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A Positive Review

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:01:05 GMT

Having got more used to the new system, and calmed down after the stress/excitement of getting it all set up yesterday, I thought I'd leave a very small review now the dust has settled.

The picture on both the glass, and the puck, are really good, much better than my previous sony android tv. The sound on the inbuilt soundbar is actually pretty darned good, amazing on movies. From what I can gather, you can watch tv on both glass and the puck at the same time without any buffering issues, however when watching the football last night in UHD on the puck, that was an issue and basically didn't work. Hopefully sky will remedy this in the future. The HDR looks amazing on movies. The new way of watching by streaming is obviously miles quicker than having to download an HDR movie to your box.

The home screen takes some getting used to compared to Sky Q, but the playlist is great, as you can add stuff from Disney+ etc into it, along with your sky stuff too. Loving the thinned down channe list without all the +1 and channel fillers.

So from what I can gather, the only issue so far is the footy on the puck. But apart from that it is a very impressive system.

Re: A Positive Review

Khushba — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:05:10 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Having got more used to the new system, and calmed down after the stress/excitement of getting it all set up yesterday, I thought I'd leave a very small review now the dust has settled.

The picture on both the glass, and the puck, are really good, much better than my previous sony android tv. The sound on the inbuilt soundbar is actually pretty darned good, amazing on movies. From what I can gather, you can watch tv on both glass and the puck at the same time without any buffering issues, however when watching the football last night in UHD on the puck, that was an issue and basically didn't work. Hopefully sky will remedy this in the future. The HDR looks amazing on movies. The new way of watching by streaming is obviously miles quicker than having to download an HDR movie to your box.

The home screen takes some getting used to compared to Sky Q, but the playlist is great, as you can add stuff from Disney+ etc into it, along with your sky stuff too. Loving the thinned down channe list without all the +1 and channel fillers.

So from what I can gather, the only issue so far is the footy on the puck. But apart from that it is a very impressive system.

Any chnace you FaceTimed or called a mate up during the football to check what the delay was compared to Sky Q?

Re: A Positive Review

bob1234 — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:05:40 GMT

@AnonymousVery useful, please can you let us know what WiFi speed you have.

Re: A Positive Review

fizzdisco — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:06:05 GMT

Nice to hear some positivity first thing in the morning!

Can you confirm if Dolby Vision is available with the Disney+ app?

Also, is UHD available with the BBC iPlayer on Glass?

Re: A Positive Review

LGUser — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:11:31 GMT

With Sky Q, downloading a movie in UHD/HDR only takes 1 or 2 percent to download before you can start watching. Then you can watch the movie while the rest of it is downloading. So Glass is not miles faster. Feet faster maybe. On a 47-50 meg Internet connection it took may 1-2 minutes at most to be able to start watching.

Re: A Positive Review

Jon+Reeve — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:13:13 GMT

I am setting a puck up but it doesn't recognise the remote that came with it or the Sky Glass remote so struggling to proceed with set up. Any ideas?

Re: A Positive Review

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:14:15 GMT

@Khushba wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
Having got more used to the new system, and calmed down after the stress/excitement of getting it all set up yesterday, I thought I'd leave a very small review now the dust has settled.

The picture on both the glass, and the puck, are really good, much better than my previous sony android tv. The sound on the inbuilt soundbar is actually pretty darned good, amazing on movies. From what I can gather, you can watch tv on both glass and the puck at the same time without any buffering issues, however when watching the football last night in UHD on the puck, that was an issue and basically didn't work. Hopefully sky will remedy this in the future. The HDR looks amazing on movies. The new way of watching by streaming is obviously miles quicker than having to download an HDR movie to your box.

The home screen takes some getting used to compared to Sky Q, but the playlist is great, as you can add stuff from Disney+ etc into it, along with your sky stuff too. Loving the thinned down channe list without all the +1 and channel fillers.

So from what I can gather, the only issue so far is the footy on the puck. But apart from that it is a very impressive system.
Any chnace you FaceTimed or called a mate up during the football to check what the delay was compared to Sky Q?

Ha no I didn't, besides, I have no mates.😂

Re: A Positive Review

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:14:44 GMT

@bob1234 wrote:
@AnonymousVery useful, please can you let us know what WiFi speed you have.

My average speed is probably 66mbps.

Re: A Positive Review

Jon+Reeve — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:17:42 GMT

Ha! A bit of paper was blocking the battery.

Re: A Positive Review

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:18:28 GMT

@fizzdisco wrote:
Nice to hear some positivity first thing in the morning!
Can you confirm if Dolby Vision is available with the Disney+ app?
Also, is UHD available with the BBC iPlayer on Glass?

Dolby vision is on disney yes. UHD/HDR is on BBC Iplayer too.

Re: A Positive Review

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:19:05 GMT

@LGUser wrote:
With Sky Q, downloading a movie in UHD/HDR only takes 1 or 2 percent to download before you can start watching. Then you can watch the movie while the rest of it is downloading. So Glass is not miles faster. Feet faster maybe. On a 47-50 meg Internet connection it took may 1-2 minutes at most to be able to start watching.

Well to me, zero seconds, over 1-2 minutes is "miles" faster. Sorry.

Re: A Positive Review

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:19:57 GMT

@Jon+Reeve wrote:
I am setting a puck up but it doesn't recognise the remote that came with it or the Sky Glass remote so struggling to proceed with set up. Any ideas?

Is this when you're pressing the 1 and 3 buttons to set it up? If so, it took a fair few goes for mine to be recognised.

Re: A Positive Review

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:20:43 GMT

@Jon+Reeve wrote:
Ha! A bit of paper was blocking the battery.

Ha, I totally get that would happen.

Re: A Positive Review

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:21:57 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@LGUser wrote:
With Sky Q, downloading a movie in UHD/HDR only takes 1 or 2 percent to download before you can start watching. Then you can watch the movie while the rest of it is downloading. So Glass is not miles faster. Feet faster maybe. On a 47-50 meg Internet connection it took may 1-2 minutes at most to be able to start watching.
Well to me, zero seconds, over 1-2 minutes is "miles" faster. Sorry.

If you're going to insist on being positive on here then you're going to have to get used to people saying you're wrong 😀

Re: A Positive Review

oj01 — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:25:58 GMT

@Anonymous Any chance you can guage the 'lag' by comparing the clock on Sky News to your phone.

Re: A Positive Review

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:26:02 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@LGUser wrote:
With Sky Q, downloading a movie in UHD/HDR only takes 1 or 2 percent to download before you can start watching. Then you can watch the movie while the rest of it is downloading. So Glass is not miles faster. Feet faster maybe. On a 47-50 meg Internet connection it took may 1-2 minutes at most to be able to start watching.
Well to me, zero seconds, over 1-2 minutes is "miles" faster. Sorry.
If you're going to insist on being positive on here then you're going to have to get used to people saying you're wrong 😀

No I won't.😂

Re: A Positive Review

thurlstonesky — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:27:39 GMT

Mine arrives tomorrw, 55 inch and one puck. Nervous because I have 50 mps at the hub, just hope it will be enough.

Re: A Positive Review

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:28:51 GMT

@oj01 wrote:
@Anonymous Any chance you can guage the 'lag' by comparing the clock on Sky News to your phone.

Approximately 40 seconds.

Re: A Positive Review

LGUser — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:30:38 GMT

Sport gamblers are going to be rather unhappy about a 40 second lag on top of the satalite lag.

Re: A Positive Review

rscott — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:35:44 GMT

@LGUser wrote:

Sport gamblers are going to be rather unhappy about a 40 second lag on top of the satalite lag.

Then they can stay with the satellite platform. Simple.