topic Re: TV essentials and smart TVs in Sky+

TV essentials and smart TVs

EBoon — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 15:57:31 GMT

Hello, I hope someone can help me, and forgive my naivety! I have recently cancelled the sky variety package as we do not really use it, we are just going to have the TV essentials package and upgrade the actual TV to a smart TV so we can have iplayer, netflix, etc, etc in that room. My question is, can I use the sky TV essentials - through the box - and access the smart TV apps at the same time? Or will I need to unplug the sky box when I want to use just the smart TV functions and plug the sky box in again when we want to use it (i.e. just to record and make use of the pause live tv function as that is all you get with the essentials package really). I don't understand how smart TVs work whilst connected to a sky box! Thanks.

Re: TV essentials and smart TVs

SKY1992bf — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 16:02:33 GMT

@EBoon Sky box connects to your tv via hdmi so you can leave it connected and just switch the source over from the box to tv and vice verse

Re: TV essentials and smart TVs

EBoon — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 16:06:38 GMT

Thank you! Makes perfect sense to me now. I appreciate the response.

Re: TV essentials and smart TVs

TimmyBGood — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:19:38 GMT

@EBoon wrote:

I don't understand how smart TVs work whilst connected to a sky box!

The 'smart' bit of the television set is entirely independent of any attached device such as a Sky box: the television has its own operating system and graphical user interface (which will be rather more sophisticated than that of Sky+ HD) to access on-board apps, settings and other features.

As @SKY1992bf indicates, the Sky+ output is accessed by selecting the appropriate HDMI input port using the TV remote.

Re: TV essentials and smart TVs

Exiled-in-HH — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 08:06:22 GMT

@EBoon what sort of BB package do you have?

Re: TV essentials and smart TVs

Michael+31 — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:57:43 GMT

Im looking at any thing that i can plug in the back for free channels