Record with sky q

[Chasngan]

Do I have to pay xtra to record sky witness 

[oldfella]

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@Chasngan wrote:

Do I have to pay xtra to record sky witness 

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Hi @Chasngan 

If you don't have the Monthly HD add on then you need to record in SD.

The Sky Q Sports pack and BT Sport if you subscribe through Sky are in HD as Standard.
Sky Cinema if you subscribe is also in HD.
Sky Signature includes BoxSets and Entertainment channels only in SD as standard.
Only free to air channels such as BBC, ITV etc are in HD. The Q HD pack is required for all other Sky Signature HD content, including Catch Up in HD, On Demand in HD and BoxSets in HD
If you do not have the Optional HD pack you need to change the Download to SD in All Formats (as HD is the default setting).
So that you do not need to do this every time it’s best to change your Download preference to SD in Home - Settings - Setup - Preferences.
This needs to done on the main Q box.
Then if you want to download any HD content from free to air channels (BBCHD ,ITVHD etc) you can select HD in the All formats tab of the content . This will change the format for that particular download only but still leave your format to SD in preferences.

[PeteRG41]

I still find it amazing that HD isn't a standard part of the Sky package.

[TimmyBGood]

@PeteRG41 

It is on Glass/Stream.  Given the days of satellite broadcasting are probably numbered (and HD does actually cost more for a channel to shift over an orbital link) I doubt the current pricing model is going to change on Q.