topic Re: Second Uhd box? in Sky Q

Second Uhd box?

Anth+worton — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 07:57:02 GMT

are sky planning on introducing the use of a second uhd box in the home or do I have to live providers to get this service?

Re: Second Uhd box?

Dallen9798 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 08:01:06 GMT

@Anth+worton

The Q system will never get upgraded to support UHD on the minis as the whole boxes will need changed.

I'm pretty sure the Sky Stream / Glass pucks support UHD?

Re: Second Uhd box?

GD1 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 08:04:52 GMT

@Anth+worton As per @Dallen9798 reply the mini's are unlikley to ever be updated, for UHD in each room you'd need Sky Stream where all the stream puck support UHD, however as these are not using a satellite signal you'd need decent broadband speeds as the below table shows.

Package:		minimum broadband speeds:
HD		25Mbps
HD + 1 puck or additional Glass TV		30Mbps
UHD		30Mbps
UHD + 1 puck or additional Glass TV		35Mbps

Re: Second Uhd box?

Anth+worton — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 08:05:36 GMT

I currently have the Sky Q 2TB UHD, 3x Mini Box, but I've upgraded 2 other TVs in my home and it's annoying I can only watch hd on them when they support uhd. I hear virgin can support upto 2 uhd boxes. I can't understand why sky can't do the same

Re: Second Uhd box?

GD1 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 08:07:06 GMT

@Anth+worton VM boxes are newer and use a different system entirely to Sky Q.

Re: Second Uhd box?

PandJ2020 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 09:10:00 GMT

@Anth+worton wrote:
I can't understand why sky can't do the same

They could but I doubt they'll invest in upgraded Q hardware - for multiple UHD the route is now glass/stream. (But no recording)