topic Re: Reminders in Sky Q

Reminders

Mante — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:00:56 GMT

I have just "upgraded" to Sky Q from Sky+ HD and whilst I like most of it one feature that I used daily seems to have disappeared!

In the past I used to highlight shows I wanted to watch on TV and reminders appeared when they were due to be shown.

It seems this isn't available on Sky Q, is that the case or am I missing something?

This is going to really irritate me going forward.

Re: Reminders

oldfella — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:04:34 GMT

@Mante wrote:

I have just "upgraded" to Sky Q from Sky+ HD and whilst I like most of it one feature that I used daily seems to have disappeared!

In the past I used to highlight shows I wanted to watch on TV and reminders appeared when they were due to be shown.

It seems this isn't available on Sky Q, is that the case or am I missing something?

This is going to really irritate me going forward.

Hi @Mante

Sky Q never has had reminders and will not have them in the future

Re: Reminders

Mante — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:06:38 GMT

That is very poor, and contrary to what I was told when upgrading. All features were included, NO they ruddy well aren't.

Another big black mark against Sky IMHO

Re: Reminders

TimmyBGood — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:22:46 GMT

@Mante wrote:

In the past I used to highlight shows I wanted to watch on TV and reminders appeared when they were due to be shown.

As discussed almost endlessly since early 2016 (although not so much recently) the inherent 'Multiscreen' concept behind Q meant that Reminders were never going to be there.

Re: Reminders

PandJ2020 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:23:36 GMT

Linear viewing is dead.

The idea is to record what you want to watch and then choose when to play them back.

It's not 'poor', it's just different. There's no slo-mo either.

Re: Reminders

Daniel0210 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:30:40 GMT

@Mante

And before you ask (or anyone else does) there is no slow motion playback or bookmarking in recordings either. These, like reminders, have never been on Sky Q.

Re: Reminders

Mante — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:31:28 GMT

Bah, it would be a very simple software update.

Re: Reminders

TimmyBGood — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:33:06 GMT

@Mante

It would be a fundamental change in a design concept which is now a decade old.

Re: Reminders

Mante — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:33:17 GMT

Except it isn't.

It may be for you but there is no need to force it on people.

Such a simple fix that could have been implimented, and YES I do understand IT etc.

Re: Reminders

Mante — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:34:45 GMT

So nothing changes? Everyone is happy with a degraded system when a fix would be so easy to impliment. Nobody wants improvements if required.

Hell we pay enough for this

Re: Reminders

daveNOS — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:44:04 GMT

@Mante If you do understand IT then you would understand that any new product that hits the market eliminates any features that where used by very few consumers on the old platform, it's wasted resources that could be utilised elsewhere.

If the feature was widely used on the old platform it would have been integrated into Q.

Re: Reminders

Daniel0210 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:47:47 GMT

@Mante

Reminders, slow motion and bookmarks are not 'required'. Some new customers upgrading from Sky+ may miss them initially but they were never classed as required/essential/necessary.

Re: Reminders

nigea99 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 14:03:34 GMT

I admit that 6 years on & I do still miss Bookmarks - non essential definitely but doesn't mean I don't miss them

I know people do get a lot of flack here about reminders but I do understand why we get posts from many missing them - Recording something is not the same as switching over to a live event & whilst there are alternatives such as Smart phones etc it is not the same as a simple selection of a programme from the TV guide

Whilst we have to make it clear that they won't get implemented, I think we should consider the views of those who will miss such features & not go overboard with our replies

Re: Reminders

MightyQuinn — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 14:00:41 GMT

Hi @Mante You are nearly 8 years late to the party.

Re: Reminders

Daniel0210 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 14:07:47 GMT

@Mante

Unfortunately having only joined the Community in the last few weeks it would seem you may have missed the opportunity to search the boards (using the search box at the top of the page) to find other threads on a similar theme and to see the helpful information

@nigea99 has put together for Sky+ customers contemplating changing to Sky Q. That may have forewarned you.

Re: Reminders

TimmyBGood — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 14:35:50 GMT

@Mante wrote:

So nothing changes? Everyone is happy with a degraded system when a fix would be so easy to impliment. Nobody wants improvements if required.

Q has had multiple changes since February 2016: the firmware is now on its 23rd major release version.

What it's never gained is Reminders, and believe me, that's been raised once or twice.

Re: Reminders

Laing1 — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:11:29 GMT

@Mante wrote:

Bah, it would be a very simple software update.

@Mante afraid it wouldn't be a simple software update. It was simple on the Sky+HD boxes as it would only appear on each individual box but with Sky Q being a multiscreen system its not as easy to implement reminders as what screen will the reminder pop up on all screens or only the screen it was setup on in which case that means having to make sure you set them up on the correct screen or if all screens and someone is watching another programme its going to be invasive of their viewing.

Many people miss reminders but as others have said i'm afraid after 8 years its not going to be added

Re: Reminders

JMja — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 11:22:02 GMT

I've just upgraded to q and was told the same thing about all features. Used the reminders all the time on previously because I don't want to record everything! This is SUCH a retrograde omission. Sigh.

Re: Reminders

Mante — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:08:25 GMT

Its really annoying that people are still being told a lie inasmuch as Q has the same features and you won't lose functionality.

Re: Reminders

Mark39 — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:48:52 GMT

@Mante wrote:

Its really annoying that people are still being told a lie inasmuch as Q has the same features and you won't lose functionality.

Who's saying that?