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Content cannot be played on this device?

My sky tv isnt working, im getting a blank blue screen with a message saying 'the content you have selected cannot be played on this device'? What is wrong?

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Is this Sky Q and what content are you trying to watch ?

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Re: Content cannot be played on this device?

Hi yes sky Q and just the normal tv channels? For example I will select a channel and it will show me a blank blue screen with the comment?

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Message posted on ‎30 Jul 2026 06:55 PM

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@TJ108 wrote:

My sky tv isnt working, im getting a blank blue screen with a message saying 'the content you have selected cannot be played on this device'? What is wrong?

@TJ108 that message tends to be diplayed if you are trying to watch something that is in UHD format on a mini box. Mini boxes can only display a max of HD so you would need to download or record in HD for a mini box


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