Sky Live Glass Camera Launch

[merv60]

  Is the Watch Together feature the same as the Watch Party feature that Amazon and Disney+ have?

[SlenderRobert]

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@merv60 wrote:

  Is the Watch Together feature the same as the Watch Party feature that Amazon and Disney+ have?

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Pretty much, yes. One person creates a viewing 'room' that others can join by inputting a code generated by whoever sets up the 'room'. 

Worth noting that if the group are watching a sporting event together, they can only do so in HD. Currently UHD is not supported for the Watch Together feature...presumably due to the bandwidth necessary to run a 4K stream and multiple smaller video streams simultaneously. 

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@merv60 wrote:

  Is the Watch Together feature the same as the Watch Party feature that Amazon and Disney+ have?

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No as you don't need a camera for Watch Party

[82bit]

Had a play this evening. Actually very impressed. Kids find it fun, some good games for them to enjoy. 

Only issue is because I have the glass wall mounted it sits too high and even angled down has too much ceiling in the frame. So I've mounted it beneath the TV which seems to work much better. 

Anyone sitting on the fence, I'd say go for it, you'll have some fun. Also, the wife loves the fitness app. 

[ToonDude]

UPDATE: so got it working. All I did was to unplug the glass and the sky Live. Then holding the power button on the glass when plugging in then waited then plugged the sky live in then it worked. 

[techman9]

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@Chrisee wrote:

@oj01 they are all people you know and presumably trust to either leave the game running or to leave the session. Hardly rocketvscience to have somecsimple rules.

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but reading this sentance was.

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@techman9 wrote:

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@Chrisee wrote:

@oj01 they are all people you know and presumably trust to either leave the game running or to leave the session. Hardly rocketvscience to have somecsimple rules.

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but reading this sentance was.

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Is it cat in the hat no it's @techman9 eat my hat 🤣

[GD1]

@ToonDude  Excellent, thanks for the update will be very useful for anyone who has the same issue.

[stewking1981]

Hi Just ordered sky live but don't have the sky glass tv cos sold it as was to small when moved to house will it still work on my LG tv

[SlenderRobert]

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@stewking1981 wrote:

Hi Just ordered sky live but don't have the sky glass tv cos sold it as was to small when moved to house will it still work on my LG tv

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It ONLY works with a Glass TV. You've wasted your money. 

[GD1]

@stewking1981  You'll need to call Sky to arrnage the return within the cool off period.

[stewking1981]

Well I've wasted no money cos its not even here yet

[stewking1981]

Thank you just spoke to some1 and he said can use puk but was not sure and as looked in to it you have to use sky glass tv so ordered a big one

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@stewking1981 wrote:

Thank you just spoke to some1 and he said can use puk but was not sure and as looked in to it you have to use sky glass tv so ordered a big one

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Well done @stewking1981 can't fault you there 👍

[Chrisee]

For anyone else thinking you can use the Sky Live with any other TV than a Sky Glass you simply can't even if you have a Sky Stream puck.

The unit has to connect to the USB C socket and one of the HDMI inputs on a Sky Glass using a purpose made lead. The pucks lack a USB socket which is presumably used for both data and power while the HDMI is for video and audio.