topic Re: Sky Q box cost in Sky Q

Sky Q box cost

ComputerMan983 — Thu, 04 May 2023 08:36:38 GMT

Can someone tell me the actual cost of a Sky Q box, not rental cost, but the actual "off the shelf" cost of buying one?

Re: Sky Q box cost

Dallen9798 — Thu, 04 May 2023 08:45:15 GMT

@ComputerMan983

You can't really buy one off the shelf, the cost for not returning a Q box is around £115.

They're basically useless without paying Sky for a subscription.

Edit: As @GD1 Said, you still have to return the box regardless.

Re: Sky Q box cost

PandJ2020 — Thu, 04 May 2023 08:43:46 GMT

@ComputerMan983 wrote:
Can someone tell me the actual cost of a Sky Q box, not rental cost, but the actual "off the shelf" cost of buying one?

You cannot (legally) buy or rent one. All Q hardware is loaned for free if you have an active subscription otherwise they must be returned to Sky.

If you want to update your hardware version (e.g. for UHD/HDR) then you pay Sky an administration charge to swap (but it still doesn't belong to you).

If you do 'purchase' one then it's effectively a brick.

Re: Sky Q box cost

GD1 — Thu, 04 May 2023 08:44:23 GMT

@ComputerMan983 Sky Q boxes are not available for sale, therefore you can't "Buy" one, the non return fee quoted by @Dallen9798 does not mean ownership passes to the subscriber the Q boxes still need to be returned.