topic Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of in Sky+

Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

cliff53 — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 07:34:50 GMT

Currently with virgin and looking at going back to sky. I did have a sky hd box, but now it's long gone.

My poser now is this....

Do I order from ebay, another sky hd box, go with Q or try stream ?

I'm currently inundated with offers from sky for both Q and stream.I

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

Exiled-in-HH — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 07:42:40 GMT

You would not be able to access subscription services with a Sky+ HD box ... they are no longer supported by Sky😉

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

Mark39 — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 07:53:45 GMT

@cliff53 ignoringSky+HD for the reason given by @Exiled-in-HH , the most basic differences between Sky Q and Sky Stream, are that the former is a satellite based service with local recording onto a hard disk, while Sky Stream is a streaming service with no local recording service. Sky Q therefore requires a satellite dish and Sky Stream requires a broadband connection with at least 20Mbps for HD and 30Mbps for UHD.

Satellite services have a limited remaining life in the UK, probably ceasing by the end of the decade or sooner.

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

cliff53 — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 07:58:54 GMT

Yes, I know all that, it simply comes down to what I think is best stable way to go

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

Mark39 — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 08:07:03 GMT

@cliff53 wrote:

Yes, I know all that, it simply comes down to what I think is best stable way to go

It does indeed. Best do your own research, then.

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

cliff53 — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 08:09:41 GMT

All seem to have negatives. I suppose stream may be answer. Less wires, etc, not bothered about recording as apps like itv x give you replays anyway

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

Exiled-in-HH — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:05:46 GMT

With a Sky+ HD box you would only be able to access FTA DSat channels... you would not be able to access on-demand or record😉

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

TimmyBGood — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:33:05 GMT

@cliff53 wrote:

All seem to have negatives.

Support forum posts are almost always negative because millions of users generally don't pop in every so often to say everything is working just fine.

If you have decent broadband speed and good local WiFi then Stream is a far more modern system then Q (which was released in early 2016) : just remember that if broadband goes down then Stream has zero functionality for the duration of the internet connection failure.

This apparently comes as a surprise to some subscribers...

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

cliff53 — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:46:35 GMT

Do you actually know what your talking about?

I could return tomorrow to sky and use a sky hd box, with a package, I could record if need be... I know all that.

It's down to wether I wish to go into future and go sky stream or Q

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

cliff53 — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:48:28 GMT

I have a Freesat 4I box to call back on.

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

Annie+UK — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:59:11 GMT

@cliff53 wrote:

Do you actually know what your talking about?

I could return tomorrow to sky and use a sky hd box, with a package, I could record if need be... I know all that.

It's down to wether I wish to go into future and go sky stream or Q

Please Note: Sky+ is now a legacy service that Sky are replacing with their newer services: Sky Q (all issues will be fixed during a Sky Q install), Sky Glass and Sky Stream

Sky no longer provide subscriptions to Sky+

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

Mark39 — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:10:02 GMT

@cliff53 wrote:

Do you actually know what your talking about?

Hm. Are you sure you do?

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

cliff53 — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:28:05 GMT

That was not meant for you. I do know that if I had my old sky hd box and had my subscription, then I would be getting record faci!ity. The suggestion of HH was I wouldnt.

I know I would because sky have offered me my package on my old box and on Q and stream in an effort to get me back

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

TimmyBGood — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:42:59 GMT

@cliff53

They may well have offered you new subscription on Q, but that generally hasn't been available on Sky+ HD for a while now. Only legacy ongoing subscriptions remain on what's now a very out of date platform with hardware last manufactured in 2015..

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

Exiled-in-HH — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:15:21 GMT

@cliff53 wrote:
Do you actually know what your talking about?
I could return tomorrow to sky and use a sky hd box, with a package, I could record if need be... I know all that.
It's down to wether I wish to go into future and go sky stream or Q

Do you know that ... who told you that ... Sky no longer allows new subscriptions for Sky+ HD🤔

A subscription is required to record using a Sky+ HD box😉

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

cliff53 — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:24:21 GMT

Sky told me, as long as I had my hd box.

However I dont have it now.

They then sent me emails trying to get me on Q or stream

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

cliff53 — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:26:45 GMT

I dont disagree. They offered me a subscription if I had my old hd, which they know worked. But as I now dont have it, Q or stream is offered.

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

BOMITIE — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:29:10 GMT

all the above is total rubbish, sky want to push sky Q as the box has to be returned if one cancels. I neighbour got collared 2 days ago and was persuaded to go for sky q got a €5.00 off offer. I told them abou the retrun box trick so they rang sky to cancel and got an offer on the sky hd box better than the sky q offer. Sky dont want to lose customers. all the baloney put out recently is a joke. Sat goes in 7 years, oh yeah, a lot of people will die between now and 7 years.

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

Exiled-in-HH — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:08:00 GMT

Sky will allow an active Sky+ HD subscription to renew ... BUT it is an ever diminishing service😉

Sky will not activate new Sky+ HD subscriptions🤔

Re: Sky hd or sky Q or Sky Stream of

TimmyBGood — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 08:28:33 GMT

@BOMITIE wrote:

all the above is total rubbish, sky want to push sky Q as the box has to be returned if one cancels.

Sky would prefer to 'push' Glass/Stream. Q dates back to 2016 while Sky+ HD was launched in 2006: both are approaching obsolescence.

Comcast is a cable television company with no history in satellite broadcasting.