Sky Cinema and Q Mini Box

[Mattyc99]

Hi,

We have a Sky Q 2tb UHD box as our "main" hub as such in the lounge and 3 Q Mini boxes around the house. 

Is Sky Cinema available in UHD to the Mini Boxes? Potentially could be a deal breaker if not.... 

[oldfella]

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@Mattyc99 wrote:

Hi,

We have a Sky Q 2tb UHD box as our "main" hub as such in the lounge and 3 Q Mini boxes around the house. 

Is Sky Cinema available in UHD to the Mini Boxes? Potentially could be a deal breaker if not.... 

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hi @Mattyc99 

Afraid minis will not do UHD.

You can have up to four minis installed on loan each subject to a one off upfront charge and all under by one single Q monthly Multiscreen subscription
However only two minis can be used simultaneously on all 2 TB boxes and the 1 TB UHD Main boxes to watch Sky Q content.
The original 1 TB non UHD box (32Cxxx) only permits the use of one mini at a time.
If Sky Apps are already being used on some of the minis these will not normally be counted as in Q use and therefore can be used in addition to the above limits.
See the following link for the Versions of main Q box referred to above.
https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-software-updates.
Subject to the above limits Sky Q minis can be used completely independently of the main Q box and the same or different program or recording can be viewed on each Q box. Even if viewing the same content it is completely independent and can be viewed at the same or different point.
Minis can do all the features same as the main Q box and can set or delete recordings on the main Q box hard drive. There is one single storage area on the main Q box with no profiles and no indication of which Q box has set a recording. (Unlike Sky+HD Multiroom which has independent storage and planners).
It should also be remembered that minis cannot view UHD recordings or content.

[TimmyBGood]

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@Mattyc99 wrote:

Is Sky Cinema available in UHD to the Mini Boxes? 

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No: Q Mini boxes (which essentially have a specification from 2016) are not equipped with 4K video chipsets and so cannot output UHD from any source.

To have multiple Sky television devices outputting UHD you'd need Sky Stream.

[PandJ2020]

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@TimmyBGood wrote:

To have multiple Sky television devices outputting UHD you'd need Sky Stream.

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...and sufficient internet bandwidth to drive them...