topic UHD but not HDR? in Sky Q

UHD but not HDR?

GeoffreyHS — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 19:05:37 GMT

Subscription say UHD non HDR my sky box is a 32B057 Google say it's not HDR but I can watch UHD am I getting the real deal I do I need to upgrade the box it's 10 years old doesn't look like UHD? Tia.

Re: UHD but not HDR?

Chodley — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 19:15:40 GMT

What are you watching that you think doesn't look like UHD?

and yeah you need to get the box replaced to get HDR

Re: UHD but not HDR?

TimmyBGood — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 19:22:33 GMT

@GeoffreyHS wrote:
am I getting the real deal I do I need to upgrade the box it's 10 years old doesn't look like UHD?

Nine years old. The first generation Sky Q 2TB (the 'Q Silver' released in February 2016) can output UHD but not HDR because its video chipset pre-dates the ability to do both: the international standard for HDR 10 was only ratified in August 2015.