@leaky74 wrote:
I get the bandwidth argument. It does feel a bit sketchy though to have to pay an aditional amount to basically unlock glass functionality. If it were just buried elsewhere in the cost, I'd care less. It's something about it being itemised that makes it seem a bit stingy on Sky's part.
It's not really unlocking functionality of the Glass TV, you can still get watch native UHD content with Atmos from third party apps and external devices connected via HDMI without paying for the UHD/Atmos add-on.
The add-on only gives you access to the live UHD Sport channels and the UHD/HDR on demand streams of Sky's own on demand content. Many customers are quite happy with the upscaling capability of Glass and just stick with HD anyway. Glass has never been the best at HDR either so the difference between the SDR and HDR versions of some content is negligible. Same with Atmos really - there's a limit to how different things will sound on the built-in soundbar. Most average listeners would struggle to tell the difference between an Atmos and a 5.1 soundtrack on Glass. It's worth experimenting to see if you can tell the difference...and if you think it's an additional service that's worth paying for (or getting an offer on).
