topic Re: Sky Q upgrade in Sky Q

Sky Q upgrade

I-a-n-W — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:00:42 GMT

I've received a letter saying I should upgrade to Sky Q. It mentions one of the benefits is that I can store up to 370 hours of recordings in HD, similar to my HD box. Does that mean it will have 2TB of storage? I ask as it seems that would not be the usual box to get but a 1TB version wouldn't store that much

Re: Sky Q upgrade

TimmyBGood — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:39:46 GMT

@I-a-n-W

The default main Q box since late 2019 has been the 1TB UHD/HDR model.

Most 2TB units are from between early 2016 and then, and would be refurbished if re-issued now.

v1 2TB boxes cannot output HDR.

Re: Sky Q upgrade

PandJ2020 — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:50:38 GMT

The boxes aren't designed for long term storage - it's primarily for time shifting...

Re: Sky Q upgrade

I-a-n-W — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:08:42 GMT

But why would the letter i received say 370 hours of HD recordings if that was the case

Re: Sky Q upgrade

nigea99 — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:16:36 GMT

hi @I-a-n-W

As always be aware of Marketing who always tend to represent best case scenarios and don't always list the fine technical detail

Storage wise Q is no better than SKY HD & even worse if you have multiscreen as only the SKY Q main box stores recordings

You may, also, wish to read some notes I have made for people considering switching from SKY +/HD to SKY Q

SKY +/HD to SKY Q

Re: Sky Q upgrade

TimmyBGood — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:26:05 GMT

@I-a-n-W wrote:

But why would the letter i received say 370 hours of HD recordings

I suspect someone is somewhat incautiously plucking figures from earlier Sky history.

Re: Sky Q upgrade

oj01 — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:31:33 GMT

@I-a-n-W wrote:
But why would the letter i received say 370 hours of HD recordings if that was the case

If it says up to 370 hours then it's meaningless.