topic Re: Sky UHD/HDR on mini boxes in Sky Q

Sky UHD/HDR on mini boxes

Limpit86 — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 17:32:06 GMT

Why can we watch HDR for the likes of Netflix and Prime on TV apps but Sky can't even get this through their own mini boxes?

Since using HDR tv's it really does show again why Sky are falling behind everyone else. Not only that, but on tbr SKY Q box, their own HDR/UHD picture quality is nowhere near as good as say, Paramount Plus on the TV app.

Roll on contract expiry

Re: Sky UHD/HDR on mini boxes

MightyQuinn — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 17:44:17 GMT

Hi @Limpit86 Sky Q was launched in 2016 so probably started development in 2014 ish. Did you have a HDR TV in 2014? Sky Q is now approaching end of life which is why Sky is pushing Glass and Stream which have what you are looking for.

Re: Sky UHD/HDR on mini boxes

TimmyBGood — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 19:04:49 GMT

@Limpit86 wrote:

Not only that, but on tbr SKY Q box, their own HDR/UHD picture quality is nowhere near as good as say, Paramount Plus on the TV app.

The silicon in any reasonable recent television set will hopefully be considerably better than that specified in what's now a rather elderly set top box (last revised in 2019) built to a much lower budget.

As @MightyQuinn indicates, Q is no longer the system Sky promotes: that would now be Sky Stream.