14 Oct 2024 03:43 PM
Nothing wrong with the supplied Sky cables. HDMI cables either work or they don't. The signs of a faulty cable is continuous drop outs of either video or audio, sparkles or white spots on the image, usually seen in the black bars on the top and bottom of wide screen presentations. Any of those and I would recommend changing the cable. Amazon basics is all you need. Don't fall for the snake oil speak with expensive cables.
14 Oct 2024 07:33 PM
Brought a quality make in Anker and it was only about £10.
14 Oct 2024 10:31 PM
HDMI cables are binary they carry zeros and ones. Generally there is no difference between cheap hdmi cables and expensive ones.
15 Oct 2024 08:35 AM
@Jason+Golding No harm though but I guess the issue is still for Sky to sort, have the reason for the extension of the contract for satellite dishes
15 Oct 2024 02:17 PM
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@Littletaffia wrote:Nothing wrong with the supplied Sky cables. HDMI cables either work or they don't. The signs of a faulty cable is continuous drop outs of either video or audio, sparkles or white spots on the image, usually seen in the black bars on the top and bottom of wide screen presentations. Any of those and I would recommend changing the cable. Amazon basics is all you need. Don't fall for the snake oil speak with expensive cables.
My one didn't pass through HDR content, swapped it out for a non-Sky one, WALLOP - was able to enjoy HDR/DV content.
15 Oct 2024 03:53 PM
As I said they either work 100% or they simply don't. I've just connected the ones I had in place to my AVR when I've bought new kit or had a new streaming box. One that had worked perfectly for a number of years started to have stuttering on the image which was on my Denon blu ray player, non 4K, and the spare Sky cable did, and is still doing, the job perfectly well now.
15 Oct 2024 04:13 PM - last edited: 15 Oct 2024 04:19 PM
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@Littletaffia wrote:As I said they either work 100% or they simply don't. I've just connected the ones I had in place to my AVR when I've bought new kit or had a new streaming box. One that had worked perfectly for a number of years started to have stuttering on the image which was on my Denon blu ray player, non 4K, and the spare Sky cable did, and is still doing, the job perfectly well now.
My experience was it worked 100% with HD content and not at all with HDR/DV content. I'm not a numbers person and for me, for it to be 100% or simply not; I'd expect it to work with HD content & HDR/DV or nothing at all. Either way, you don't need to be spending much for a passive HDMI cable - I think mine was less than £9.
The Sky supplied cable is tucked away ready to be returned with the Puck as & when that time comes.
15 Oct 2024 07:37 PM
15 Oct 2024 07:57 PM
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Moved your post to this ongoing thread.
Read the Answered post for the latest on the issue.
The recommended temporary solution that you can make is to change your audio settings to PCM or Passthrough, in the puck settings.
15 Oct 2024 10:46 PM
15 Oct 2024 10:50 PM
@Jason+Golding wrote:HDMI cables are binary they carry zeros and ones. Generally there is no difference between cheap hdmi cables and expensive ones.
But there are significant differences between 1.4, 2.0, and 2.1 cables😉
16 Oct 2024 05:29 AM
When are we going to get a concrete update from Sky, this is still being referred to as a 'Temporary Issue'. However, there is no clear resolution in sight, other than to turn off sound quality... and Sky aren't sharing any progress.
Please can somebody from Sky share when the next round of 'fixes' are going live and what sort of timeline we're looking at to have full functionality?!
16 Oct 2024 08:33 AM
Exiled-in-HH
Would you recommend upgrading all HDMI cables to 2.1 or is that overkill?
16 Oct 2024 03:49 PM - last edited: 16 Oct 2024 03:50 PM
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@koopie wrote:Would you recommend upgrading all HDMI cables to 2.1 or is that overkill?
If you're looking to take advantage of HDR content, either of the below should be fine:
Premium High Speed HDMI - up to 4K resolution with high dynamic range (HDR) at up to a 60Hz refresh rate
Ultra High Speed HDMI - up to 10K resolution with HDR at up to a 120Hz refresh rate
If you have source equipment connected that doesn't support HDR (or the higher res and/or refresh rates) and it's working fine - no need to change the cables. If you're planning on upgrading that equipment, future proofing shouldn't hurt.
16 Oct 2024 05:37 PM
I brought this one