topic Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ? in Sky Q

2029 - changes to Sky ?

Wibbly-Woo — Fri, 23 May 2025 12:38:43 GMT

I understand that by 2029 - Sky will no longer be supporting Q - instead we will all have to use "Streaming"

Something that I am not looking forwards to a bit - as at the moment Q is used to record certain programs every week and watched at our leasure

I assume that there is a way to run two TV's at the same time on different channels using Stream ?

I don't believe that it needs two "pucks" ?

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

oldfella — Fri, 23 May 2025 12:42:21 GMT

@Wibbly-Woo wrote:

I understand that by 2029 - Sky will no longer be supporting Q - instead we will all have to use "Streaming"

Something that I am not looking forwards to a bit - as at the moment Q is used to record certain programs every week and watched at our leasure

I assume that there is a way to run two TV's at the same time on different channels using Stream ?

I don't believe that it needs two "pucks" ?

Hi @Wibbly-Woo

You may not believe it but afraid it does.

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

SKY1992bf — Fri, 23 May 2025 12:44:03 GMT

@Wibbly-Woo wrote:
I understand that by 2029 - Sky will no longer be supporting Q - instead we will all have to use "Streaming"
Something that I am not looking forwards to a bit - as at the moment Q is used to record certain programs every week and watched at our leasure
I assume that there is a way to run two TV's at the same time on different channels using Stream ?
I don't believe that it needs two "pucks" ?

To run stream on two non glass TVs you need two pucks and the whole home subscription in addition to your monthly package subscription

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

Wibbly-Woo — Fri, 23 May 2025 12:56:10 GMT

.. which no doubt costs a fortune ?

What ever happened to cable links ?

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

PandJ2020 — Fri, 23 May 2025 12:58:43 GMT

@Wibbly-Woo wrote:
What ever happened to cable links ?

You'll trip over them.

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

TimmyBGood — Fri, 23 May 2025 13:29:45 GMT

@Wibbly-Woo wrote:

What ever happened to cable links ?

RF retransmission over coaxial cable from a Sky+ box was never capable of real HD, let alone UHD.

In theory it's possible to split the HDMI output from a Stream puck to two television sets, subject to the maximum cable length limit of the chosen resolution.

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

Wibbly-Woo — Fri, 23 May 2025 14:40:47 GMT

@SKY1992bf

Costing how much ?

ie) To simply allow watching TV in two seperate rooms

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

Mark39 — Fri, 23 May 2025 14:46:22 GMT

There's a one-off charge per Puck and a monthly charge of £15 for a Whole Home subscription (often discounted).to allow viewing on more than one Puck

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

TimmyBGood — Fri, 23 May 2025 17:18:14 GMT

@Wibbly-Woo wrote:

ie) To simply allow watching TV in two seperate rooms

Sky has always charged more money for that, through Multiroom, Multiscreen and now Whole Home. Being able to access low resolution cabled RF-out from a Sky+ box was a technical anomaly on hardware which is now at least a decade out of date.

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

Wibbly-Woo — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:34:27 GMT

@TimmyBGoodYou'll be telling me next that you can see the difference between UHD and HD on a 38" screen .......and that it is worth paying a premium for it ??

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

TimmyBGood — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:38:45 GMT

@Wibbly-Woo

38" is a computer monitor, and yes, at typical computer distance 4K makes a difference even on a smaller panel.

If you choose to watch a monitor from across a room, that's not the same circumstances.

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

Wibbly-Woo — Mon, 26 May 2025 15:10:15 GMT

@TimmyBGood

My CRT TV doesn't do HD !

Unbelievably - it does actually have a USB port on it though no HDMI

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

Chodley — Mon, 26 May 2025 15:30:54 GMT

How are you running 2 TVs off Sky Q without a mini?

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

Wibbly-Woo — Tue, 27 May 2025 07:02:45 GMT

@Chodley You are the experts

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

Invisiblename — Tue, 27 May 2025 11:00:21 GMT

@Wibbly-Woo wrote:
@Chodley You are the experts

But you're the one saying you are

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

Wibbly-Woo — Tue, 27 May 2025 12:00:31 GMT

@Invisiblename

No I have never claim to be anything other than a customer.

Where have I said anything like the fact that I am running two TV 's off a single box ?

If you read my posts carefully - you will see that I was just asking how a second TV was linked in to stream.

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

Chodley — Tue, 27 May 2025 12:52:56 GMT

You said that you assume that there is some way of doing it with Stream without an extra box, in spite of being aware there is no way of doing it on Q?

That's impressive logic.

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

Invisiblename — Tue, 27 May 2025 15:52:58 GMT

@Wibbly-Woo wrote:
@Invisiblename
No I have never claim to be anything other than a customer.
Where have I said anything like the fact that I am running two TV 's off a single box ?
If you read my posts carefully - you will see that I was just asking how a second TV was linked in to stream.

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

Dobber1234 — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 19:06:30 GMT

Finally, someone that is talking my language nobody else on here seems to agree with me apart from this gentleman

Re: 2029 - changes to Sky ?

Chodley — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:20:11 GMT

@Dobber1234 wrote:
Finally, someone that is talking my language nobody else on here seems to agree with me apart from this gentleman

I'll repeat this again for clarity.

Lots of people here agree with you that satellite delivery is better and that streaming;

1. Gives the broadcasters more control over how we watch and advertising intrusion

2. Depends on decent broadband infrastructure.

What those people, including me, understand though and you seem to refuse to either understand or accept, is that even if Sky wanted to continue satellite delivery into the 2030s (and number 1 above is one reason they don't), they simply cannot afford to invest in getting new satellites launched to replace those which will fail, the capital investment needed is huge even with the efficiences SpaceX have achieved.