Sky Glass Gen 2 Review

[TechGuy007]

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@Jporch316 wrote:

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@TechGuy007 wrote:

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@MarkGoldsmith wrote:

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@TechGuy007 wrote:

Great review. Just one question. Why did you need to plug in an Amazon Firestick? Surely you can just use the Amazon TV app? 

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A device like a fire stick is useful to be able to access Apps which aren't available on Sky Glass. 

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So a streaming TV without all the apps? Which ones are missing? Or is this an oblique reference to jailbroken Firesticks...

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I have Pluto tv, freevee,  Amazon photos, tune in radio ....... and I use now tv app for sky cinema (had a deal for 6 months) 

also a good backup in case there's issues with the glass service. And going back a year or so the quality on the prime app on the firestick was much better than on glass. 

also I like the fireplace and Xmas apps. 

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Oh well. You learn something every day. Never heard of most of that. A bit niche, but whatever floats your boat... 

[Jporch316]

Plus ...... doesn't everyone own a firestick ? 

[TechGuy007]

• also a good backup in case there's issues with the glass service. 

That sounds worrying for anyone contemplating ditching their dish. How often have there been issues? 

[Jporch316]

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@TechGuy007 wrote:

• also a good backup in case there's issues with the glass service. 

That sounds worrying for anyone contemplating ditching their dish. How often have there been issues? 

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Way less issues than I had with sky q (when I also had a firestick) 

[MarkGoldsmith]

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@TechGuy007 wrote:

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@MarkGoldsmith wrote:

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@TechGuy007 wrote:

Great review. Just one question. Why did you need to plug in an Amazon Firestick? Surely you can just use the Amazon TV app? 

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A device like a fire stick is useful to be able to access Apps which aren't available on Sky Glass. 

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So a streaming TV without all the apps? Which ones are missing? Or is this an oblique reference to jailbroken Firesticks...

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The Sky OS is a closed operating system and doesn't have an app store, so you only get Apps available for which the app owners have a contractual deal in place with Sky, which is typically as a result the big broadcasters who are big enough to support a unqiueversuon of their app which can run on and integrate with Sky OS (eg your Paramount +, Netflix, BBCs etc).