Sky Q

Sleeper12 · 22-01-2017 4:53pm

The Ayatolla wrote:

How do the mini boxes connect to the main box?

Wireless WiFi connection is used

mdfire · 22-01-2017 5:59pm

Ive connected my Q and two of the minis by ethernet. All three boxes connect to a network switch independent of my home network and its working perfectly. The wifi is a poor solution imo.

The Ayatolla · 22-01-2017 11:23pm

mdfire wrote: »

Ive connected my Q and two of the minis by ethernet. All three boxes connect to a network switch independent of my home network and its working perfectly. The wifi is a poor solution imo.

Good to know. My house is wired for ethernet to all main rooms so should be ideal if I ever choose to get it.

peteeeed · 26-01-2017 9:20am

coming to those without a dish in 2018

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/140104-sky-q-coming-for-those-without-a-satellite-dish-full-service-over-broadband

Samuel T. Cogley · 26-01-2017 5:05pm

peteeeed wrote: »

coming to those without a dish in 2018

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/140104-sky-q-coming-for-those-without-a-satellite-dish-full-service-over-broadband

No doubt closely followed in Ireland by 2021 knowing Sky.

Avada · 26-01-2017 6:56pm

Libertarian Kant wrote: »

No doubt closely followed in Ireland by 2021 knowing Sky.

Why? SkyQ launched in or around the same time in Ireland as it did in the UK did it not?

jones · 26-01-2017 7:03pm

Avada wrote: »

Why? SkyQ launched in or around the same time in Ireland as it did in the UK did it not?

And i think we actually had it cheaper too ha

shmeee · 26-01-2017 8:24pm

Libertarian Kant wrote: »

No doubt closely followed in Ireland by 2021 knowing Sky.

Will require a very decent fibre broadband for sure, which this country is lacking big time.

helimachoptor · 26-01-2017 9:15pm

Avada wrote: »

Why? SkyQ launched in or around the same time in Ireland as it did in the UK did it not?

jones wrote: »

And i think we actually had it cheaper too ha

Exact same time, and taking prevailing exchange rates at the time yes it was cheaper her.

I think with Sky's acquisition of Sky Italia and Sky Germany, you will begin to see a harmonisation of products across their markets, it makes no sense rolling different products out at different times.

Samuel T. Cogley · 26-01-2017 11:26pm

Avada wrote: »

Why? SkyQ launched in or around the same time in Ireland as it did in the UK did it not?

I'll see your concurrent SkyQ launch and raise you NowTV, FTTC and now FTTH. :pac:

Joking aside I'd argue that NowTV is more indicative of how long SkyQ via IP will take. I think it would probably be licensing related.

galtee boy · 26-01-2017 11:41pm

shmeee wrote: »

Will require a very decent fibre broadband for sure, which this country is lacking big time.

According to a post on another forum, Sky suggesting that 4mb connection will do. Find that hard to believe, would 4mb run several HD channels etc ? Vodafone TV insist on 40mb for their system.

Samuel T. Cogley · 26-01-2017 11:46pm

galtee boy wrote: »

According to a post on another forum, Sky suggesting that 4mb connection will do. Find that hard to believe, would 4mb run several HD channels etc ? Vodafone TV insist on 40mb for their system.

4Mbit for HD downloads. One of Sky's issues is it isn't strictly a streaming service. 4Mbit would mean you could start watching an hour long HD show after about 20 minutes.

galtee boy · 27-01-2017 12:01am

Libertarian Kant wrote: »

4Mbit for HD downloads. One of Sky's issues is it isn't strictly a streaming service. 4Mbit would mean you could start watching an hour long HD show after about 20 minutes.

I meant when lets say I'm watching Sky Sports 1 HD and somebody else is watching Sky Atlantic HD at the same time, would 4mb do then ?

Samuel T. Cogley · 27-01-2017 12:08am

galtee boy wrote: »

I meant when lets say I'm watching Sky Sports 1 HD and somebody else is watching Sky Atlantic HD at the same time, would 4mb do then ?

I can't imagine it would, the 4Mbit though is downloading. TBF though 40Mbit (or 30 in Eir's case) is the TV plus a decent internet speed.

galtee boy · 27-01-2017 12:21am

Libertarian Kant wrote: »

I can't imagine it would, the 4Mbit though is downloading. TBF though 40Mbit (or 30 in Eir's case) is the TV plus a decent internet speed.

So really, Sky Q without a dish, will be only for those who live not too far from a fibre cabinet.

Samuel T. Cogley · 27-01-2017 12:27am

galtee boy wrote: »

So really, Sky Q without a dish, will be only for those who live not too far from a fibre cabinet.

TBH it'll be for things like apartments, generally apartments are in high density urban areas where broadband is (not always ofc) good. It won't be for people who just don't like satellite dishes.

Massive digression but it's a major concern of mine that streaming will become a major issue as we see more and more connections capable of it. Any communications platform is dependent on a duty cycle of most of the time the being idle. When you want data 1000Mbits is nice but when I've finished downloading the latest odd porn I'm into I go into a cycle of being inactive for several hours (:pac:).

With a constant stream of even 10 or 20Mbits per household I worry the infrastructure will be able to cope. Anyway as I say I digress!

mdfire · 29-01-2017 8:25pm

Have two mins and a silver linked together via Ethernet and a switch. The third mini has connectivity problems. Turns out when I switch off the tplink power line adapters I use the problems disappear. Seems to be compatibility issues

peteeeed · 30-01-2017 12:03pm

new features coming this year

dolby atmos but no HDR according to this report

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/140121-sky-q-will-add-dolby-atmos-and-voice-control-in-2017

TCP/IP · 30-01-2017 2:30pm

peteeeed wrote: »

new features coming this year

dolby atmos but no HDR according to this report

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/140121-sky-q-will-add-dolby-atmos-and-voice-control-in-2017

Cant wait for Atmos that will be amazing. HDR is such a disappointment at the minute even on 4K blu ray it's a bit of a mess

Sleeper12 · 30-01-2017 2:43pm

TCP/IP wrote: »

Cant wait for Atmos that will be amazing. HDR is such a disappointment at the minute even on 4K blu ray it's a bit of a mess

I think the quality of HDR varies from tv to tv. I have a Sony HDR TV. Everything is perfect on it except HDR. Netflix has a good selection of 4K & HDR. My Sony is stunning in HDR until there is a dark scene. The blacks look great until it passes a light. Could be a candle, campfire etc but the screen brightens so much its very distracting. Other brands don't have this problem

TCP/IP · 30-01-2017 5:26pm

Sleeper12 wrote: »

I think the quality of HDR varies from tv to tv. I have a Sony HDR TV. Everything is perfect on it except HDR. Netflix has a good selection of 4K & HDR. My Sony is stunning in HDR until there is a dark scene. The blacks look great until it passes a light. Could be a candle, campfire etc but the screen brightens so much its very distracting. Other brands don't have this problem

Yeah there is no positive measure for HDR and does seem to vary to from screen to screen alright.

I have a Panasonic DX-902 and even that vary greatly, alot of the issues stem from the production of the film.

Just got the new Oppo 4k player that will have Dolby Vision so will be interesting to compare that once we get content. Will need to change the TV as well though. Looks like one of the 2017 LG OLED screens could be next but want to see real world reviews first.

techdiver · 30-01-2017 7:46pm

I don't understand how the Sky Q box is not capable of HDR?

It supports HDMI 2.0a and 10-Bit Colour, so it should support it. I wonder is the author confusing the Sky Q Silver 2TB box with the non 4K version??

Sleeper12 · 30-01-2017 7:51pm

techdiver wrote:

I don't understand how the Sky Q box is not capable of HDR?

There isn't an agreed hdr format yet for live broadcasting. Sky don't want to waste the time and money writing software for one type of hdr only to have to change it for live broadcast. They will have it but it's not looking like the first half of the year so far

TCP/IP · 30-01-2017 8:59pm

It looks like HLG will be the standard for broadcast HDR. Below is a link to an interesting read on HLG.

https://www.avforums.com/article/what-is-hybrid-log-gamma-hlg.13065

galtee boy · 01-03-2017 8:57pm

From reading here about SkyQ, it seems all the problems relate to connectivity between the main box and the mini boxes. Is it safe to assume, that if you were happy with just the main box ( no multiroom), it would be problem free or as close to it as possible ? Anyone here got main box only ?

jeffk · 11-05-2017 10:08pm

Any got this and still having issues with mini losing connection?

Its driving me mad, trying taking the booster out of the equation

shmeee · 12-05-2017 6:21pm

jeffk wrote: »

Any got this and still having issues with mini losing connection?

Its driving me mad, trying taking the booster out of the equation

No problem since I changed the frequency of my eir router.

The mini hasn't dropped since.

Info below on what I done from advice on here.

techdiver wrote: »

Check to see what 5ghz channel your eir wifi is running on. If it's 36 change it to something above 52 if you can.

I don't have eir so I can't tell you where this can be changed on the router admin ui, but maybe someone else here can.

Donal55 · 12-05-2017 6:25pm

galtee boy wrote: »

From reading here about SkyQ, it seems all the problems relate to connectivity between the main box and the mini boxes. Is it safe to assume, that if you were happy with just the main box ( no multiroom), it would be problem free or as close to it as possible ? Anyone here got main box only ?

Ive got the main box only plus Eir broadband and still get the 'broadband connectivity issues' message.
This problem isn't confined to Ireland or Eir. Countless pages on google search highlighting this problem from all over the UK and Ireland.
The problem is Sky and Sky Q.

jeffk · 12-05-2017 6:28pm

I thought non sky router set up don't use 5Ghz?

techdiver · 12-05-2017 7:21pm

jeffk wrote: »

I thought non sky router set up don't use 5Ghz?

In that scenario the main q box connects via 2.4Ghz to the third party router, but the Sky Q operates its own 5ghz mesh network on channel 36. If any other router in its range operates on the same channel space it will cause issues with Sky Q.

Sky Q

Comments