second room sky glass - what monitor should i buy

[carrielton]

Getting Sky glass with tv for main room

but having an additional box or whatever it is for bedroom so need to get a basic/cheap monitor

Do I need to be looking for anything specific that fits with glass technology or will any monitor do? thanks

[mikealanr]

Hi @carrielton 

You don't want a monitor you want a cheap TV. Monitors often have very poor implementations of HDMI, not remote control support and really poor speakers.

Amazon and Argos have TVs for around £99.

Bust basically the puck has everything you need on it and connects via HDMI cable so this is likely the minimum requirement you will need.

MikeAlanR

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@carrielton wrote:

Getting Sky glass with tv for main room

but having an additional box or whatever it is for bedroom so need to get a basic/cheap monitor

Do I need to be looking for anything specific that fits with glass technology or will any monitor do? thanks

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Sky Glass is the actual Sky-branded TV. It comes with either a Sky Ultimate TV or Essential TV streaming subscription. To watch this subscription in a second room you need any HD or 4K TV with an HDMI socket. You then need a Sky Stream puck attached to this HDMI socket along with the Whole Home subscription in your streaming package. 

[TimmyBGood]

@carrielton 

As @mikealanr indicates, don't purchase anything labelled as a 'monitor' unless you primarily want it for computer use.

Any recognisable brand-name television set (rather than supermarket off-brand) from about £199 upwards should be adequate but avoid the remnants of 'HD Ready' and 'Full HD' models if you can.