Sky Glass v Sk Q

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Jimmy_Salmon

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Has anyone made the switch from Q to Glass and can give any positives or negatives?
I’m potentially looking to make the switch from Virgin due to the usual ridiculous hike in subscription cost and wondering which is the lesser of two evils. I wouldn’t be looking to get the Glass TV, just the pucks for use with my existing setups. Cheers.
 
Jimmy_Salmon said:
Has anyone made the switch from Q to Glass and can give any positives or negatives?
I’m potentially looking to make the switch from Virgin due to the usual ridiculous hike in subscription cost and wondering which is the lesser of two evils. I wouldn’t be looking to get the Glass TV, just the pucks for use with my existing setups. Cheers.
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Not actually sure you can just get the pucks on their own?

I’d have thought Q is cheaper if that’s all you want to do.
 
I've made the switch from Q to Glass albeit I bought the TV as well as the pucks. The biggest difference really is that you can't record programmes on Glass and add them to a playlist instead as everything is done via streaming. This is fine if it's a Sky Channel but if it's one of the terrestrial channels then you end up having to watch it in the iPlayer / ITV Hub / All 4 and you end up losing picture quality etc.

Apart from that I have no real qualms about Glass now I've gotten used to the playlist. Everything else isn't a massive evolution on Q imho.
 
Wistow_Red said:
I've made the switch from Q to Glass albeit I bought the TV as well as the pucks. The biggest difference really is that you can't record programmes on Glass and add them to a playlist instead as everything is done via streaming. This is fine if it's a Sky Channel but if it's one of the terrestrial channels then you end up having to watch it in the iPlayer / ITV Hub / All 4 and you end up losing picture quality etc.

Apart from that I have no real qualms about Glass now I've gotten used to the playlist. Everything else isn't a massive evolution on Q imho.
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You also need to pay a monthly fee to be able to skip ads on the stuff you "record"/save which is a bit underhand. Believe first 18 months is free then it's £5/month otherwise you can't fast forward them, they're still there but you can skip them if you pay. Quite clever as by then people will be used to skipping them so will want to pay
 
Wistow_Red said:
I've made the switch from Q to Glass albeit I bought the TV as well as the pucks. The biggest difference really is that you can't record programmes on Glass and add them to a playlist instead as everything is done via streaming. This is fine if it's a Sky Channel but if it's one of the terrestrial channels then you end up having to watch it in the iPlayer / ITV Hub / All 4 and you end up losing picture quality etc.

Apart from that I have no real qualms about Glass now I've gotten used to the playlist. Everything else isn't a massive evolution on Q imho.
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That sounds a bit rubbish, I was considering glass but think I'll not bother if there is no option to watch 'live' TV.
 
Colgates_shaving_foam said:
That sounds a bit rubbish, I was considering glass but think I'll not bother if there is no option to watch 'live' TV.
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That's it. If you're watching whilst it's scheduled then it's great, and it will let you restart programmes etc. if you join it part way though. It's just if you want to watch it at a later date then you're pushed into the app, whereas with Q you can record it to your hard drive and watch it in the same quality as if it was 'live'.

However, where the Glass TV has been great is that we have wall mounted it and we don't have to have wires trailing to the Sky Box or hidden in the wall. It's up and that's it.
 
Wistow_Red said:
However, where the Glass TV has been great is that we have wall mounted it and we don't have to have wires trailing to the Sky Box or hidden in the wall. It's up and that's it.
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Tbf though that's easily managed through various ways depending on the type of walls you have. (Dot dab can pull them through, solid walls channel a route or run externally). That approach basically limits you to staying with sky glass tv to keep that benefit too.

if going to the trouble of putting sockets behind the tv for wall mounting to avoid those cables, and installing a mount anyway, might as well go the whole route and channel a conduit in for hdmi, speaker cables, Ethernet etc. fairly easy diy job or not that expensive for handyman to do
 
ThatFragranceGuy said:
Tbf though that's easily managed through various ways depending on the type of walls you have. (Dot dab can pull them through, solid walls channel a route or run externally). That approach basically limits you to staying with sky glass tv to keep that benefit too.

if going to the trouble of putting sockets behind the tv for wall mounting to avoid those cables, and installing a mount anyway, might as well go the whole route and channel a conduit in for hdmi, speaker cables, Ethernet etc. fairly easy diy job or not that expensive for handyman to do
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Here's a man who knows what he's talking about, whereas I'm useless with all this sort of thing. I didn't go with Glass with that purpose in mind, it's just proved handy when we came to do it.

I'll be back on to you when I do decide to move on from Glass
 
Colgates_shaving_foam said:
Does the telly still work if your Internet goes down?
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If you have a normal aerial plugged in, you can still watch terrestrial TV.
Sky Q would be better if the internet goes down but I would think that is pretty rare? (it hasn't happened since I got Glass anyway)

It turned out a lot of the things I didn't like about Sky Glass when I first got it were just me adapting and getting used to it.

Choosing a playlist from the cloud or via the apps is very easy and I haven't noticed the poor quality. Though I probably wouldn't because I'm not that bothered about it.

In my experience, Sky Glass is faster and more reliable than Sky Q was. My Sky Q often crashed and needed turning off and on.
 
I have had Sky Q for just over 3.5 years and it has been reliable - its a nice bit of kit. At the time I renewed my Sky contract for £19/month at the time (basic package) and paid £20 for a Sky engineer to set it up and the Q Box was free. Not sure how much Sky Glass is.

We don't want a massive screen on the wall so use a stand for the TV. Picture quality is fine for us, but I have seen more 3D type effect pictures on other people's TV. The fairly ordinary TV connects to the internet. If the internet goes down you still have full Sky. Although the dish signal is affected by monsoon rain.

I used to get BT Sport through the Q box and Sky Sports package, but BT Sport kept uping their prices so we dropped it.

I get see an advantage for Sky glass if you don't want a dish or can't have a dish - say some flats.

I do watch the odd film on DVD (typical European Independent Cinema stuff) not sure how that would work with Sky Glass - I maybe would have to subscribe to BFI to get good qulaity independent cinema.
 
Redwurzel said:
I have had Sky Q for just over 3.5 years and it has been reliable - its a nice bit of kit. At the time I renewed my Sky contract for £19/month at the time (basic package) and paid £20 for a Sky engineer to set it up and the Q Box was free. Not sure how much Sky Glass is.

We don't want a massive screen on the wall so use a stand for the TV. Picture quality is fine for us, but I have seen more 3D type effect pictures on other people's TV. The fairly ordinary TV connects to the internet. If the internet goes down you still have full Sky. Although the dish signal is affected by monsoon rain.

I used to get BT Sport through the Q box and Sky Sports package, but BT Sport kept uping their prices so we dropped it.

I get see an advantage for Sky glass if you don't want a dish or can't have a dish - say some flats.

I do watch the odd film on DVD (typical European Independent Cinema stuff) not sure how that would work with Sky Glass - I maybe would have to subscribe to BFI to get good qulaity independent cinema.
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I pay less for Sky Glass (including a 65" TV) with 2 x pucks (Netflix is included in price) than I did for Sky Q with 2 x Mini Q boxes plus Netflix.
 
I have Q and daughter has just got Glass. The picture on the Glass isn’t as good as my 1 year old Sony TV and the Q box.

Glass is a faff to connect to an AV amp as it only has HDMI Arc output which lots of older amps don’t cater for.
 
I don't know why people drop out of Virgin for the rises. I get an e mail every 18 month saying its going up when this contract finishes.
I renewed 2 weeks ago after going through the usual rigmarole of saying I'm leaving and them ringing me back. I got the new 360 volt account which give the fastest bb sky sports , sky movies, unlimited home phone and a free 2 screen netflix account. It's the least I have paid monthly for over 10 years. Just be polite say you realise its not their fault but you are struggling with your bills. They are very helpful as they don't want ro lose customers.
 
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