TV essentials and smart TVs

[EBoon]

Hello, I hope someone can help me, and forgive my naivety! I have recently cancelled the sky variety package as we do not really use it, we are just going to have the TV essentials package and upgrade the actual TV to a smart TV so we can have iplayer, netflix, etc, etc in that room. My question is, can I use the sky TV essentials - through the box - and access the smart TV apps at the same time? Or will I need to unplug the sky box when I want to use just the smart TV functions and plug  the sky box in again when we want to use it (i.e. just to record and make use of the pause live tv function as that is all you get with the essentials package really). I don't understand how smart TVs work whilst connected to a sky box! Thanks. 

[SKY1992bf · Accepted solution]

@EBoon  Sky box connects to your tv via hdmi so you can leave it connected and just switch the source over from the box to tv and vice verse 

[EBoon]

Thank you! Makes perfect sense to me now. I appreciate the response. 

[TimmyBGood]

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@EBoon wrote:

I don't understand how smart TVs work whilst connected to a sky box!

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The 'smart' bit of the television set is entirely independent of any attached device such as a Sky box: the television has its own operating system and graphical user interface (which will be rather more sophisticated than that of Sky+ HD) to access on-board apps, settings and other features.

As @SKY1992bf indicates, the Sky+ output is accessed by selecting the appropriate HDMI input port using the TV remote.

[Exiled-in-HH]

@EBoon what sort of BB package do you have?

[Michael+31]

Im looking at any thing that i can plug in the back for free channels