No UHD on mini box

[mwbruce]

There should be a downscale to HD on the mini box to save all the hassle of having to record 2 programs just so that I can watch UHD on the main box and HD on the mini box.  Surely Sky can get a workaround to this.  Anyone else have a workaround ?  Just recorded some F1 UHD and can't watch while I recuperate from an operation in my bed.

[Daniel0210 · Accepted solution]

@mwbruce 

There isn't a workaround. UHD coverage/ recording is not available on mini boxes nor is that likely to change in the future. 

[nigea99]

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@mwbruce wrote:

There should be a downscale to HD on the mini box to save all the hassle of having to record 2 programs just so that I can watch UHD on the main box and HD on the mini box.  Surely Sky can get a workaround to this.  Anyone else have a workaround ?  Just recorded some F1 UHD and can't watch while I recuperate from an operation in my bed.

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Sorry @mwbruce  the only workaround is, as you have suggested, record both UHD & HD, if you want to be able to watch in UHD on the main box or mini box to catch up.

[TimmyBGood]

@mwbruce 

Taking UHD down to HD, particularly in anything like real time, without introducing unwanted image artifacts is a non-trivial computing task and way beyond the silicon found in Q (or any other 'set-top box') : even a reasonably powerful PC would have a significant render duration for that job.