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matty g

231 posts

198 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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DoctorX said:
Doesn't bother me at all, my old boxes gather dust in the loft as they have little value. I'd be surprised if sky sent someone rounded to collect the Q boxes if you cancel outside of the contract period. I like that repairs are included with these.
I used to do that for a living for Telewest. So they may.....Although I'd wager that unit build costs are nowhere near what they used to be

MissChief

7,110 posts

168 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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If you don't return them then they can charge you for them. If you'd been paying attention during the sale you'd know this. Unless you ordered online of course.

rscott

14,758 posts

191 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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MissChief said:
If you don't return them then they can charge you for them. If you'd been paying attention during the sale you'd know this. Unless you ordered online of course.
And even after they've charged you the non return fee, the boxes remain their property, so they'll probably continue to chase for them. Not that there's much point having a Q box without an active subscription anyway...

E36GUY

5,906 posts

218 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Patch1875 said:
I'm on the Legacy package.

Going to try again later today with the dept that deals with the Q as I was doing it through home movers hopefully get someone who can sort it out.
We had our Q switched on a few weeks ago. I got the exact same package as before which was everything apart from Sky Sports and I still have the F1 channel.

Gio G

2,946 posts

209 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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_dobbo_ said:
Im running optical into my DTS amp and I don't experience any issues with my centre speaker, so presumably it only impacts HDMI?
Thanks dobbo - I used an optical lead from the box into the amp and seems to have cleared the issue up!!

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Defcon5

6,183 posts

191 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Forgive the simple question, but is everything that comes through a Sky Q box 1080?

mackie1

8,153 posts

233 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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HD transmissions are 1080i, the new boxes can output 1080p but all they're doing is deinterlacing prior to sending it to your TV, rather than having the TV do it. 4K is coming soon.

Defcon5

6,183 posts

191 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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What I mean is, is every channel a HD channel or are there still loads of SD ones?

Chris Stott

13,365 posts

197 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Defcon5 said:
What I mean is, is every channel a HD channel or are there still loads of SD ones?
The channels remain as before - a mix of SD and HD.

Defcon5

6,183 posts

191 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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No what I was wanting to hear! So when some channels are 4K, there will be 3 different resolutions on the go at one e

Patch1875

4,894 posts

132 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Wish they would bunch all the HD ones at the top So that beeb2 is on 102 etc.

chasingracecars

1,696 posts

97 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Patch1875 said:
Wish they would bunch all the HD ones at the top So that beeb2 is on 102 etc.
It is in Wales!

DoctorX

7,288 posts

167 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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chasingracecars said:
Patch1875 said:
Wish they would bunch all the HD ones at the top So that beeb2 is on 102 etc.
It is in Wales!
And England!

Digitalize

2,850 posts

135 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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It's due to regional programming. BBC2 HD is 102, but BB1 HD is 115. The majority of channels have moved the HD channel to the main number.

Patch1875

4,894 posts

132 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Weird I'm in Scotland only bbc1hd(101) and Chan 5hd (105) are up top.

MissChief

7,110 posts

168 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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Digitalize said:
It's due to regional programming. BBC2 HD is 102, but BB1 HD is 115. The majority of channels have moved the HD channel to the main number.
This is down to the BBC themselves, not Sky though. There are still only a limited number of BBC HD Regional broadcasts and the BBC would prefer to keep the local news in the right slots on 101. In Scotland, Wales and NI BBC1HD is on 101. but then those BBC stations get royally short changed by geographical area and in some cases population count compared to local English stations.

megaphone

10,724 posts

251 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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Note only the Silver box will be able to output 4k, the others are 1080p only, and that's if Sky actually broadcast a proper 4k signal.

Edited by megaphone on Wednesday 4th May 07:50

richatnort

3,026 posts

131 months

Friday 6th May 2016
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Just to give a heads up i still have two codes for cheap Sky Q so PM if interested.

mackie1

8,153 posts

233 months

Friday 6th May 2016
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On that subject, I was very pleased to be offered £99 off installation when I called. Nice that they finally realised that looking after existing customers is a thing.

CSK423

763 posts

207 months

Saturday 7th May 2016
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I currently have full package (except movies) 2nd sky box, broadband unlimited, line rental and anytime calls.

I'm around £104 a month.

To upgrade to Sky Q I'm being offered silver box and mini box (plus router) for £106 a month and a one off fee of £149.

I'm struggling to justify the move across.

I have a galaxy tab that I sometimes use for sky go and my wee one uses the sky kids app, apart from that I don't think I would see any benefit for the extra cost.

When the 4k goes live I'll maybe reconsider but then I assume that'll come with an extra fee ?

Unless I'm missing some added benefit ???