Switching to Sky Q

[martt]

I'm considering switching from my Sky HD box to Sky Q to benefit mainly from UHD when watching sports along with the other Sky Q benefits...

I currently have a Sky box in my main room with an aerial out feeding a loft box (in the loft) which in turn feeds 5 TVs around the house - all TVs have a magic eye and i've several remotes to operate them.

As Sky Q doesn't have the aerial out option, is there something i can do to get the signal out of the Q box via the basic aerial so i can continue to get the signal sent around the house using the existing wiring - i'm not massively fussed if the quality is reduced and i appreciate i'll have to buy some new remotes...?

Help - am due to upgrade in the next few days! (or perhaps not)

thanks

[martt]

OldGermanHeaps said:

Hdmi splitter, uhd>1080p downconverter, 1080p dvb t modulator, global tvlink plus to take care of the ir repeating from the magic eyes. You can forego the downconverter but then the modulator would force the main tv down to 1080

So it can be done - i'm going to have to google all of those items though!!

[martt]

OldGermanHeaps said:

Hdmi splitter, uhd>1080p downconverter, 1080p dvb t modulator, global tvlink plus to take care of the ir repeating from the magic eyes. You can forego the downconverter but then the modulator would force the main tv down to 1080

Just googled some of that kit and it all looks very expensive - is this the best, cheapest, way of sending the signal to the loft box with my existing wiring?

[martt]

OldGermanHeaps said:

Well really you need to decide if you want best or cheapest for a start. That solution is neither, its in the middle.

The cheapest - am really not too concerned with the picture quality on the other tvs and given the hassle and complications I'm leaning towards a deal to renew my contract with my existing box. I've also read that once you swap to sky q it's difficult to go back as they have to do something with the wiring too

[martt]

OldGermanHeaps said:

Cheapest - keep what you have
Best mini boxes at every tv
Cheap, analogue modulator, hdmi-composite converter
Absolute best- cat 6 cables and blustream multicast uhd system.

Just to clarify, when i said 'best cheapest' i meant the best way of doing this for little additional cost which would maintain an analogue output to other TVs via the loftbox - i didn't mean i was after the best which was also the cheapest! Apologies, i wasn't clear

Re a cheap analogue modulator, would this still allow a 4k feed into the main tv or, as i understood from your post earlier, would this send a poorer signal to all tvs?

Sounds like a major hassle to get not that much better a service - i find HD quality is very good when watching the footy and there's not much other 4k tv to watch