topic Sky cinema UHD in Sky Stream

Sky cinema UHD

dangledowns — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 13:25:17 GMT

Hi all

just switched to sky stream, I have UHD on my account and the settings are correct for the picture quality. And when I go to Sky Sports Maij Evebt it is listed as ME UHD on the guide and streams in UHD

On sky cinema though, do they not also broadcast in UHD automatically or do I need ti do what I used to on Sky Q and search for the UHD version

juat though that maybe cinema would be like Sports and have a default UHD stream

Re: Sky cinema UHD

mikealanr — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 13:31:46 GMT

Hi @dangledowns

Sky cinema don't have a UHD version like Sky Sports. All cinema UHD content is on demand. You will see the UHD and HDR labels on each movie where available. You can also say UHD voice command to be shown UHD content.

MikeAlanR

Re: Sky cinema UHD

GD1 — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 13:32:43 GMT

@dangledowns wrote:

Hi all

just switched to sky stream, I have UHD on my account and the settings are correct for the picture quality. And when I go to Sky Sports Maij Evebt it is listed as ME UHD on the guide and streams in UHD

On sky cinema though, do they not also broadcast in UHD automatically or do I need ti do what I used to on Sky Q and search for the UHD version

juat though that maybe cinema would be like Sports and have a default UHD stream

You need to use the On Demand section same as Sky Q. Thre is no Live UHD channel for Sky Cinema.

Re: Sky cinema UHD

TimmyBGood — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 14:25:33 GMT

@dangledowns

I think the assumption would be there's a UHD Sports Main Event on Glass/Stream to match the broadcast UHD channel on Q over the satellite link. There's no broadcast Sky Cinema in UHD via satellite.

Re: Sky cinema UHD

dangledowns — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 21:41:17 GMT

Thanks everyone for the answers

Re: Sky cinema UHD

WC1989 — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:33:59 GMT

What a shame I just subscribed to Sky Cinema on Stream thinking there would be lots of UHD channels! As I was disappointed with Sky sports only having F1 and Main event in UHD.. Now I find out there are no live channels in UHD I feel conned 🤦🏻‍♂️

Re: Sky cinema UHD

GD1 — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 22:42:23 GMT

@WC1989 Not sure how you feel conned as nowhere on the Sky website does it state cinema has a UHD channel. Perhaps more research should have been carried out before signing up?

There is plenty of Info about Glass and Stream on the Sky help pages, even a channel list

Re: Sky cinema UHD

WC1989 — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 02:04:28 GMT

yes it does, under UHD & Dolby Atmos it says "applies to sky entertainment, sky cinema and sky sports only" pathetic that no channels are UHD only on demand, if they actually mentioned that specifically I wouldn't have bothered subscribing to cinema. So don't sprout nonsense at me.

Re: Sky cinema UHD

Chrisee — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 07:36:39 GMT

@WC1989 simply do what many others including me do which is to watch movies on demand where the UHD version should show up automatically if you have set UHD as your default. The linear Sky Cinema channels are effectively redundant on a streaming platform.

Re: Sky cinema UHD

Dazzasky — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 07:40:49 GMT

@WC1989 wrote:
yes it does, under UHD & Dolby Atmos it says "applies to sky entertainment, sky cinema and sky sports only" pathetic that no channels are UHD only on demand, if they actually mentioned that specifically I wouldn't have bothered subscribing to cinema. So don't sprout nonsense at me.

It doesn't actually state a "live " channel and it also states " where available" you can just stream the content, so I'm not really sure what the problem is.

Re: Sky cinema UHD

WC1989 — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 11:39:24 GMT

If you start live movies from the beginning, funnily enough some of them turn UHD. Guess it'll do 🤷‍♂️

Re: Sky cinema UHD

mikealanr — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 14:27:27 GMT

@WC1989 that's because watching from start is watching on demand and as many already advised this is how UHD for cinema works on ALL Sky platforms.

MikeAlanR