topic Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish in Sky Q

sky q that doesnt need a dish

dan61 — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:03:43 GMT

my sky + box is not getting a signal due to large trees. I'm getting sky q anyway but I was told that there's a sky q box that doesn't need a dish only uses the Internet. how do I go about getting this box ?

Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish

nigea99 — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:05:33 GMT

@dan61 wrote:

my sky + box is not getting a signal due to large trees. I'm getting sky q anyway but I was told that there's a sky q box that doesn't need a dish only uses the Internet. how do I go about getting this box ?

hi @dan61

It is not SKY Q but SKY Stream - to switch you would need to call SKY customer services

Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish

oldfella — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:05:37 GMT

@dan61 wrote:

my sky + box is not getting a signal due to large trees. I'm getting sky q anyway but I was told that there's a sky q box that doesn't need a dish only uses the Internet. how do I go about getting this box ?

Hi @dan61

You are talking about Sky Stream not Sky Q

See link below

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-stream-faqs

Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish

SKY1992bf — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:05:56 GMT

@dan61 There is no such thing as Q without a dish

think they may mean sky stream

Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish

MightyQuinn — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:06:22 GMT

Hi @dan61 It is a completely different product, called Sky Stream (or Glass which includes a TV).

Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish

Mister_Dalek — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:07:41 GMT

@dan61 wrote:
my sky + box is not getting a signal due to large trees. I'm getting sky q anyway but I was told that there's a sky q box that doesn't need a dish only uses the Internet. how do I go about getting this box ?

There isn't a Q box that doesn't need a dish. There's an alternative Sky service called Sky Stream which instead uses your broadband to stream programmes. It is very different to Sky Q in that it has no hard drive and you cannot record. Instead you stream live channels or watch what you want to watch on demand.

Please note - Sky Stream requires a fast and stable broadband connection to function.

Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish

TimmyBGood — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:43:59 GMT

@dan61 wrote:

my sky + box is not getting a signal due to large trees. I'm getting sky q anyway

Then that's not going to work...

Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish

dan61 — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 13:10:48 GMT

thanks everyone seems I've been misinformed. can you record with sky glass ?

Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish

TimmyBGood — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 13:17:19 GMT

@dan61 wrote:

can you record with sky glass ?

Not locally, no: there isn't a hard drive in Glass (or Stream pucks)

Playback is a mixture of on-demand streaming and server data retrieval (which may or may not be from 'cloud storage')

Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish

PandJ2020 — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 14:35:59 GMT

@dan61 wrote:
thanks everyone seems I've been misinformed. can you record with sky glass ?

It may not be popular by the days of recording are numbered. Most providers are shifting towards a streaming model were the material can be strictly controlled.

Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish

TimmyBGood — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 14:43:26 GMT

@dan61

Note that if you already have a reasonable TV set then a Stream puck delivers exactly the same subscription content as a Glass television. Glass sets are now rather expensive for technology going back to 2021.

Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish

dan61 — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:21:31 GMT

so you don't really have channels then just search for what you want to see?

Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish

TimmyBGood — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:25:27 GMT

@dan61

There's an EPG channel list as well.

Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish

Mister_Dalek — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:52:06 GMT

@dan61 wrote:
so you don't really have channels then just search for what you want to see?

There's a programme guide and live channels just like Sky+/Sky Q (but less of them) but they are all received via your broadband instead of via a satellite dish.

You can also search for programmes on demand which will play back either from Sky's servers or via a third party app such as iPlayer, ITVX, Channel 4 or My5.

Instead of recordings you have a playlist. Anything you want to watch later you can add to this playlist and stream it on demand later, depending on streaming rights from the original broadcaster. Sometimes certain things will only be available to watch live and not on demand.

Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish

TimmyBGood — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 17:12:19 GMT

@dan61

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/tv-channel-list-sky-glass

Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish

AXB8152 — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:48:59 GMT

Don't go there! It is a complete nightmare. I jumped ship from Virgin a few years ago and got a Sky Stream. It is brilliant for live TV and Catch up (although the apps can be a bit glitchy sometimes...but where it completely misses the point is its inability to maintain a decent "Programme Link" feature like we used to have on the VIrgin Box. For example You set up a series to watch. It supposedly keeps this on its "watchList", but then when a new series comes out it frequently doesn't bother to tell you a new series has started! As for programmes which do not go to catch up (for example, the Tour de France Live (on HBO Max), and highlights (on channel 5) both don't let you "catch-up", only watch live. Sky have "retired" the Q, without having a credible alternative!

Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish

Daniel0210 — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:53:51 GMT

@AXB8152

You've added to a two year old thread.

Sky Q is still available to order at the present time but only by calling Sky and it's lifespan is another 3+ years.

Re: sky q that doesnt need a dish

TimmyBGood — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 20:45:33 GMT

@AXB8152 wrote:

Sky have "retired" the Q, without having a credible alternative!

In the absence of SES commissioning, building and launching at least one replacement satellite for the Astra 28.2E cluster the end of satellite television broadcasting to the UK & ROI is inevitable: gravity always wins.