topic Re: UHD verses HD in Sky Q

UHD verses HD

Ickers36 — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:50:17 GMT

I have offer of 2 months free for HD via Q box then 9 quids after per month if kept ?

How different is UHD against HD as far as screen effect visually ,as I imagine UHD is better screen ?? but I don`t really know if I actually get UHD anyway ?? me a bit thick in respect of this but I have numerous excuses why that is the case 😂😂

Re: UHD verses HD

PandJ2020 — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:57:19 GMT

UHD is 4 times the resolution of HD.

However, most material is in HD and your TV will scale it to UHD anyway, Some TV's are better than others at this.

With a Sky UHD subscription you can access native 4k material - which, in theory, is better picture quality than upscaled HD. However, you may not notice a significant difference depending on your TV, size of TV and viewing distance.

In terms of content, there are sports channels in UHD only. The majority of the content is via download (Movies, Atlantic etc.)

TBH most HD material (even upscaled) is usually more than sufficient unless your have a massive TV (>60" say).

Re: UHD verses HD

MightyQuinn — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:45:37 GMT

Hi @Ickers36 I couldn't imagine watching without HD. UHD is really only worth it if you have Sky Sports and/or TNT Sports. Marginal for Sky Cinema and very occasional Sky Arts. The size of your TV and how far away you view it from is important.

Re: UHD verses HD

Chodley — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:02:04 GMT

Importantly, you can only get HDR (google it) with UHD and in my opinion, that is an even bigger step up than the resolution increase.

but - limited content.

The quality of your TV affects how significant this is.