Connecting Sky q mini box to laptop

[Wasons]

I have Skq Q connected to.my TV in the lounge. I also have Sky Q mini box which I need to connect to my windows laptop thru HDMI .

Am having issues with connecting Sky q mini box to my laptop. 

Any assistance please.

[oldfella]

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@Wasons wrote:

I have Skq Q connected to.my TV in the lounge. I also have Sky Q mini box which I need to connect to my windows laptop thru HDMI .

Am having issues with connecting Sky q mini box to my laptop. 

Any assistance please.

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Hi @Wasons 

Any HDMI device connected to Sky Q boxes needs HDCP 2.2.

[PandJ2020]

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@oldfella wrote:

Hi @Wasons 

Any HDMI device connected to Sky Q boxes needs HDCP 2.2.

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...which the laptop is unlikely to support.  (Even if it has an HDMI in...)

Why not use Sky Go?  (https://www.sky.com/pages/sky-go/download-the-app)

[MightyQuinn]

Hi @Wasons   Simply use Sky Go on your laptop. It has everything that a Mini box has. 

[TimmyBGood]

@Wasons 

I'm not aware of any laptop which permits use of its screen as the monitor for an external device.  The HDMI port on a laptop is for output of content displayed by the laptop onto a screen or projector.

Conceivably an HDMI to USB capture card might display content from a non-commercial external source on the laptop screen, but as @oldfella indicates, that couldn't work with a Q Mini because it would be blocked by HDCP.