Sky Glass

[towny44]

I am thinking of switching to Sky Glass, has anyone out there already changed, if so can you advise any major pros or cons.

[screwy]

Only downside I can see is that everything is through Broadband.?
Ok as long as broadband doesn’t go down. Perhaps David will know better.
I am but a simple man.

[david63]

Perhaps David will know better.

Sorry can't help on this as I have no idea what Sky Glass is

[Mervyn and Trish]

Does it tie you to Sky? If so wouldn't an ordinary Smart TV give more flexibility?

[towny44]

It does tie you to Sky, but we are now so used to the TV programmes that Sky offer, having been a Sky subscriber for nearly 30 years, that I cannot envisage the likelihood of wanting to leave Sky.
However having done a little further research, I am somewhat concerned that a change from downloading the TV series' we want to watch to our Sky Q box, to a streaming platform where you transfer them to a 'watch list' which you later access when you want to watch it.
I guess you would get used to it in time, but the significant difference in the presentation and recovery of the watch list items does seem to be a major concern to many people who have tried Sky Glass, and then cancelled it during the 4 week trial period.
However the offer is very tempting, the monthly cost would be exactly the same as we currently pay, if we take the 43" TV, and that includes approx £13.50pm interest free 4 yr repayment cost of the TV, and that would cease after 4 yrs, and the TV subscription cost is intended to remain unchanged, although not the broadband cost.
At the moment the jury is still out, although I am currently quite a bit doubtful.

[Stephen]

You’ve lost me John, I’ll stick to freeview.

[Manoverboard]

Weve had SKY for about 20 years and are very happy to stick with our present system. I don't think that I need a Q Box but a Broadband based system doesn't appeal to me at all even though we have Fibre Optic.

[Kendhni]

I have read several reliability concerns with Sky Glass equipment.

[towny44]

I have seen those as well Ken, it seems as though they are doing reliability testing after launch, instead of before.
Much as the price is tempting because I get a 4k ready TV for free, I don't think I will be changing just yet, and of course the TV will only work with Sky streaming.

[Mervyn and Trish]

We've never had Sky but my daughter had one of their too good to be true deals on Sky Q. But of course it was one of those with a price hike after an initial period in the small print that rely on customer inertia not to cancel.

[towny44]

We've never had Sky but my daughter had one of their too good to be true deals on Sky Q. But of course it was one of those with a price hike after an initial period in the small print that rely on customer inertia not to cancel.

Sky do offer regular deals on all the categories for which they charge, and I have generally been able to reduce the cost in some way. However I agree it is a costly way to view your TV, although if you are sports mad, as we are, then it is a cost we are prepared to pay.

[Mervyn and Trish]

We've never had Sky but my daughter had one of their too good to be true deals on Sky Q. But of course it was one of those with a price hike after an initial period in the small print that rely on customer inertia not to cancel.

Sky do offer regular deals on all the categories for which they charge, and I have generally been able to reduce the cost in some way. However I agree it is a costly way to view your TV, although if you are sports mad, as we are, then it is a cost we are prepared to pay.

Yes I fully understand it for sports fans for stuff that simply doesn't exist elsewhere. We're not sports fans so it's a bonus for us when it's not on Freeview channels and not worth subscribing.