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Connecting Sky q mini box to laptop

Wasons — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:14:38 GMT

I have Skq Q connected to.my TV in the lounge. I also have Sky Q mini box which I need to connect to my windows laptop thru HDMI .

Am having issues with connecting Sky q mini box to my laptop.

Any assistance please.

Re: Connecting Sky q mini box to laptop

oldfella — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:45:38 GMT

@Wasons wrote:

I have Skq Q connected to.my TV in the lounge. I also have Sky Q mini box which I need to connect to my windows laptop thru HDMI .

Am having issues with connecting Sky q mini box to my laptop.

Any assistance please.

Hi @Wasons

Any HDMI device connected to Sky Q boxes needs HDCP 2.2.

Re: Connecting Sky q mini box to laptop

PandJ2020 — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:48:12 GMT

@oldfella wrote:
Hi @Wasons
Any HDMI device connected to Sky Q boxes needs HDCP 2.2.

...which the laptop is unlikely to support. (Even if it has an HDMI in...)

Why not use Sky Go? (https://www.sky.com/pages/sky-go/download-the-app)

Re: Connecting Sky q mini box to laptop

MightyQuinn — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:49:02 GMT

Hi @Wasons Simply use Sky Go on your laptop. It has everything that a Mini box has.

Re: Connecting Sky q mini box to laptop

TimmyBGood — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:06:01 GMT

@Wasons

I'm not aware of any laptop which permits use of its screen as the monitor for an external device. The HDMI port on a laptop is for output of content displayed by the laptop onto a screen or projector.

Conceivably an HDMI to USB capture card might display content from a non-commercial external source on the laptop screen, but as @oldfella indicates, that couldn't work with a Q Mini because it would be blocked by HDCP.