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Anyone got Sky Glass?
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Anyone got Sky Glass?
As promised to SWMBO lounge is getting done up. Decorated, new flooring, old non working gas fire removed, new sofa and an electric fire/media wall being put in.
Have a 55 inch tv but getting space in the media wall to accept a 65 inch. We have an Orbitsound soundbar and original plan was to get a cut out for it on the media wall, this though leaves the problem of what to do with the speaker.
So thinking of 65 inch Sky Glass tv as no need for sky box and built in soundbar and 6 speakers. My current deal ends shortly and goes up £16 a month, can get a deal with Sky Glass whereas it only goes up circa £4 a month over the 18 month contract.
Question is, does anyone currently have Glass and is it a good tv and good system?
Have a 55 inch tv but getting space in the media wall to accept a 65 inch. We have an Orbitsound soundbar and original plan was to get a cut out for it on the media wall, this though leaves the problem of what to do with the speaker.
So thinking of 65 inch Sky Glass tv as no need for sky box and built in soundbar and 6 speakers. My current deal ends shortly and goes up £16 a month, can get a deal with Sky Glass whereas it only goes up circa £4 a month over the 18 month contract.
Question is, does anyone currently have Glass and is it a good tv and good system?
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Well.......................... SWMBO decided she wanted it. So away she went and got it.
Then it spent all its time buffering, so we had to upgrade to full fibre.
Now it works perfectly well.................... for me......................... it cannot understand a Scottish accent.
All I hear is "Hello Sky.................. HELLO SKY.......................... HELLO SKY.......................... HELLO FECKIN' SKY........................."
At which point I quietly walk in, say "Hello Sky" in a quiet and reasonable voice, tell it which programme the angry Scots woman wants to watch, and smugly leave the room.
Then it spent all its time buffering, so we had to upgrade to full fibre.
Now it works perfectly well.................... for me......................... it cannot understand a Scottish accent.
All I hear is "Hello Sky.................. HELLO SKY.......................... HELLO SKY.......................... HELLO FECKIN' SKY........................."
At which point I quietly walk in, say "Hello Sky" in a quiet and reasonable voice, tell it which programme the angry Scots woman wants to watch, and smugly leave the room.
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My BB speed is really good, so not worried about that.
How is it for picture ands sound quality?
How is it for picture ands sound quality?
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Pretty good tbh.
We don't have any fancy sound bars, but sometimes when there are dogs barking 'stage left' our two go hurtling off to look for them
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There is a soundbar built in, par of the attraction as we would not have to have an aperture for one in the media wall.
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Yes, I am no technophile so didn't really know if it was any good or not.Scubaregs wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 6:06 pmThere is a soundbar built in, par of the attraction as we would not have to have an aperture for one in the media wall.
I'll be honest, I hardly switch the thing on anyway. Far better ways to spend my time.
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Get your wife to write me a review then.
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Just one question which may sound stupid but, does the Sky Glass TV work if you no longer want the Sky contract and for instance get a better deal from Virgin Media?
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Probably find then it’s a glass half empty
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I imagine it would work as your Virgin box would be plugged into the tv as normal, but if I'm thinking of going ahead I'll be asking sky.
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Virgin meh. It’s crap, avoid. I know we are in Devon but really, it’s bloody useless, okay if you are hard wired but wireless is hopeless.
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Anyone got Sky Glass?
I nearly got Sky Glass, but the TV didn't then have Bluetooth audio, which was a deal breaker and an astonishing omission. I don't know if that has been sorted.
When my Sky Q developed a fault, i swapped it for Sky Stream. I assume that is the same software as Sky Glass. The picture quality is very good, but there are lots of annoying bugs in the software. I expect that they will eventually get fixed.
I have 80/20 broadband and achieve ~70Mb download. I checked before and during watching a UHD program and the speed just dropped by 5Mb.
If you want a combined unit then it may be a good solution, but there are MUCH better TVs out there.
When my Sky Q developed a fault, i swapped it for Sky Stream. I assume that is the same software as Sky Glass. The picture quality is very good, but there are lots of annoying bugs in the software. I expect that they will eventually get fixed.
I have 80/20 broadband and achieve ~70Mb download. I checked before and during watching a UHD program and the speed just dropped by 5Mb.
If you want a combined unit then it may be a good solution, but there are MUCH better TVs out there.
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My Brother in law had glass - dumped after two weeks, great if its only him at home, as soon as the kids arrive and started taking up bandwidth, it become crap and just buffered
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