Switching to Sky Q

[FWIW]

AndStilliRise said:

what kind of things do you do with your kids and so many TVs?

Sat schedule:
09:30 Son 1A Football
10:00 Son 1B Tution
10:15 Morning run
11:00 Pickup Son 1A
11:30 Pickup Son 1B
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Son 1A Tution
13:00 Son 1B Swimming
13:10 Gym session
...
I have two boys and manage ok.

That sounds dull as fk. How do you find time to practice being so sanctimonious?

[legzr1]

FWIW said:

That sounds dull as fk. How do you find time to practice being so sanctimonious?

Lol.

To be fair, it has helped with the topic asking about Sky multi-room...

[AndStilliRise]

FWIW said:

AndStilliRise said:

what kind of things do you do with your kids and so many TVs?

Sat schedule:
09:30 Son 1A Football
10:00 Son 1B Tution
10:15 Morning run
11:00 Pickup Son 1A
11:30 Pickup Son 1B
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Son 1A Tution
13:00 Son 1B Swimming
13:10 Gym session
...
I have two boys and manage ok.

That sounds dull as fk. How do you find time to practice being so sanctimonious?

TBH comes naturally.

[13 DJP]

I currently have the same problem and have a silly offer from Sky, so looking to try and do it if we can.

I`m happy to buy an extra sky mini box (apparently up to 4 is now available), however one feed is for a bathroom tv (I know, I know!). So unsure of best way forward with this as only viable place to put it is in the airing cupboard behind and presume this would be too hot to keep the box in??

I could put it in the loft and drop the feed, but how would I control it as I believe the mini box remotes are all IR not BT?

[chasingracecars]

13 DJP said:

I could put it in the loft and drop the feed, but how would I control it as I believe the mini box remotes are all IR not BT?

I was able to use the BT remote with the sky mini box. Just cancelled my subscription as not worth the channels for the money. Nothing good to watch most nights.

[anonymous-user]

AndStilliRise said:

Welshbeef said:

VEX said:

And are only 1080p, meaning they can't show anything you've recorded or downloaded in 4k

Currently.
An update is coming to increase it from the 2mini boxes.

Re 4K our main TV isn't yet 4K and we will rotate the older TVs so no issue st all re mini box tv rooms not being 4k

Do people really have 4 TVs? At the moment we have two, neither one connected to an ariel/sky/virgin and one of them has a crack.

You guys need to join a gym or start running/cycling.

SkyQ with 4 mini boxes will keep you fitter than going to the gym. Up & downstairs to re-pair etc on a tediously regular basis. It’s tried to be too clever & falls down on the basics.
Just cancelled the POS at the earliest opportunity.
My days as a SkyQ beta tester are almost over
A £15 NowTv box is more stable...

[pincher]

Jimboka said:

SkyQ with 4 mini boxes will keep you fitter than going to the gym. Up & downstairs to re-pair etc on a tediously regular basis. It’s tried to be too clever & falls down on the basics.
Just cancelled the POS at the earliest opportunity.
My days as a SkyQ beta tester are almost over
A £15 NowTv box is more stable...

I had a Q box and two minii boxes installed just over a week ago - not had any cause to reboot anything so far.....

Are you on Sky Broadband as well? That might make a differrence?

[Welshbeef]

3 weeks in and really enjoying SkyQ.

No issues so far whatso ever.

[wiggy001]

I hope the OP doesn't mind but a quick question if I may.

I currently have Sky+HD on a legacy package which means I get the F1 channel in HD. When our loft conversion is finished in a few weeks I will want to have:

- TV in lounge for general use
- TV in my "office" for less regular use (eg watching the F1 in peace!)
- TV in master bedroom for that rare saturday morning lie in.

I believe with a 2TB box and multiscreen I can watch on 2 tablets... what constitutes a "tablet" and what service do you get on it (live tv? downloaded content?). Could this "tablet" be a laptop linked to the TV for example (which I can do today with the sky app)?

Just working out if I really need 2 mini boxes.

Also, has anyone managed to get F1HD without paying out for Sky Sports when switching? I'm out of contract, having been with them on a £31 contract for 9 years now and having never got a discount before if that matters.

Any thoughts?

[NickCW]

wiggy001 said:

I hope the OP doesn't mind but a quick question if I may.

I currently have Sky+HD on a legacy package which means I get the F1 channel in HD. When our loft conversion is finished in a few weeks I will want to have:

- TV in lounge for general use
- TV in my "office" for less regular use (eg watching the F1 in peace!)
- TV in master bedroom for that rare saturday morning lie in.

I believe with a 2TB box and multiscreen I can watch on 2 tablets... what constitutes a "tablet" and what service do you get on it (live tv? downloaded content?). Could this "tablet" be a laptop linked to the TV for example (which I can do today with the sky app)?

Just working out if I really need 2 mini boxes.

Also, has anyone managed to get F1HD without paying out for Sky Sports when switching? I'm out of contract, having been with them on a £31 contract for 9 years now and having never got a discount before if that matters.

Any thoughts?

Google legacy F1 pack and Sky Q and you should find plenty of information, from what I have read if you switch to Q and pay full wack for the box you can keep your old package including Legacy F1.
If you change anything though you lose it.

Can't help on the multiroom though...

[Smitters]

wiggy001 said:

Also, has anyone managed to get F1HD without paying out for Sky Sports when switching? I'm out of contract, having been with them on a £31 contract for 9 years now and having never got a discount before if that matters.

Any thoughts?

When I switched to Q last year, it was on the proviso that I keep my legacy F1 package - I basically said, if we can't do that, I'm out. They did it.

That said, I've just binned Sky full stop. Q was ridiculously bug-ridden, rolled out too fast, illogical and provided very limited improvements over the existing HD set-up. In fact, the only reason I went for it was that the mini-box acts as a wifi extended and for some reason the Sky router is useless in my 70's house. Hardly four foot 300 year old stone walls, but it really struggles. The mini box continually disconnected, causing much frustration and to be honest, then only thing I miss from the whole palaver is the wifi extension!