Sky customers will soon be able to watch TV without a satellite with the new 'Sky Glass' service

[Deleted User]

Deleted_User said:

Plus why should Sky dictate that I should have such a massive TV?
and what happens to all of the electronic waste?(the old equipment) 

It looks more like a grab for living room dominance over other providers. It will probably appeal to many people, I suppose time will tell how many they shift. The future has been IPTV for some years now. Pity the ISP's seem to still be in the 80's.
Not sure they worry over the recycling past some compliance stuff.
LG have a new super factory starting to get a shift on, the amount of units that will pump out is amazing, not sure they worry over old units, that rate will be far higher than what Sky are doing.

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mjm3346 said:

Deleted_User said:

Plus why should Sky dictate that I should have such a massive TV?
and what happens to all of the electronic waste?(the old equipment) 

They are not dictating as it is your choice whether to choose the product or not.
43" is hardly "massive" in comparison to average screen siwhen over 60% of TVs sold are now 40" or more - and of course there is little point having a super sharp picture on a very small screen 
What happens to old sets is up to the owners of them but old sets are generally far less efficient than new ones so there are advantages to taking them out of use .  

I was talking about Sky boxes - millions of them

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half_empty said:

Deleted_User said:

Plus why should Sky dictate that I should have such a massive TV?
and what happens to all of the electronic waste?(the old equipment) 

It looks more like a grab for living room dominance over other providers. It will probably appeal to many people, I suppose time will tell how many they shift. The future has been IPTV for some years now. Pity the ISP's seem to still be in the 80's.
Not sure they worry over the recycling past some compliance stuff.
LG have a new super factory starting to get a shift on, the amount of units that will pump out is amazing, not sure they worry over old units, that rate will be far higher than what Sky are doing.

Hardly "green" "then
Have you any idea as to content of electronic hardware? 

[Deleted User]

Peter999_2 said:

Deleted_User said:

I must say I thought it was a joke when someone posted on Twitter than you will have to pay £5 a month to fast forward through the adverts after twelve months. So they want you to pay for the Sky package, then rent the TV, then pay £5 to fast forward. No chance in my household. Comcast really are in the dark ages.

It looks like a nice tv and Sky have obviously put effort into it, but for me to go for it, I'd want the tv for free, and no fast forward restrictions. I just want to pay monthly for the content and that is it. I don't think it is good marketing to separate these charges so it looks like more and more on top, they should have merged the cost into one package. In addition I'd hope Sky still offer this service in the form of a box because I don't want a new TV at this time. Incidentally I have not had Sky for some time since the launch of Q and their refusal to grant me the loyalty offer, the dish was ripped off the wall in anger, so perhaps my view is bias?!

I'd not heard about the £5 charge for adverts.  Have you got a link to where it says that?   Thanks.

https://www.sky.com/glass/technical-specifications?dcmp=knc-ggl-brn-nc-co-14412030705-sky glass&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnoqLBhD4ARIsAL5JedLTGpEMmRPEusLbRKGB9wBHquqR-IB7w3m96aNmc_ZdgJpE9imaOG4aAlvAEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Sky Glass comes with Sky Ultimate TV at £26 a month, including Sky Exclusives and Sky Originals. Plus a fantastic range you won't find on Freeview, and Netflix is included as part of the deal.
Fast forward ads included free for 12 months, then £5 a month to keep or simply remove it. All Sky TV packs have a 31 day contract.

[Deleted User]

Deleted_User said:

half_empty said:

Deleted_User said:

Plus why should Sky dictate that I should have such a massive TV?
and what happens to all of the electronic waste?(the old equipment) 

It looks more like a grab for living room dominance over other providers. It will probably appeal to many people, I suppose time will tell how many they shift. The future has been IPTV for some years now. Pity the ISP's seem to still be in the 80's.
Not sure they worry over the recycling past some compliance stuff.
LG have a new super factory starting to get a shift on, the amount of units that will pump out is amazing, not sure they worry over old units, that rate will be far higher than what Sky are doing.

Hardly "green" "then
Have you any idea as to content of electronic hardware? 

Yes, throw away your working tv and replace it with a Sky one which is so green. A whole TV in the skip.

Thrugelmir

Deleted_User said:

mjm3346 said:

Deleted_User said:

Plus why should Sky dictate that I should have such a massive TV?
and what happens to all of the electronic waste?(the old equipment) 

They are not dictating as it is your choice whether to choose the product or not.
43" is hardly "massive" in comparison to average screen siwhen over 60% of TVs sold are now 40" or more - and of course there is little point having a super sharp picture on a very small screen 
What happens to old sets is up to the owners of them but old sets are generally far less efficient than new ones so there are advantages to taking them out of use .  

I was talking about Sky boxes - millions of them

How many redundant iPhones will exist.  Never built to last. Churn is what keeps companies going. 

chewyluis

Thrugelmir said:

Deleted_User said:

mjm3346 said:

Deleted_User said:

Plus why should Sky dictate that I should have such a massive TV?
and what happens to all of the electronic waste?(the old equipment) 

They are not dictating as it is your choice whether to choose the product or not.
43" is hardly "massive" in comparison to average screen siwhen over 60% of TVs sold are now 40" or more - and of course there is little point having a super sharp picture on a very small screen 
What happens to old sets is up to the owners of them but old sets are generally far less efficient than new ones so there are advantages to taking them out of use .  

I was talking about Sky boxes - millions of them

How many redundant iPhones will exist.  Never built to last. Churn is what keeps companies going. 

I have an iPhone 3GS from 2009 that still functions perfectly to this day.

We also have an iPhone 6s Plus from 2015 which also functions perfectly, and is running the latest and greatest iOS 15 flawlessly.

Apple does better than most. You could have picked a better example.

prowla

[Deleted User] said:

I must say I thought it was a joke when someone posted on Twitter than you will have to pay £5 a month to fast forward through the adverts after twelve months. So they want you to pay for the Sky package, then rent the TV, then pay £5 to fast forward. No chance in my household. Comcast really are in the dark ages.

It looks like a nice tv and Sky have obviously put effort into it, but for me to go for it, I'd want the tv for free, and no fast forward restrictions. I just want to pay monthly for the content and that is it. I don't think it is good marketing to separate these charges so it looks like more and more on top, they should have merged the cost into one package. In addition I'd hope Sky still offer this service in the form of a box because I don't want a new TV at this time. Incidentally I have not had Sky for some time since the launch of Q and their refusal to grant me the loyalty offer, the dish was ripped off the wall in anger, so perhaps my view is bias?!

Really???

I mostly watch on record so as to avoid the ads; I save maybe 20 minutes per programme.

If I am watching "live broadcast", I mute the sound for ads anyway, or channel hop.

If they're going to charge me extra for that, then I may drop off and choose to do something else with my time.

Watching TV is something I choose to do, not a necessity.

prowla

mjm3346 said:

Deleted_User said:

Plus why should Sky dictate that I should have such a massive TV?
and what happens to all of the electronic waste?(the old equipment) 

They are not dictating as it is your choice whether to choose the product or not.
43" is hardly "massive" in comparison to average screen size when over 60% of TVs sold are now 40" or more - and of course there is little point having a super sharp picture on a very small screen 
What happens to old sets is up to the owners of them but old sets are generally far less efficient than new ones so there are advantages to taking them out of use .  

I took a look and was surprised that the product is a range of Amstrad TVs.

Hmmm - maybe not...

Peter999_2

[Deleted User] said:

Peter999_2 said:

[Deleted User] said:

I must say I thought it was a joke when someone posted on Twitter than you will have to pay £5 a month to fast forward through the adverts after twelve months. So they want you to pay for the Sky package, then rent the TV, then pay £5 to fast forward. No chance in my household. Comcast really are in the dark ages.

It looks like a nice tv and Sky have obviously put effort into it, but for me to go for it, I'd want the tv for free, and no fast forward restrictions. I just want to pay monthly for the content and that is it. I don't think it is good marketing to separate these charges so it looks like more and more on top, they should have merged the cost into one package. In addition I'd hope Sky still offer this service in the form of a box because I don't want a new TV at this time. Incidentally I have not had Sky for some time since the launch of Q and their refusal to grant me the loyalty offer, the dish was ripped off the wall in anger, so perhaps my view is bias?!

I'd not heard about the £5 charge for adverts.  Have you got a link to where it says that?   Thanks.

https://www.sky.com/glass/technical-specifications?dcmp=knc-ggl-brn-nc-co-14412030705-sky glass&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnoqLBhD4ARIsAL5JedLTGpEMmRPEusLbRKGB9wBHquqR-IB7w3m96aNmc_ZdgJpE9imaOG4aAlvAEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Sky Glass comes with Sky Ultimate TV at £26 a month, including Sky Exclusives and Sky Originals. Plus a fantastic range you won't find on Freeview, and Netflix is included as part of the deal.
Fast forward ads included free for 12 months, then £5 a month to keep or simply remove it. All Sky TV packs have a 31 day contract.

Thanks a lot for the link.   Cheeky so and so's.       Though I have been waiting for a charge or for them to just stop you fast forwarding since I got a Sky + box in 2002.   I guess I should be glad it took them 20 years to implement it.