Sky Glass

[BurnleyFC]

Good idea, poorly executed.

It was fairly mediocre specification wise two years ago. Even more so now.

[ClaretTony]

I had it as a consideration when I decided I was getting my new tv but there was nothing there to convince me that this was the right option

[wilks_bfc]

They tried to convince us to get it when we went with Sky Q last year.

I pointed out that we don’t have an arial to receive “normal” channels so if our WiFi went down, then we would have no TV to watch at all if we went with Sky Glass and didn’t have a box.

Their advise was to get an arial fitted

[Vincent'sCap]

Thanks guys.
Sky Glass NO
Any other option

[alboclaret]

2 and a bit years on from this orginal post has anyone any up to date reviews on it has it improved got worse or even become absolete I always said I'd try this after it had been around for a while and teething problems had been ironed out.

I've it.
Had it a year.
Generally pretty good for what tv we watch.

Very very occasionally it freezers if Internet missed a beat but not often at all.
I'm no tv or sound geek. I built mine into media wall and sounds great. Prob could do with turning base down a tad but never do.
Picture is good. Untill dog bangs it with her nose if she see a goal kick, and then it patches ever so slightly in theat area for a couple of seconds

[DCWat]

I've it.
Had it a year.
Generally pretty good for what tv we watch.

Very very occasionally it freezers if Internet missed a beat but not often at all.
I'm no tv or sound geek. I built mine into media wall and sounds great. Prob could do with turning base down a tad but never do.
Picture is good. Untill dog bangs it with her nose if she see a goal kick, and then it patches ever so slightly in theat area for a couple of seconds

How big is your dog if it’s banging a TV on a media wall, with its nose?

[Boss Hogg]

My Smart TV has a "NOW TV" App (amongst other Apps) and I can watch Sky on that with a full NOW TV subscription as well as using my BT-TV box

This. My dish has been redundant for years and I don’t need the latest tv.

[Sheedyclaret]

Sky glass lasted a week in our household before we sent it all back was absolutely dreadful

[Whitgord]

Apologies if I am hijacking the thread. Has anybody got sky stream? This sounds like all the good bits about streaming (ie 4k on more than one tv) but still able to use your own high spec tvs/sound systems.

[dougcollins]

Does the tv work from an aerial or from broadband? We have no TV signal so I'm reliant on a Sky dish.

I probably wouldn't like to think I was relying on my broadband signal, though I do use it for general streaming of Netflix etc.

(Sorry, I was meant to quote Boss Hogg there).

[wilks_bfc]

Does the tv work from an aerial or from broadband? We have no TV signal so I'm reliant on a Sky dish.

I probably wouldn't like to think I was relying on my broadband signal, though I do use it for general streaming of Netflix etc.

(Sorry, I was meant to quote Boss Hogg there).

It’s through your broadband, and your concerns are precisely why we went with SkyQ instead when we changed

(Sorry I thought you was talking about the Sky Glass TV)

[DCWat]

Does the tv work from an aerial or from broadband? We have no TV signal so I'm reliant on a Sky dish.

I probably wouldn't like to think I was relying on my broadband signal, though I do use it for general streaming of Netflix etc.

(Sorry, I was meant to quote Boss Hogg there).

That would be via internet.

You can, I think, connect SKY Glass to an antenna for terrestrial and Freeview.

[Mala591]

9A2E4F45-CCA5-49E7-811C-3B066CC2AF69.jpeg (156.92 KiB) Viewed 340 times

[SingaporeClarets]

I read they are bringing out an IPTV replacement for Freeview in the event by 2030 they need to start using the frequencies for the next generation of mobile phones , seems to be the way everything is going.

Isn't it going to be frustrating that there will be a 30 to 60 second delay between an event and it being shown "live" on your TV via IPTV ?

[ChrisG]

I have the streaming version as I live in an apartment with no dish. It's a decent enough picture, says only HD but looks more like 4k on my LG OLED.

Obviously if Internet goes down it's not working, and I can't record/rewind etc on the box thing.

It's cheap though.