Gruesome Dump 4:30 Tue Mar 14
Sky Glass??
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*waves*
I’m on the old sky package, pre-Sky Q, not much recording space, only two recordings at a time etc…have been told I can’t have Q due to health & safety/where my dish is (long story).
So…is this Sky Glass thing worth it? No dish required and all the benefits of Q at what doesn’t seem a lot more than I’m currently paying. Not sure how big it is, my screen is 50in-ish.
Oh and I did wipe my knob on the old box but it didn’t help.
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mallard
9:30 Thu Mar 16
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No, unfortunately you would need to pay two subscriptions
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Justin P
9:28 Thu Mar 16
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Question,
If you have a dish and pay a SKY subscription in one house, can you buy a glass tv and watch the same account in another house? without a dish?
Not that I have two houses btw lol
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MaryMillingtonsGhost
9:17 Wed Mar 15
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Evetything I've read with regard to Glass/Stream suggests it's dogshit.
Could the dish not be fixed to a pole (Not H&P)?
https://www.toolstation.com/tv-aerial-satellite-dish-pole/p76397?utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&mkwid=_dc&pcrid=&pkw=&pmt=&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2cWgBhDYARIsALggUhotsUUZ-KzUsC_xzlFRRYZjQXR3lwTxbhTjR52XMH8bEwcItP9DFOgaAgjHEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
No access to the roof required.
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mallard
8:56 Wed Mar 15
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There’s very little chance an engineer would risk their job for a ‘drink’ these days.
H&S is huge at Sky and many staff have been dismissed for not following procedures.
How high is the flat roof from ground level ?
How far is the dish from the edge of the flat roof?
What is the dish attached to?
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Northern Sold
6:40 Wed Mar 15
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Gruesome Dump 4:45 Wed Mar 15
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Cheers for the replies. I did have Q on order but the engineer bowled up and said new health and safety rules meant he wasn’t allowed on a flat roof. Absolute shambles to be honest, it’s a piece of piss to put a ladder up and get on there
Sounds like a right jobs worth Grumps son... next time you see a SKY van have a word with the engineer and see if they will do it on the side for a `drink'.... normally they are very open in doing odd jobs not booked in.
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mallard
5:23 Wed Mar 15
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As On The Ball said, Sky have a Special Access Team that can probably access the dish, the previous engineer should have escalated this to them on site.
I know it’s a pain, but probably worth calling up again to discuss this.
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Far Cough
4:50 Wed Mar 15
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I bet the engineer was Skerrit?
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On The Ball
4:49 Wed Mar 15
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They have specific engineers for heights, call them and see if they have them for flat roofers.
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Gruesome Dump
4:45 Wed Mar 15
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Cheers for the replies. I did have Q on order but the engineer bowled up and said new health and safety rules meant he wasn’t allowed on a flat roof. Absolute shambles to be honest, it’s a piece of piss to put a ladder up and get on there.
Back to square one. Bollocks and fuck.
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Northern Sold
2:23 Wed Mar 15
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Niblets 11:56 Wed Mar 15
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Northern Sold 10:44 Wed Mar 15
He literally said they can't install Q.
Well perhaps he should fucking move then !!!
ted... or even maybe £40-00 if you have been a LOYAL customer....
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Pickle Rick
2:19 Wed Mar 15
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GD,
Do you have a 10 foot barge pole? if so use that to not touch it. The fact Sky are practically giving them away tells you its shite. It has no live TV so you are practically your own programme scheduler, so no ability to record. you can't even use Freeview through it, Sky only allow it if they have a problem and cannot stream anything to your screen. If you choose to leave Sky I do not think you'd be able to connect a Virgin or BT TV box to it and use it like a TV.
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Eerie Descent
12:01 Wed Mar 15
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Don't let that get in the way of him shoehorning his MATES into a post, Niblets son.
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Niblets
11:56 Wed Mar 15
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Northern Sold 10:44 Wed Mar 15
He literally said they can't install Q.
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ted fenton
11:48 Wed Mar 15
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Niblets 7:56 Tue Mar 14
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Better off getting one of those dodgy sticks that give you all the channels for £80 a year.
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Northern Sold
10:44 Wed Mar 15
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Dump… just give them a ring and say that you are threatening to leave… you’ll get a discount on what you are currently paying and they will upgrade you with a brand new Q box FoC… done it with myself and load of others I know… including some of my MATES…
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Don Ravioli
2:51 Wed Mar 15
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Got it when it first came out. Had it on for an hour and packed it back up and sent it back.
Absolute shit.
Picture quality is nowhere near as good as my tv which was a top of the range one 6 years ago plus you get a bit of motion blur with it.
Good idea done on the cheap.
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Joe C
1:00 Wed Mar 15
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The picture quality in UHD on Sky Stream is better than Sky Q, but, as Niblets says, the delay versus live can be ridiculous - up to 2 minutes.
Will stick with Q as I like to be able to record stuff still, but fully appreciate I’m an old dinosaur and will have to adapt when that option goes away.
Also, nod to Eerie for that gag
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Eerie Descent
11:57 Tue Mar 14
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The Sky Glass offer is shit, surely you can see through it?
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El Scorchio
11:53 Tue Mar 14
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Jim79 5:56
Cheers!
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mallard
8:23 Tue Mar 14
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Forget that last question - they would have offered an alternative if possible.
I would recommend getting Sky Stream as it is only a rolling 30 day contract and you can keep your existing TV
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mallard
8:10 Tue Mar 14
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You can’t record on Sky Glass it streams directly like Netflix/Amazon etc…
Is there anywhere your dish can be moved to? Or are you on a Communal system? (Shared dish)
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