Any thoughts on Sky Glass ?!?

[Zizu]

We have stuck with Sky HD and a HD telly but both are getting old .


Thinking of upgrading to Sky Q and a 4K telly soon but I keep being bombarded by ads for Sky Glass


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[arista]

Its Over Priced.

Need to find reviews not from Sky

[arista]

[But that's not the whole story, inevitably.
Because those payments cover only the cost
of the TV itself and not the Sky subscription.
You also need to subscribe to at least Sky Ultimate,
which will set you back £26 per month.
So that means the cheapest Sky Glass is
really £39 per month, rather than the £13 per month
headline figure.]


What Hifi

[arista]

[And we're not done yet.
While the TV supports HDR and Dolby Atmos,
you need to pay an extra £5 per month
to add them to your Sky subscription.
That these aren't part of the core Sky Glass
service seems ridiculous.]


What HiFi

[arista]

[And while Sky Ultimate includes Sky TV
channels such as Sky Atlantic and Sky Max,
it doesn't include Sports or Cinema, which will cost
you an extra £25 and £11 respectively,
should you want them. Sky Kids is £5 extra as well.]


What HiFi

[arista]

[In short, while the £13 per month will draw plenty of people in, that's nothing like what someone will actually pay for it. As tested (we've got the 55-inch 'M' TV with the full Sky package), Sky Glass actually costs £10 up front and £89 per month
(before adding extra streaming services), assuming a
48-month contract on the TV.]

What Hi Fi

[arista]

https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/sky-glass

[You may well be wondering what happens
if you've got the Sky Glass TV but
decide to cancel the Sky TV service,
which is something you can do.
Somewhat surprisingly, the TV does have
an aerial socket and can receive Freeview channels,
and those will be available, along
with any separate streaming services
you've subscribed to and any external sources
that are connected to the HDMI sockets,
if you cancel your Sky subscription.]

[arista]

[We can confirm, though, that
the TV has a 60Hz refresh rate,
so it won't handle 4K@120Hz gaming,
even though the three HDMI ports are
apparently HDMI 2.1-certified.
What's more, all of the other next-gen gaming
features of note – VRR (Variable Refresh Rate),
ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode) and
HGiG – are also missing.
In fact, the Sky Glass TV doesn't even have a
dedicated, lag-reducing game mode,
which is something every other TV we've tested
over the last few years has had.
Even so, while input lag certainly isn't super-low,
it's not terribly high either, and the casual gamer
should notice no lack of responsiveness.
Hardcore gamers, on the other hand,
likely stopped reading at the start of this paragraph.]


What Hifi

[Zizu]

[We can confirm, though, that
the TV has a 60Hz refresh rate,
so it won't handle 4K@120Hz gaming,
even though the three HDMI ports are
apparently HDMI 2.1-certified.
What's more, all of the other next-gen gaming
features of note – VRR (Variable Refresh Rate),
ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode) and
HGiG – are also missing.
In fact, the Sky Glass TV doesn't even have a
dedicated, lag-reducing game mode,
which is something every other TV we've tested
over the last few years has had.
Even so, while input lag certainly isn't super-low,
it's not terribly high either, and the casual gamer
should notice no lack of responsiveness.
Hardcore gamers, on the other hand,
likely stopped reading at the start of this paragraph.]


What Hifi

Thank you so much Arista !!


I thinking we’re better going with Plan A

Sky Q with a 4K telly


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[arista]

Yes What HiFi
I respect their words

[arista]

[Missing, however, is support for
headphones – there's no physical headphone socket
or support for Bluetooth headphones –which seems
a very odd oversight.]

That would piss me off

[arista]

[One area in which Sky Glass does struggle,
though, is motion handling.
There are no overt motion processing options to adjust,
and everything we watch, from on-demand streams
to live TV and even Blu-rays,
exhibits at least occasional smeariness,
most often seen in faces as characters
turn their heads.
This is a classic trait of cheap LCD TVs,
but one that many brands have now engineered out.
Sky Glass is mercifully free from the dreaded
soap opera effect that aggressive motion processing
can add, but it goes a little too far the other way.]


What Hifi

[bots]

Thank you so much Arista !!


I thinking we’re better going with Plan A

Sky Q with a 4K telly


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Sky glass means you can't upgrade the receiver at a later date. I have Sky Q and a 4K TV and am perfectly happy with it

[Zizu]

Sky glass means you can't upgrade the receiver at a later date. I have Sky Q and a 4K TV and am perfectly happy with it


Thanks

That’s what I wanted to hear !


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[Swan]

I think it's another Sky fad like 3D

[Zizu]

I think it's another Sky fad like 3D


Or those curved screens !!!


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