If you get Sky Q now one assumes that the boxes simply use the internet, or is there an option for a dish as well?
Brian Gaff wrote:
If you get Sky Q now one assumes that the boxes simply use the internet, or is there an option for a dish as well?Sky Q uses a dish with a different type of LNB,
itthe receiver
has numerous (12?) tuners to
allow recording, live viewing, multi-room etc, no doubt it uses internet for on-demand stuff.
Their dishless product is the "Sky Glass" which is a TV that's internet based.
If you get Sky Q now
one assumes that the boxes simply use the internet, or is there an option
for a dish as well? How do the boxes in different rooms communicate?Is it over naff powerline adaptors?
Andy Burns wrote:
Sky Q uses a dish with a different type of LNB,
This is anti-competitive practice to lock customers in by $ky. There is NO technical reason for it.
Not been into them for some time, since the dish days. If you get Sky Q now one assumes that the boxes simply use the internet, or is there an option
for a dish as well?
How do the boxes in different rooms communicate?
Is it
over naff powerline adaptors? Not for me, but a friend who finds their description a bit confusing.
R. Mark Clayton wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Sky Q uses a dish with a different type of LNB,
This is anti-competitive practice to lock customers in by $ky. There
is NO technical reason for it.
Technically it *does* allow more concurrent recordings/viewings at once
for just two downleads, doesn't it?
It's not a sky proprietary type of LNB, but certainly it's far less
common on non-Sky equipment.
R. Mark Clayton wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Sky Q uses a dish with a different type of LNB,
This is anti-competitive practice to lock customers in by $ky. There
is NO technical reason for it.
Technically it *does* allow more concurrent recordings/viewings at once
for just two downleads, doesn't it?
It's not a sky proprietary type of LNB, but certainly it's far less
common on non-Sky equipment.
In article <t2rg39$nnk$1@dont-email.me>,
Brian Gaff (Sofa) says...
If you get Sky Q now
one assumes that the boxes simply use the internet, or is there an option
for a dish as well? How do the boxes in different rooms communicate?Is it
over naff powerline adaptors?
I've had Sky Q for a couple of months, the only option is a dish.
When I moved into my flat years ago there was on old Sky dish
installed and I had been using that to receive Freesat.
The Sky installer removed the old dish and replaced it with a shiny
new one fitted with a 6 outlet Wideband LNB. He also was happy to add an extra cable to feed the Freesat STB.
The STB reports the new LNB gives exactly the same signal strength
as the old setup.
The Sky Q mini box uses either wi-fi or wired connection.
In article <t2rg39$nnk$1@dont-email.me>,
Brian Gaff (Sofa) says...
If you get Sky Q now
one assumes that the boxes simply use the internet, or is there an option
for a dish as well? How do the boxes in different rooms communicate?Is it
over naff powerline adaptors?
I've had Sky Q for a couple of months, the only option is a dish.
When I moved into my flat years ago there was on old Sky dish
installed and I had been using that to receive Freesat.
The Sky installer removed the old dish and replaced it with a shiny
new one fitted with a 6 outlet Wideband LNB. He also was happy to add an extra cable to feed the Freesat STB.
JNugent wrote:
How do the boxes in different rooms communicate?
Yes, each communicates with the Q box (not with each other as far as I
am aware).
I thought Sky Q *did* create its own mesh wifi for the mini-boxes to
talk to the main box?
Andy Burns wrote:
Technically it *does* allow more concurrent recordings/viewings at once for >> just two downleads, doesn't it?
Four at once, IIRC
JNugent wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Technically it *does* allow more concurrent recordings/viewings at
once for just two downleads, doesn't it?
Four at once, IIRC
Seems some are dedicated for specific purposes, which seems a bit odd
"The Sky 2TB box has a whooping 12 tuners, this allows four for
recordings, five for watching live TV including one for your main 2TB
box, two for your Sky Q mini-boxes, two for mobile devices, one tuner is
used for the mini TV screen that you see within now-and-next mini TV guide"
the 1TB box only has 8 tuners.
JNugent wrote:
I won't pretend that I know what mesh wi-fi is, but as I said, each
mini-box certainly does communicate with the main ("Q") box.
The mesh means that a distant mini-box can "hop" via an intermediate
mini-box on its way to the main box ...
Does any other company use the Sky technology, in the way they have implemented it?
How do the boxes in different rooms communicate?
Yes, each communicates with the Q box (not with each other as far as I am aware).
On 09/04/2022 01:08 pm, Unsteadyken wrote:
In article <t2rg39$nnk$1@dont-email.me>,
Brian Gaff (Sofa) says...
If you get Sky Q nowI've had Sky Q for a couple of months, the only option is a dish.
one assumes that the boxes simply use the internet, or is there an option >>> for a dish as well? How do the boxes in different rooms communicate?Is it >>> over naff powerline adaptors?
???
If connected via, Sky Q will certainly download catch-up TV as well as
the Sky Cinema channels and other on-demand services (even Netflix and
Prime Video, as well as YouTube). This is just a continuation of what
Sky+HD does.
You appear to have a wideband sky Q LNB with 4 legacy universal LNB
outputs. On a new installation this is not normal unless you ask for it.
Andy Burns wrote:
The mesh means that a distant mini-box can "hop" via an intermediate mini-box
on its way to the main box ...
Ah... thanks. I have two wi-fi boosters placed at strategic points.
I can't remember whether we had two or three of the mini-boxes... ;-)
On 09/04/2022 04:58 pm, Andy Burns wrote:
JNugent wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Technically it *does* allow more concurrent recordings/viewings at
once for just two downleads, doesn't it?
Four at once, IIRC
Seems some are dedicated for specific purposes, which seems a bit odd
"The Sky 2TB box has a whooping 12 tuners, this allows four for
recordings, five for watching live TV including one for your main 2TB
box, two for your Sky Q mini-boxes, two for mobile devices, one tuner is used for the mini TV screen that you see within now-and-next mini TV guide"
the 1TB box only has 8 tuners.
Perhaps they've upgraded the platform since we had it (over three years
ago).
I thought that recording four at once (so useful for those 9pm
junctions) was pretty good!
I sent it back because of the lack of an analogue output.
JNugent wrote:
How do the boxes in different rooms communicate?
Yes, each communicates with the Q box (not with each other as far as
I am aware).
I thought Sky Q *did* create its own mesh wifi for the mini-boxes to
talk to the main box?
I sent it back because of the lack of an analogue output.
In article <jbdosvF763bU6@mid.individual.net>,
JNugent <jennings&co@fastmail.fm> wrote:
On 09/04/2022 04:58 pm, Andy Burns wrote:
JNugent wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Technically it *does* allow more concurrent recordings/viewings at
once for just two downleads, doesn't it?
Four at once, IIRC
Seems some are dedicated for specific purposes, which seems a bit odd
"The Sky 2TB box has a whooping 12 tuners, this allows four for
recordings, five for watching live TV including one for your main 2TB
box, two for your Sky Q mini-boxes, two for mobile devices, one tuner is >>> used for the mini TV screen that you see within now-and-next mini TV guide" >>>
the 1TB box only has 8 tuners.
Perhaps they've upgraded the platform since we had it (over three years
ago).
I thought that recording four at once (so useful for those 9pm
junctions) was pretty good!
I sent it back because of the lack of an analogue output.
The current 2TB SkyQ main box can record 5 different things
simultaneously as standard. There is a setting (preferences) to
sacrifice the mini-screen to increase this to 6. So it is possible to
record 6 things at the same time.
alan_m wrote:
Does any other company use the Sky technology, in the way they have
implemented it?
Yes, newest FreeSat STBs support wideband (aka Sky Q) LNBs/cabling.
On 09/04/2022 17:00, JNugent wrote:
I sent it back because of the lack of an analogue output.
Almost everything you buy from now onwards, you'll be sending back then !
I imagine that he meant that Sky only offer a package that includes the
dish as well as the box.
Brian Gaff wrote:
If you get Sky Q now one assumes that the boxes simply use the internet,
or
is there an option for a dish as well?
Sky Q uses a dish with a different type of LNB, it has numerous (12?)
tuners to allow recording, live viewing, multi-room etc, no doubt it uses internet for on-demand stuff.
Their dishless product is the "Sky Glass" which is a TV that's internet based.
alan_m wrote:
Does any other company use the Sky technology, in the way they have
implemented it?
Yes, newest FreeSat STBs support wideband (aka Sky Q) LNBs/cabling.
On 09/04/2022 16:49, Andy Burns wrote:
alan_m wrote:
Does any other company use the Sky technology, in the way they have
implemented it?
Yes, newest FreeSat STBs support wideband (aka Sky Q) LNBs/cabling.
Sky Q LNB have been around some time and it's only recently that some
Freesat box have been able to support this type of LNB.
The alternative technology allows multiple boxes to have a satellite feed
by using cheap splitters on the one cable from the LNB.
--
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On 09/04/2022 19:58, Bob Latham wrote:
In article <jbdosvF763bU6@mid.individual.net>,
JNugent <jennings&co@fastmail.fm> wrote:
On 09/04/2022 04:58 pm, Andy Burns wrote:
JNugent wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Technically it *does* allow more concurrent recordings/viewings at >>>>>> once for just two downleads, doesn't it?
Four at once, IIRC
Seems some are dedicated for specific purposes, which seems a bit odd
"The Sky 2TB box has a whooping 12 tuners, this allows four for
recordings, five for watching live TV including one for your main 2TB
box, two for your Sky Q mini-boxes, two for mobile devices, one tuner
is
used for the mini TV screen that you see within now-and-next mini TV
guide"
the 1TB box only has 8 tuners.
Perhaps they've upgraded the platform since we had it (over three years
ago).
I thought that recording four at once (so useful for those 9pm
junctions) was pretty good!
I sent it back because of the lack of an analogue output.
The current 2TB SkyQ main box can record 5 different things
simultaneously as standard. There is a setting (preferences) to
sacrifice the mini-screen to increase this to 6. So it is possible to
record 6 things at the same time.
My current PVR can record more than 8 simultaneous programs with 2 tuners
fed from two outputs from a quad universal LNB. The limitation with two tuners is that all the channels/programs must be on the same two transponders. At the same time I can watch live TV from those transponders
or watch anything recorded
--
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On 09/04/2022 17:00, JNugent wrote:
Almost everything you buy from now onwards, you'll be sending back then !
I sent it back because of the lack of an analogue output.
In article <jbdocvF773oU1@mid.individual.net>,
alan_m says...
You appear to have a wideband sky Q LNB with 4 legacy universal LNBI asked the installer for it and he was happy to comply.
outputs. On a new installation this is not normal unless you ask for it.
--
Ken
JNugent wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
The mesh means that a distant mini-box can "hop" via an intermediate
mini-box on its way to the main box ...
Ah... thanks. I have two wi-fi boosters placed at strategic points.
Not sure that will help "Q" from what I gather it does its own thing
I can't remember whether we had two or three of the mini-boxes... ;-)
JNugent wrote:
I won't pretend that I know what mesh wi-fi is, but as I said, each
mini-box certainly does communicate with the main ("Q") box.
The mesh means that a distant mini-box can "hop" via an intermediate
mini-box on its way to the main box ...
On 09/04/2022 16:52, Andy Burns wrote:
JNugent wrote:It does. A 5 GHz network. However, if you connect via wired LAN, they can
How do the boxes in different rooms communicate?
Yes, each communicates with the Q box (not with each other as far as I
am aware).
I thought Sky Q *did* create its own mesh wifi for the mini-boxes to talk
to the main box?
be part of your wider LAN network, your router just assigns the boxes IP addresses, just like any other device (or you can manually assign static
IPs for them) and they chat away to each other, and the main box streams
its content to the minibox(es)
Reading the web site I got the impression that the latest Sky Q could also just use the internet as well, but like many marketing sites, its a little bamboozling.
Brian
On 09/04/2022 08:01 pm, Mark Carver wrote:
On 09/04/2022 17:00, JNugent wrote:
I sent it back because of the lack of an analogue output.
Almost everything you buy from now onwards, you'll be sending back then !
It seems so.
But I have a little stash...
does the system talk to Sky and let them know ho watches what, or something?
Every time you do this you'll have 8 or more hours of recordings,
which would probably take you a day to watch even if you set aside a
day to do nothing else. What's the point of a machine that collects
more material than you can watch?
My current PVR can record more than 8 simultaneous programs with 2
tuners fed from two outputs from a quad universal LNB. The limitation
with two tuners is that all the channels/programs must be on the same
two transponders. At the same time I can watch live TV from those >transponders or watch anything recorded
However its done, does the system talk to Sky and let them know ho watches what, or something?
On 10/04/2022 09:08, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Reading the web site I got the impression that the latest Sky Q
could also just use the internet as well, but like many marketing
sites, its a little bamboozling. Brian
Any box that allows catch up TV must operate over the Interweb as
does any box that supports random pay for view films etc. Sky Q
boxes support both these modes of operation.
At one time you could replace a sky box with any other box to
receive non-subcription services ... until the sky Q LNB.
Sky Glass, the TV doesn't use a dish, it operates entirely from the
Internet unless there's a tv aerial socket, I've not checked that out.
On Sat, 9 Apr 2022 23:22:55 +0100, alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk>
wrote:
My current PVR can record more than 8 simultaneous programs with 2
tuners fed from two outputs from a quad universal LNB. The limitation
with two tuners is that all the channels/programs must be on the same
two transponders. At the same time I can watch live TV from those
transponders or watch anything recorded
Every time you do this you'll have 8 or more hours of recordings,
which would probably take you a day to watch even if you set aside a
day to do nothing else. What's the point of a machine that collects
more material than you can watch?
My Freeview machine can only record two things at once, but even with
that limitation the recordings were piling up faster than I could find
the time to watch them, which is why on December 31st I decided to
wipe the disk and not record any more, and literally haven't switched
it on this year. I haven't missed it at all. I have thousands of hours
of material available via the internet, but it's all handled by
somebody else's machinery so I don't have to worry about it, and
anything I don't want is much easier to ignore.
R. Mark Clayton wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Sky Q uses a dish with a different type of LNB,
This is anti-competitive practice to lock customers in by $ky. There is NO technical reason for it.Technically it *does* allow more concurrent recordings/viewings at once for just
two downleads, doesn't it?
It's not a sky proprietary type of LNB, but certainly it's far less common on non-Sky equipment.
In article <jbekhoFca73U3@mid.individual.net>,
JNugent <jennings&co@fastmail.fm> wrote:
On 09/04/2022 08:01 pm, Mark Carver wrote:
On 09/04/2022 17:00, JNugent wrote:
I sent it back because of the lack of an analogue output.
Almost everything you buy from now onwards, you'll be sending back then !
It seems so.
But I have a little stash...
Is this so that you can record stuff? If so, why not record digital?
There are ways around the HDMI protection if that's the problem.
At one time you could replace a sky box with any other box to
receive non-subcription services ... until the sky Q LNB.
The wideband Sky Q LNB works with all satellite receivers, at least mine does since it feeds my 15 years old Humax Foxsat and the Sky Q box.
But non-Sky receivers with more than two tuners are rare, little innovation in
satellite in the last 15 years, except for Sky.
On 10/04/2022 09:08, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Reading the web site I got the impression that the latest Sky Q could
also
just use the internet as well, but like many marketing sites, its a
little
bamboozling.
Brian
Any box that allows catch up TV must operate over the Interweb as does
any box that supports random pay for view films etc. Sky Q boxes support
both these modes of operation.
Bob Latham wrote:
Sky Glass, the TV doesn't use a dish, it operates entirely from the
Internet unless there's a tv aerial socket, I've not checked that out.
Surprisingly, there is an aerial input.
Reading the web site I got the impression that the latest Sky Q could also just use the internet as well, but like many marketing sites, its a little bamboozling.
The sky Q box interfaces to the inbuilt camera in your TV and transmits
the picture back to sky. From this information Sky knows how many people
are watching.
What's the point of a machine that collects
more material than you can watch?
On 10/04/2022 09:41, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
However its done, does the system talk to Sky and let them know ho
watches
what, or something?
The sky Q box interfaces to the inbuilt camera in your TV and
transmits the picture back to sky. From this information Sky knows how
many people are watching.
essentially it is a lock in
does anyone non $ky supply receivers that use this method?
On Sat, 9 Apr 2022 23:22:55 +0100, alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk>
wrote:
My current PVR can record more than 8 simultaneous programs with 2
tuners fed from two outputs from a quad universal LNB. The limitation
with two tuners is that all the channels/programs must be on the same
two transponders. At the same time I can watch live TV from those
transponders or watch anything recorded
My Freeview machine can only record two things at once, but even with
that limitation the recordings were piling up faster than I could find
the time to watch them, which is why on December 31st I decided to
wipe the disk and not record any more, and literally haven't switched
it on this year. I haven't missed it at all. I have thousands of hours
of material available via the internet, but it's all handled by
somebody else's machinery so I don't have to worry about it, and
anything I don't want is much easier to igno>
The only thing that attracts me about Sky is the voice I/O system it has. Surely if your box does not have an analogue output, you can use the optical output and one of those el cheapo little interfaces to make the Analogue video and audio.Optical out is SPDIF, so audio only. I've never seen any domestic kit
Do you have a sky Q LNB with extra legacy universal LNB outputs
or is it just a sky Q LNB with the two wideband outputs? I
suspect the former as the designer of a 15 year old box would
have required a crystal ball to support Sky Q wideband.
Reading the web site I got the impression that the latest Sky Q could also just use the internet as well, but like many marketing sites, its a little bamboozling.Most of what we watch on Sky Q actually comes via the internet and not
On 10/04/2022 10:36, Roderick Stewart wrote:
What's the point of a machine that collects
more material than you can watch?
So they can brag to their friends in the pub!
The only possible use I can think of is a crazy football supporter
recording ALL games.
Perhaps, but the fibre type is a better solution (one fibre, one power cable), albeit expensive (or I would have upgraded to it).
Fibre probably too 'difficult' for $ky engineers to install.
Bob Latham wrote:
Sky Glass, the TV doesn't use a dish, it operates entirely from the
Internet unless there's a tv aerial socket, I've not checked that out.
Surprisingly, there is an aerial input.
Assumed the Sky LNBs were auto selecting narrow/wide band, in the same way as horiz/vert, low/high band. But I recall he had different LNBs in the van and not all might do that.
On 10/04/2022 10:29, alan_m wrote:
On 10/04/2022 09:41, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:And automatically adds a box of tissues to your weekly on-line supermarket shop if it detects that 's necessary
However its done, does the system talk to Sky and let them know ho
watches
what, or something?
The sky Q box interfaces to the inbuilt camera in your TV and transmits
the picture back to sky. From this information Sky knows how many people
are watching.
On 10/04/2022 09:41, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
However its done, does the system talk to Sky and let them know ho
watches
what, or something?
The sky Q box interfaces to the inbuilt camera in your TV and transmits
the picture back to sky. From this information Sky knows how many people
are watching.
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On 10/04/2022 10:29, alan_m wrote:
The sky Q box interfaces to the inbuilt camera in your TV and transmits
the picture back to sky. From this information Sky knows how many people
are watching.
So some truth in those Ransomware EMails about them having video of you
doing naughty things whilst watching TV / browsing?
On 10/04/2022 12:05, Angus Robertson - Magenta Systems Ltd wrote:
At one time you could replace a sky box with any other box to
receive non-subcription services ... until the sky Q LNB.
The wideband Sky Q LNB works with all satellite receivers, at least
mine does
since it feeds my 15 years old Humax Foxsat and the Sky Q box.
Do you have a sky Q LNB with extra legacy universal LNB outputs or is
it just a sky Q LNB with the two wideband outputs? I suspect the
former as the designer of a 15 year old box would have required a
crystal ball to support Sky Q wideband.
I don't believe that for a second! That would be commercial suicide.
The sky Q box interfaces to the inbuilt camera in your TV and transmits
the picture back to sky. From this information Sky knows how many people
are watching.
I don't spend too much time managing recordings and with 1 Tbyte hard
disk I don't worry too much about it filling up.
alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
The sky Q box interfaces to the inbuilt camera in your TV and transmits
the picture back to sky. From this information Sky knows how many people
are watching.
I read a story once about a dystopian future world with telescreens
that would watch the viewers and couldn't be switched off.
It was
written on a Scottish island a long time ago - published the year I
was born in fact - but it was just a story, and I never thought
anything like it would ever come true...
I read a story once about a dystopian future world with telescreens
that would watch the viewers and couldn't be switched off. It was
written on a Scottish island a long time ago - published the year I
was born in fact - but it was just a story, and I never thought
anything like it would ever come true...
On 11/04/2022 10:55, Roderick Stewart wrote:
I read a story once about a dystopian future world with telescreens
that would watch the viewers and couldn't be switched off. It was
written on a Scottish island a long time ago - published the year I
was born in fact - but it was just a story, and I never thought
anything like it would ever come true...
And when the videophone became possible, there were reservations because
of similar implications. The usual worry was young women receiving calls
from strangers when in a state of undress.
On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 12:11:17 +0100, MB <MB@nospam.net> wrote:
On 11/04/2022 10:55, Roderick Stewart wrote:
I read a story once about a dystopian future world with telescreens
that would watch the viewers and couldn't be switched off. It was
written on a Scottish island a long time ago - published the year I
was born in fact - but it was just a story, and I never thought
anything like it would ever come true...
And when the videophone became possible, there were reservations because
of similar implications. The usual worry was young women receiving calls >>from strangers when in a state of undress.
Then came the internet, and a situation where lots of young women
willingly post pictures of themselves in a state of undress. Those
pictures on the Daily Mail website are not all taken by reporters.
Rod.
Brian Gaff wrote:
If you get Sky Q now one assumes that the boxes simply use the internet
Apparently they will be launching the Sky Stream Puck which is a dishless STB,
effectively the guts of a Sky Glass without the inbuilt screen.
Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote:The Sky dish less service (aka Glass) isn’t going down too well with customers. Eg
If you get Sky Q now one assumes that the boxes simply use the internetApparently they will be launching the Sky Stream Puck which is a dishless STB,
effectively the guts of a Sky Glass without the inbuilt screen.
https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Glass/Sky-Glass-Doesn-t-do-what-it-says-on-the-tin/td-p/3974843
There are also numerous other complaints on that forum. It is not a direct replacement for their dish delivered service. Some dish delivered channels, eg Talking Pictures, are missing.
On 14/04/2022 08:45, Tweed wrote:
Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:It will require Talking Pictures et al, to provide themselves as a
Brian Gaff wrote:The Sky dish less service (aka Glass) isn’t going down too well with
If you get Sky Q now one assumes that the boxes simply use the internet >>> Apparently they will be launching the Sky Stream Puck which is a dishless STB,effectively the guts of a Sky Glass without the inbuilt screen.
customers. Eg
https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Glass/Sky-Glass-Doesn-t-do-what-it-says-on-the-tin/td-p/3974843
There are also numerous other complaints on that forum. It is not a direct >> replacement for their dish delivered service. Some dish delivered channels, >> eg Talking Pictures, are missing.
streamed output. They probably can't afford to, all the time they are
also on DTT and D-Sat.
However, Sky's unstoppable direction of travel is to move completely to streaming delivery, and get rid of satellite.
By the end of this decade (assuming humanity actually makes it that
far) Glass and Puck will seen as comically primitive devices.
Brian Gaff wrote:
If you get Sky Q now one assumes that the boxes simply use the internet
Apparently they will be launching the Sky Stream Puck which is a
dishless STB, effectively the guts of a Sky Glass without the inbuilt
screen.
If you get Sky Q now one assumes that the boxes simply use the internet
Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote:
If you get Sky Q now one assumes that the boxes simply use the internet
Apparently they will be launching the Sky Stream Puck which is a dishless STB,
effectively the guts of a Sky Glass without the inbuilt screen.
The Sky dish less service (aka Glass) isn’t going down too well with customers. Eg
https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Glass/Sky-Glass-Doesn-t-do-what-it-says-on-the-tin/td-p/3974843
There are also numerous other complaints on that forum. It is not a direct replacement for their dish delivered service. Some dish delivered channels, eg Talking Pictures, are missing.
On 14/04/2022 08:45, Tweed wrote:
Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote:
If you get Sky Q now one assumes that the boxes simply use the internet >>> Apparently they will be launching the Sky Stream Puck which is adishless STB,
effectively the guts of a Sky Glass without the inbuilt screen.
The Sky dish less service (aka Glass) isn’t going down too well with
customers. Eg
https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Glass/Sky-Glass-Doesn-t-do-what-it-says-on-the-tin/td-p/3974843
There are also numerous other complaints on that forum. It is not aIt will require Talking Pictures et al, to provide themselves as a
direct replacement for their dish delivered service. Some dish
delivered channels, eg Talking Pictures, are missing.
streamed output. They probably can't afford to, all the time they are
also on DTT and D-Sat.
However, Sky's unstoppable direction of travel is to move completely to streaming delivery, and get rid of satellite.
By the end of this decade (assuming humanity actually makes it that
far) Glass and Puck will seen as comically primitive devices.
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