@trixter72 wrote:
Thank you, that is really helpful. In your opinion, as an old, long term sky q user am I going to find it much of a change in what I can and cant do moving to glass?
Potentially one of the biggest things you'll notice is the speed difference between a stream and a recording. If most of your Q viewing was done from recordings of broadcasts or downloads of on demand content, then you'll find the Sky Stream experience to be a tad slower and more sluggish, particularly when it comes to fast forwarding and rewinding.
Stream relies entirely on being continuously connected to a fast and stable broadband connection to function at all. Everything is hosted on a server, so nothing is downloaded to the device itself. This adds a touch of latency to everything you do, even when connected to gigabit broadband via rock solid WiFi.
If you were used to watching a lot of recordings from commercial channels and fast forwarding through ad breaks then be prepared for a less elegant experience. The ad-skipping pack on Sky Stream can be somewhat glitchy (personally I found it infuriating) and is nowhere near as smooth as fast forwarding a recording on a hard drive.
Picture and sound quality on Stream can be excellent but be aware that if you are sensitive to lip sync then there is currently an issue affecting many customers whereby the pucks are struggling to maintain correct lip sync. Sky have been working on a fix for several weeks but so far there is no timeline for a solution. Not everyone appears to be affected by it though.
I would absolutely second the comments of @TimmyBGood in regard to the Sky Glass TV. If you like the aesthetic of the unit itself and need the long term finance agreement to pay for a new TV then go for it, but if image quality, versatility, value for money and reliability are more important to you then do consider looking elsewhere for a TV.
