I'd now a good time to purchase sky glass?

[OldSoldier100]

Hi all I've read a few articles regarding the next roll out of sky glass of due sometime this year. 
Whilst this is all well and good, the product I'm looking to get is the 65inch. I've researched everything online, both the limitations and the initial teething problems which seen to be improved with the many upgrades and updates..

NB I'm a Q customer of many years, and accept that glass may well have it's limitations, but essentially for ease of use, it's the future of media. 

Any help or advice would be gratefully received.

[TimmyBGood · Accepted solution]

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@OldSoldier100 wrote:

Any help or advice would be gratefully received.

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I'd suggest you need to be very certain that spending over £1150 on a 2021 v1 LED TV is a sound investment which you'll remain happy with, given a major-brand 2023 OLED set (or a current micro-LED model) used with a Stream puck to access exactly the same Sky GUI and subscription content can now cost rather less than that.

Personally I'd say that Glass should be considered where the prospective user really values the design concept, the industrial aesthetic and/or the speaker array, or absolutely needs the credit term.

[Padam_Padam]

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@OldSoldier100 wrote:

Hi all I've read a few articles regarding the next roll out of sky glass of due sometime this year. 
Whilst this is all well and good, the product I'm looking to get is the 65inch. I've researched everything online, both the limitations and the initial teething problems which seen to be improved with the many upgrades and updates..

NB I'm a Q customer of many years, and accept that glass may well have it's limitations, but essentially for ease of use, it's the future of media. 

Any help or advice would be gratefully received.

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I certainly wouldn't describe Sky Glass specifically as 'the future of media.' Right now it's actually rather dated, being over two and a half years old, with no hardware upgrades in that time and (bizarrely) a price increase. 

Streaming is the future and if Sky were to release a newer model of Glass later this year then it might be a good buy. It's difficult to recommend the current model due to it being somewhat over-priced compared to other much better quality, more versatile smart TVs from other manufacturers, paired with a Stream puck. You only need to look at eBay to see how much Glass has depreciated in value in a relatively short period of time. There's a 'hardly used' 65" model on there right now for £425, less than half the cost of a new one. 

It all depends on what you perceive as value for money really. If you like the look of Glass, the lack of cables, the soundbar, the option to pay for it in instalments and the relative convenience of it (at the expense of picture quality and versatility) then it may be exactly what you're looking for. 

[Fothergill1]

@OldSoldier100 Initially I would be inclined to go for a Sky Stream puck to use with your existing TV.  That way you can evaluate the streaming platform and then make a decision on a New Glass TV if they bring out a revised model.  A puck is a just a one off setup/rental cost of £39.

The current Glass is very dated and I just sold my 55 inch and replaced it with a new TV & soundbar coupled with a stream puck.  I only got £250 for my Glass TV as the resale values are pretty poor.

[Padam_Padam]

@TimmyBGood @Fothergill1 

I don't think any of us are going to win the Sky Glass salesperson of the month award... 😎

[TimmyBGood]

@Padam_Padam 

I tolerate ours (and my wife claims it's fine, but then her eyesight is appalling ; )

I'm just sad it's not 'better' than the £499 LG 49UJ701V IPS LED from several years before which we have running off a Stream puck upstairs.

[OldSoldier100]

It's my intention to run with a puck upstairs too. I've currently running the ancient nutrition which disconnects on a regular basis, and particularly just before the start of any particular football I'm about to watch!

[OldSoldier100]

Thank you for the detailed replies to my queries. I fully agree with your assessment of both the product and it's limitations. I've obviously not completely lost my marbles despite my advancing years.

Like you all state, it's a very affordable method of renewing an old TV for a reasonably recent upgrade, both in size & technology. Therefore it ticks a lot of boxes for me at this precise time.

I consider streaming to be the future of home media, and as usual sky's send you have joined the trend.

I'm a sky customer of many decades and I've had all of thier products over the years and been quite satisfied as such.

It's good to hear that no-one is saying avoid at all costs, and like most technology it's value is relative to your use of it. Monetary future value very much takes second place to it's ease of use at my time of life.

[TimmyBGood]

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@OldSoldier100 wrote:

Like you all state, it's a very affordable method of renewing an old TV for a reasonably recent upgrade, both in size & technology. 

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I don't think that's what any of us said?

The monthly payments may be 'affordable', but overall I'd seriously question the resulting value for money: really the sets should be reduced by at least half of their (ambitious) launch price by now.

As I've frequently observed elsewhere in this forum, I suspect Glass would have been a better product had it not been specified, designed, built and manufactured in the depths of the pandemic and its associated silicon component shortage, and if a v2 does emerge then I really hope Sky is rather more ambitious (a genuinely affordable mass market OLED would be nice ; )