topic Re: programme search in Sky Q

programme search

JD18 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:15:58 GMT

When I search for a programme the results arrive in the ONE DEMAND page. How can I get the search results to appear in the TV Guide, the way the Sky+ did?

Re: programme search

nigea99 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:48:00 GMT

@JD18 wrote:

When I search for a programme the results arrive in the ONE DEMAND page. How can I get the search results to appear in the TV Guide, the way the Sky+ did?

hi @JD18

Unfortunately, as you may have realised, the UI on SKY Q was designed from the ground up and does not really include much of anything the ways SKY Hd works

Thus, I am afraid, the search doesn't work that way.

Once you have done a search you should see a tab 'On this week' (assuming the programme is on in the next week) which will show episodes due up, but this is in the thumbnail / episode mode not the TV Guide mode. You can select record and possibly select 'Other showings' - this latter selection being a more tabular format

Re: programme search

JD18 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:04:01 GMT

Thanks very much.

Sky Q

JD18 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:04:58 GMT

What is the difference between recording and downloading on Sky Q?

Re: programme search

JD18 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:08:45 GMT

Please can you also explain to me why the On Demand page will offer an episode but won't let you record it (offering a down arrow instead), even though you can record that very episode in the TV Guide page?

Re: programme search

nigea99 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:17:07 GMT

@JD18 wrote:

Please can you also explain to me why the On Demand page will offer an episode but won't let you record it (offering a down arrow instead), even though you can record that very episode in the TV Guide page?

TBH - We don.t always fully understand the thinking of the designers or know the code behind it

In ths case of the going via the 'on demand' tab , I guess they assume you are just looking just for On demad & not upcoming via satellite channels

Edit BTW if a show is already available on demand that may well not have adverts (or less adverts) that you would get if you record from the Satellite channel using the TV guide

Re: programme search

SKY1992bf — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:15:24 GMT

@JD18 They are separate sections of the epg doing separate things downloading is on demand recording is from the tv guide

Re: Sky Q

nigea99 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:24:00 GMT

@JD18 wrote:

What is the difference between recording and downloading on Sky Q?

Sorry I missed this Question

Recording - records from the Satellite as it is broadcast (including as I mention above any adverts)

On Demand downloads the episodes from servers (using broadband) - which may be better, as I mentioned often having no or less adverts but may not be as convenient t if you have slow internet

BTW if you have - Home - Settings = Prefernces Auto download next episode set to on, it will start downloading the next episode as soon as start watching an epiosode (assuming there is one to download)