end of life around that time and there's been no news on any planned replacements. Sky's moves would all suggest they are going all streaming when they can (transponder consolidation, not subsidizing broadcaster's HD costs etc).

    I wouldn't see any issue moving over to Q now except in this specific issue where you are looking at potential investment in third party hardware and/or cabling. That's where you have to ask the question is it worth the hassle for what 5 years of the current sky setup?



  • #9
    zg3409
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123381696#Comment_123381696

    New satellites have been launched routinely so what's up there is a cluster of old and new and spares. If one transponder fails they can change another one or turn on a spare. I expect sky to continue by satellite or a big push to move as many over to internet based as possible.

    In terms of options there are lots of rf modulators possible. Long term you may want wired internet to each TV but many are going to tablet based watching or streaming boxes. Sky want to have a monthly fee per screen so multiroom without a multiroom fee is a good savings to have especially when you have different streaming options.



  • #10
    The Cush
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123382306#Comment_123382306

    I too would expect Sky to continue in some form on satellite beyond 2029. GEO satellite operators appear to be pushing their sats beyond end of life in the face of competition from LEO and MEO sats and delaying development of new GEO sats.

    The one exception to the GEO spare sat option you mention is Ka-Sat, that carries Saorsat, no in orbit spare. Once it fails or reaches end of life that'll be the end of Saorsat.



  • #11
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,052 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123382489#Comment_123382489

    GEO comms sat market in decline in the face of competition from the likes of Starlink

    Only six commercial GSO communications satellites were ordered in 2024, the lowest total in two decades and far from the 15–20 orders that used to be typical annually.

    FCC opens new battlefront in satellite power struggle - SpaceNews



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  • #12
    Rain from the West
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 190 ✭✭Rain from the West


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123382489#Comment_123382489

    When's the earliest we would hear if Astra might replace their satellites at 28.2E (or not)?



  • #13
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,052 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123412342#Comment_123412342

    They should be ordering replacement satellites now with at least 3 year leadtime to launch.

    They have an Astra 1 satellite launching about 2027 which I assume if required could be moved to the Astra 2 location.

    The whole TV satellite market is in a state of flux right now and the industry isn't quite sure what it's going to look like in 5 years time.

    The broadband satellite market is also going through change, affecting mainly the large traditional operators with their GEO satellite networks.

    The operator that comes to mind right now is the US satellite operator Viasat and their three Viasat 3 geo sats, 1 Tb very high throughput for the Americas, Asia and EMEA.

    Their Americas satellite partially failed following launch, the European Viasat sat was to be launched last year but might now move over the Americas. The European GEO Sat broadband market has fallen to Starlink and could be abandoned by Viasat. (They own and operate Ka-Sat, their only satellite over Europe, it carries Saorsat, launched back in 2010)

    Eutelsat launched their 500 Gbps throughput GEO Sat Konnect-VHTS about 2 years ago to provide hi-speed broadband to subscribers across Europe, that market has disappeared to the low latency Starlink network.

    Post edited by The Cush on


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