Sky Q - Need for Satellite Dish...

[1979kendo]

** TL:DR Do you still need a satellite dish for Sky Q? **

I have Sky Q but the main TV room uses a mini box due to its location (Back of the house)

Main Sky Q box is in different room (close to satellite dish) which is used less (front of the house)

This means no Ultra HD for most of the time.

Is the dish still required? Any plans to remove the need and use broadband for entire operation? This would enable us to move the main box into the main TV room.

TIA

[TimmyBGood]

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@1979kendo wrote:

Any plans to remove the need and use broadband for entire operation?

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That would be Sky Glass.

[Doc5907 · Accepted solution]

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@1979kendo wrote:

** TL:DR Do you still need a satellite dish for Sky Q? **

I have Sky Q but the main TV room uses a mini box due to its location (Back of the house)

Main Sky Q box is in different room (close to satellite dish) which is used less (front of the house)

This means no Ultra HD for most of the time.

Is the dish still required? Any plans to remove the need and use broadband for entire operation? This would enable us to move the main box into the main TV room.

TIA

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@1979kendo  at present for Sky Q (main and mini) a dish is a requirement. Rumours abound of a future iptv based sky box but who knows when or if this is will come.

Of course you could consider Sky Glass which is operated over internet and requires no dish

[1979kendo]

Thanks - appreciate it.

I did see Glass but had hoped that they would offer Q dishless. Glass just doesnt do it for me. Doesnt seem to do all that Q does and also dont like the TV - for a start it looks like it would pull down my wall if i tried to mount it! 

[TimmyBGood]

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@1979kendo wrote:

I did see Glass but had hoped that they would offer Q dishless.

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I think that's now very unlikely as it would remove a key distinction between the product lines.

[Doc5907]

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@1979kendo wrote:

Thanks - appreciate it.

I did see Glass but had hoped that they would offer Q dishless. Glass just doesnt do it for me. Doesnt seem to do all that Q does and also dont like the TV - for a start it looks like it would pull down my wall if i tried to mount it! 

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@1979kendo  you could consider swapping the main and mini Q boxes so the main box is feeding your main TV room. 

This will of course mean rerouting the satellite cables, but I'm sure a good local satellite installer can make a tidy job of it, or even call Sky as they could possibly do it, charging around £65.

[1979kendo]

Thanks - tbh it would be a messy job. Before Q i had multiroom which meant a cable running over the top of the house and in at the back (Sky orginally told me i couldnt have this and i had to have a 2nd dish on my garage out the back....). Dont want to go back to this setup tbh.

To run a cable through my house would be worse. will keep it as it is. I only watch the footy in the UHD room so will keep doing that.

[Leepo1970]

Why would i purchase a glass tv when just purchased over a grands worth of new tv? How come other channel supplyers do not have to use a dish! I hear skyQ in germany are not having to use a dish? Is it they are just pushing glass!! My dish has fell off due to wind (2 weeks wait) And sky does not allow you to stream (airplay2) or whatever your using to watch on yoursmart tv??? apart from a cable!!! Time for a change "one thinks"

[GD1]

@Leepo1970  Sky Q over IP in Germany does not carry UHD, only HD.

[bob1234]

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@Leepo1970 wrote:

Why would i purchase a glass tv when just purchased over a grands worth of new tv? How come other channel supplyers do not have to use a dish! I hear skyQ in germany are not having to use a dish? Is it they are just pushing glass!! My dish has fell off due to wind (2 weeks wait) And sky does not allow you to stream (airplay2) or whatever your using to watch on yoursmart tv??? apart from a cable!!! Time for a change "one thinks"

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They don't have to Sly have just chose to market it that way. The Puck which you can buy with the Glass uses your own TV so there is no real reason they could not supply that independently HOWEVER streaming has its own disadvantages.