Here's A Giant Leap For Mankind......

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/sky-glass-new-4k-ultrahd-smart-tv-set-to-replace-satellite-dishes-and-boxes-12427480
Can't wait, what a brilliant advancement.

[gingejbee]

It's OK if you want to be tied to Sky...I've never been with Sky and never want to be.

[TheChair]

Yep. Sky invent the smart TV. Why did no-one else think of that?

[ToraToraTora]

you're not tied any more that you would be with the old system. You can switch once the initial contract runs out. I'm just impressed with the de cluttering integrated approach. I'll probably get cityfibre installed at the same time.

[ToraToraTora]

"Yep. Sky invent the smart TV. Why did no-one else think of that?" - it's not about that, think it though.

[gingejbee]

Yes, think it through.
You know that TTT is the only one to do that.

[mushroom25]

Choose life.
Choose a job.
Choose a career.
Choose a family,
Choose a f........

[Hymie]

If you are receiving your Sky signal from a dish, you will still need a dish to receive the satellite signal.

I suspect Sky want to move away from beaming the signal from a geostationary satellite – they are expensive to build and launch. I believe Sky has a redundant spare satellite up in space (just in case the first fails).
They are not going to want to go to the expense of building a launching another pair of satellites if they can avoid it.

[ToraToraTora]

hymie: "If you are receiving your Sky signal from a dish, you will still need a dish to receive the satellite signal. " - err no, read the link.

[youngmafbog]

I must admit I'm struggling to see what this is really offering.

Also at £1049 for a 65" apparently with a soundbar what it will really be like. My Android Sony was thick end of 3K and the Soundbar over £1K, will this perform like that does? And just what extra will it give me (given I dont watch live TV as I wont pay the TV Tax to fund the lefties at the BBC)

[youngmafbog]

Hymie, it would appear sky are now streaming their content. So doing what Virgin did for years.

[ToraToraTora]

it's basically integrating a smart TV with a sky box and proper sound box. It's unclear from the article but it says there is a monthly charge depending on the size. Not sure if you have to actually buy the TV.

[youngmafbog]

"Proper soundbox"

Integrated sound has never worked, especially if including the subwoofer.

It does look like you can buy it £1049. So pretty cheap. Not much gain if you dont use sky though is it?

[ToraToraTora]

of course not, if you don't use sky then fair enough.

[Hymie]

The article is misleading – the satellite signal is too weak for a built-in tuner to work. To get Sky without a dish you need a cable connection and their streaming service.

[Gromit]

Sky UIs have always been crap.
This sounds like a very poor deal.
Most Smart TVs have a built in app store to run Amazon, Netflix, AppleTV and Disney. No one has multiple boxes anymore. Virgin offers a cable service that means you do not need a disk.
SKY Glass fixes a problem that no longer exists. Definitely not for me.

[Gromit]

* Do not need a Dish (not disk).

[bednobs]

meanwhile, some of us are still waiting for a universal blooming phone charger that seems to have been in the pipeline for years!

[Gromit]

SKYQ is still missing some streaming services.
Top shows like the 8 Emmy winning Ted Lasso cannot be streamed because they haven’t done a deal. My Amazon Firestick has the AppleTV+ app, but SKYQ doesn’t.

[gingejbee]

TTT rejected my idea that this TV ties you to Sky. If he cares to do a bit of delving, he will find that "Sky Glass requires a Sky subscription package"...move from Sky and the TV becomes useless.
So, it DOES tie you to Sky.

[barry1010]

I'm not keen on these 'all in one' devices. If the tv fails you can't hook up a spare tv to the Sky box; if the Sky part fails will the tv still broadcast freeview?
My Virgin box happily sits behind my tv and is hidden from view. I don't see the point of this Sky tv