Connecting Sky Box to TV

[kritter86]

Just had my lounge decorated and the sky satellite cable is in one corner of the room (where the TV once was). How can I connect this to my TV wirelessly? Is this possible? I have the old sky HD box, do I need this new sky Q? TV is Samsung f8000 from memory. The wife is adamant that she want's the cables to be hidden and really don't want to

Can you stream any of the sky boxes to a TV just by a WIFI connection?
Are there any other products in the market that can help with this?

I need to re-negotiate both broadband and TV services as well so this can factor in to any available options. TV package must have HD and broadband needs to be 20mb plus.

TIA people.

[hoppo4.2]

The simple answer is no. You need a HDMI connection.

[Fonzey]

You can get pretty inexpensive extension cables for the satellite hookup (dual coax) and run it round your room between the gripper bars and your skirting board normally.

I've done this and it's all pretty discreet.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

hoppo4.2 said:

The simple answer is no. You need a HDMI connection.

Not quite. So long as you connect the main Sky Q box up to the cable, there's no need to have a TV hooked up to it. You can run other TVs with Sky Q Miniboxes connected wirelessly to the main box.

[craig1912]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Not quite. So long as you connect the main Sky Q box up to the cable, there's no need to have a TV hooked up to it. You can run other TVs with Sky Q Miniboxes connected wirelessly to the main box.

You still need a HDMI cable between the TV and the Minibox

[gizlaroc]

craig1912 said:

You still need a HDMI cable between the TV and the Minibox

Of course, but his issue is the coax cables from the dish are in the wrong place. A Sky Q box hooked up to this and then a mini box hidden behind the TV would achieve what is needed.



OP, can you not run new cables in from outside to where the TV is now, far easier option.

[kritter86]

Discussion with the wife last night

Bringing up the carpet and laying underneath as suggested is a no. "the carpet will not feel the same" Not sure who walks on the edge of the carpet but never mind

Having just redecorated, don't think drilling holes will be met with much enthusiasm.

Why has led me to looking at Sky Q and a mini box. The Sky Q box can use the satellite cable and hide under the sofa while the mini box can sit on top of the PS4 and connect to the TV via HDMI. Winner.

Thanks for all the input.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

kritter86 said:

Why has led me to looking at Sky Q and a mini box. The Sky Q box can use the satellite cable and hide under the sofa while the mini box can sit on top of the PS4 and connect to the TV via HDMI. Winner.

Thanks for all the input.

That's what I was suggesting, although tucking the Sky Q box under a sofa may be an issue in terms of the wireless connection to the miniboxes. I was decorating my main room recently, and put a plastic sheet over the tv cabinet, Sky Q box et al, and it played havoc with the minibox reception around the house.

I guess you won't know until you try it.

[rscott]

Bear in mind you won't get the full benefit of Q doing that. You'll lose UHD, live preview and split screen support.

[kritter86]

Thanks Chaps, Lounge isn't massive so hoping we'll be ok.

UHD isn't a drama either, my TV is only HD so not sure there is much benefit in the cost etc. Another reason for a new TV though.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

It's annoying that UHD isn't available thru the miniboxes. I wasn't aware of that until I upgraded one of the TVs hooked up to the minibox to a 4K set!! D'oh!