Sky glass tv at end of contract

[HelenFran]

I'm thinking about buying a large sky glass tv. Would anyone recommend these? Are there any negatives to them? Also, what happens at the end of the contract, do you own the tv outright and do you go on to a flexible tariff?

Thanks

Helen

[Fothergill1]

Hi @HelenFran If you get a Glass TV you own it right from the start.  Your monthly payments are simply paying off a loan.  Even if you cancel your contract in the future you still have to continue with the monthly repayments until the TV is paid off.  You should also consider that Glass is a 2021 technology at 2024 prices and was mediocre at best even in 2021.  The sound produced by Glass is its best feature but even that is not earth shattering as the advertisements try to suggest.

I originally had a Glass TV but sold it last December and purchased a Samsung TV and Soundbar in the Good Friday deals.  This coupled with a Stream puck gives an outstanding picture and better sound than Glass, in fact the whole viewing experience was better.

If you plan to put Glass on the wall be aware that they are very heavy  so you need to make sure your wall and fixings are strong enough to hold the weight.

You have probably gathered that from my experience I would recommend considering Stream rather than Glass.

[Mister_Dalek]

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@HelenFran wrote:

I'm thinking about buying a large sky glass tv. Would anyone recommend these? Are there any negatives to them? Also, what happens at the end of the contract, do you own the tv outright and do you go on to a flexible tariff?

Thanks

Helen

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There aren't many people who would recommend a Sky Glass TV. 
Reviews since it launched 3 years ago haven been mediocre at best. 
You can purchase much better quality and much more versatile TV's for the money. 

[JWestLondon]

Although I am sure there are some people who are happy with their purchase, I would definitely not recommend a glass tv based on my experience. And the sheer number of posts on this forum suggests I am far from alone. It is old technology. The picture quality is very poor despite playing constantly with the settings. , it freezes, buffers, ( despite 250 to the set) needs constant rebooting and I have to watch UHD football in HD because UHD is like watching the game through a mist. The playlist feature is a law unto itself.

There are far, far, better tvs out there for less. Aesthetically it's a very clunky piece of kit. 

my wife and I are now counting the sleeps until Black Friday when I can buy a proper tv and throw this into the skip it belongs in! 

oh, and OP, if I haven't been clear in my answer,  I definitely wouldn't advise getting a Glass set !!!!!!!! 

[Fothergill1]

@JWestLondon  Last November I took advantage of Black Friday deals and Purchased a Samsung TV with £400 cash back and a Samsung soundbar of my choice at half price.  All in all it was a little more expensive than Glass but the picture quality is incredible when coupled with a Stream puck.   I then sold my 18 month old Glass TV but the resale value is pretty poor.  I initially asked £350 for it but ended up accepting £250.

I'm still very pleased with my decision.

[Mister_Dalek]

If picture quality is your number one priority then I'd always recommend looking at last year's OLED models which are always heavily discounted once new models are released. 

I got an exceptional Panasonic OLED for £700 a couple of years ago from Richer Sounds which came with a free 6 year warranty. It is in a totally different league to Sky Glass in terms of the quality of image it can produce. Coupled with my Denon Dolby Atmos enabled AVR, sub and surround speakers, it's a superb setup.  

[HelenFran]

Thank you so much for the tip. It's actually a case of us not having enough sky boxes to get sky on all of our TVs tbh. When I last spoke with Sky, they said that I couldn't run any more boxes in my house. I think I have the main Q box and then 2 of the small sky boxes in different rooms. Ideally I could do with 3 more for additional TVs, hence me thinking the sky glass tv would give me that functionality for one of them. 

Does anyone else know how to get round the problem of not having enough sky boxes for the number of TVs they have in the house please? 

Thanks. 

[Mister_Dalek]

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@HelenFran wrote:

Thank you so much for the tip. It's actually a case of us not having enough sky boxes to get sky on all of our TVs tbh. When I last spoke with Sky, they said that I couldn't run any more boxes in my house. I think I have the main Q box and then 2 of the small sky boxes in different rooms. Ideally I could do with 3 more for additional TVs, hence me thinking the sky glass tv would give me that functionality for one of them. 

Does anyone else know how to get round the problem of not having enough sky boxes for the number of TVs they have in the house please? 

Thanks. 

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You don't need Sky Glass. You can attach a Sky Stream puck to every TV in your household up to a maximum of 6 pucks and add the Whole Home subscription to allow you to view your Sky subscription on them all. 
Be aware that you will need a very fast and very stable broadband network in order for all the pucks to function. Sky Stream relies entirely on broadband to function. 

[Exiled-in-HH]

@HelenFran  If you want to keep Sky Q you can't have Sky Glass TV or even a Sky Stream Puck ... Sky only allow satellite or streaming😔

If you want Sky subscription channels on more TVs you can get NOWTV and use broadcaster's apps for other channels🤔

[MarkGoldsmith]

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@Exiled-in-HH wrote:

@HelenFran  If you want to keep Sky Q you can't have Sky Glass TV or even a Sky Stream Puck ... Sky only allow satellite or streaming😔

If you want Sky subscription channels on more TVs you can get NOWTV and use broadcaster's apps for other channels🤔

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Although having Sky Q and also NOW would cost likely cost you more.

As per the previous posts the solution would be switching to Sky Stream or NOW however they both work completely differently to Sky Q, so its worth doing your research on this.

[Exiled-in-HH]

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@HelenFran wrote:

I'm thinking about buying a large sky glass tv. Would anyone recommend these? Are there any negatives to them? Also, what happens at the end of the contract, do you own the tv outright and do you go on to a flexible tariff?

Thanks

Helen

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Do you want to retain Sky Q?

[Exiled-in-HH]

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@MarkGoldsmith wrote:

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@Exiled-in-HH wrote:

@HelenFran  If you want to keep Sky Q you can't have Sky Glass TV or even a Sky Stream Puck ... Sky only allow satellite or streaming😔

If you want Sky subscription channels on more TVs you can get NOWTV and use broadcaster's apps for other channels🤔

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Although having Sky Q and also NOW would cost likely cost you more.

As per the previous posts the solution would be switching to Sky Stream or NOW however they both work completely differently to Sky Q, so its worth doing your research on this.

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The addition cost as little as £2.99pm for access on up to 6 TVs is trivial compared to the cost of a Sky Glass TV😉

[MarkGoldsmith]

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@Exiled-in-HH wrote:

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@MarkGoldsmith wrote:

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@Exiled-in-HH wrote:

@HelenFran  If you want to keep Sky Q you can't have Sky Glass TV or even a Sky Stream Puck ... Sky only allow satellite or streaming😔

If you want Sky subscription channels on more TVs you can get NOWTV and use broadcaster's apps for other channels🤔

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Although having Sky Q and also NOW would cost likely cost you more.

As per the previous posts the solution would be switching to Sky Stream or NOW however they both work completely differently to Sky Q, so its worth doing your research on this.

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The addition cost as little as £2.99pm for access on up to 6 TVs is trivial compared to the cost of a Sky Glass TV😉

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I didn't mention Sky Glass in my post though.

The viable options would likely be to switch from Sky Q to NOW or Sky Stream.

[Exiled-in-HH]

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@MarkGoldsmith wrote:

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@Exiled-in-HH wrote:

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@MarkGoldsmith wrote:

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@Exiled-in-HH wrote:

@HelenFran  If you want to keep Sky Q you can't have Sky Glass TV or even a Sky Stream Puck ... Sky only allow satellite or streaming😔

If you want Sky subscription channels on more TVs you can get NOWTV and use broadcaster's apps for other channels🤔

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Although having Sky Q and also NOW would cost likely cost you more.

As per the previous posts the solution would be switching to Sky Stream or NOW however they both work completely differently to Sky Q, so its worth doing your research on this.

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The addition cost as little as £2.99pm for access on up to 6 TVs is trivial compared to the cost of a Sky Glass TV😉

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I didn't mention Sky Glass in my post though.

The viable options would likely be to switch from Sky Q to NOW or Sky Stream.

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Not if the objective is to retain Sky Q .... well the subject of this discussion was the purchase of Sky Glass TV😉

[LiquidJason]

Sky cripple the functionality of the tv at the end of the contract. You can have TV on its own but get no guide and no apps or you can have apps and no guide and no tv - it does not have access to to a free view tv, guide and apps at same time. It's not a smart tv and designed to keep you in a contract despite still paying off the tv - I have an active complaint that a very expensive tv doesn't have basic functionality. Totally misold