Flickering UHD Sky channels

[Julian+Anthony]

The TV screen flashes or flickers every now and then only when watching Sky UHD channels - very annoying.

There is clearly.a problem with the Sky box, everything else is set up correctly and works with other UHD sources well.

I have read discussion of this problem before, but I have not seen any solutions other than replacing the Q2TB box. Is there a less drastic solution that anybody is aware of please?

Does anybody know why it happens or what causes it? It looks like the UHD or HDR perhaps, just stops for a tenth of a second or so. I can't think why a box designed to cope with UHD should be unable to do so?

Any help gratefully received.

Regards,

Julian

[best+of+the+best]

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@Julian+Anthony wrote:

The TV screen flashes or flickers every now and then only when watching Sky UHD channels - very annoying.

There is clearly.a problem with the Sky box, everything else is set up correctly and works with other UHD sources well.

I have read discussion of this problem before, but I have not seen any solutions other than replacing the Q2TB box. Is there a less drastic solution that anybody is aware of please?

Does anybody know why it happens or what causes it? It looks like the UHD or HDR perhaps, just stops for a tenth of a second or so. I can't think why a box designed to cope with UHD should be unable to do so?

Any help gratefully received.

Regards,

Julian

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@Julian+Anthony not really noticed it to tell you the truth watched F1 weeked in UHD without issues Sky Q 2TB issued 2016

Would have watched the Liverpool v Manu in glorious UHD but was happy to watch in HD considering the score forgot to change over lol

[PandJ2020]

What HDMI cable are you using?

[Laing1]

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@Julian+Anthony wrote:

The TV screen flashes or flickers every now and then only when watching Sky UHD channels - very annoying.

There is clearly.a problem with the Sky box, everything else is set up correctly and works with other UHD sources well.

I have read discussion of this problem before, but I have not seen any solutions other than replacing the Q2TB box. Is there a less drastic solution that anybody is aware of please?

Does anybody know why it happens or what causes it? It looks like the UHD or HDR perhaps, just stops for a tenth of a second or so. I can't think why a box designed to cope with UHD should be unable to do so?

Any help gratefully received.

Regards,

Julian

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@Julian+Anthony it's not always a problem with the Sky Q box years ago a few different TV's makes and models had a similiar problem and it was solved by a software/firmware update to the TV's provided by the TV makers.

Last year certain models of LG TV's had a problem which was found to be a change in the chips used in the TV's again LG releasew a software/firmware upgrade which sorted the problems 

[Julian+Anthony]

HDMI cable is a good thought. I bought a new 4k 0.5m cable, but I can try some others to see if that makes a difference. 

Thanks,

Julian

[bonkersrwj]

Did you get the issue fixed at all, in the end?

[Dazzasky]

There is clearly a problem with quality control with some Sky UHD content. I've seen very bad flickering with The Blacklist and also Gangs Of London. I had it on Sky Q and now on Sky Stream and it is replicated on 3 different tvs. It is extremely distracting.