Glass as a second TV?

[Geekygrl]

I'm in the market for Sky Glass as my bedroom TV - might be a perfect replacement for an aging bedroom setup which is a small TV, soundbar and Mini box. Is Glass OK to be a secondary source of Sky? I don't want to replace my main TV that is attached to the Q box, I'd like Glass to replace my Mini box. Will that be possible?

[SDR · Accepted solution]

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@Geekygrl wrote:

I'm in the market for Sky Glass as my bedroom TV - might be a perfect replacement for an aging bedroom setup which is a small TV, soundbar and Mini box. Is Glass OK to be a secondary source of Sky? I don't want to replace my main TV that is attached to the Q box, I'd like Glass to replace my Mini box. Will that be possible?

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No you can have Sky Q or Sky Glass but not both.

[Geekygrl]

Oh pants 😩 how disappointing 

But thanks for your reply @SDR 

[Geekygrl]

Sorry @SDR I accidentally marked my own post as the solution instead of yours - soz!

[jamesn123]

@Geekygrl 

It can still be your seconadary source though. E.g. Sky Glass in your bedroom & then Sky Puck in your lounge or whatever

[Essex+Guy]

Could they not switch to Sky Glass (terminating the Sky Q subscription), use the Sky Glass TV in the bedroom and get a puck for the main room? 

This is way I intend to go if it's possible. My main lounge TV is a top spec Sony OLED so I wouldn't want to replace that. I plan on putting the the Sky glass TV into the kitchen and using pucks for the rest of the TVs in the household. Do we know if their is a limit on the pucks yet?

[TimmyBGood]

That's covered in 'the legal bit' on the Glass website pages:

Existing Sky TV customers moving to Sky Glass:

You can only have one Sky TV subscription at your address, so if you already have Sky Q or Sky+ , you will need to take a new TV subscription and choose a new TV package for Sky Glass. We will bill you for your existing Sky TV subscription until your Sky Glass TV subscription is activated. Billing for your Sky Glass TV subscription will start when you activate your Sky Glass TV. If you have Sky Q, you will need to send back your Sky Q boxes within 60 days of receiving Sky Glass or you may incur a non-returns charge. Any third party subscriptions that you do not pay for through Sky but view on your current Sky platform will not be viewable on Sky Glass. Any recordings you have on Sky Q or Sky+ will not transfer to Sky Glass. Sky Store Buy and Keep purchases will still be accessible via the Sky Store app.

[Geekygrl]

@jamesn123 hmmmm conflicting answers! It's still a very new announcement so maybe more will come to light as they give more info...  I really hope you're right though 

[jamesn123]

@Geekygrl 

It is right. @SDR Was referring to you keeping your Sky Q mini box in their answer. Which is correct, you cant have Sky Q + Sky Glass

However if you take out Sky Glass you have the option of 'multiroom' for £10 extra a month which means you can then connect 'Pucks' to any TV. So Sky Glass in Bedroom & then Pucks in any other room.

[Geekygrl]

Oh ok, I see what you mean now. So I won't be getting a Glass then, I have to keep my lounge setup as my primary source of Sky because Mini boxes don't do 4K, HDR and Atmos etc. 

[jamesn123]

@Geekygrl 

The new Pucks do 4k HDR 😃

[Geekygrl]

@jamesn123 Sorry, but by puck do you mean a mini box? When did they start doing 4K & HDR? I must have missed that! 

[jamesn123]

@Geekygrl 

Not the mini boxes sorry, the new Pucks that go with Sky glass.

[Geekygrl]

@jamesn123  Ah I didn't know about those, it wasn't mentioned in the promo videos they put out. In which case, there may be hope yet! 

[jamesn123]

@Geekygrl 

See here under 'Sky Stream Puck'