Sky Q additional box replacement

Kim_kim

I had a sky Q box & a mini additional sky Q box.  

I’ve just changed to the basic £5 a month package & I can’t keep my mini additional box with that.  

I have a little tv in my kitchen, All I ever watched was things I was watching recorded on the main box, as I moved between the kitchen & living room. 

I was going to leave sky & get a recordable freesat 4k box.  But for £5 a month it’s worth keeping, it will operate the same & I like the layout and operation of it.  

Is it worth getting a freesat box for the kitchen?  I’m guessing it needs wires to a satellite dish?  If so, they aren’t in the kitchen.  Anything else I could do? 

I used to have co ax from my old sky box to the kitchen, but I don’t think that works with the sky Q box? 

Neil_Jones

Well if all you ever did was watch stuff from the main box, is it worth doing anything with?

If it isn't a Smart TV already and you think you're going to use it more you could just plonk a Firestick or a Roku on it.

Only you can answer the question of whether its worth getting a Freesat box for the kitchen, as only you know how much you use it besides what you've already said.

Kim_kim

Neil_Jones said:

Well if all you ever did was watch stuff from the main box, is it worth doing anything with?

If it isn't a Smart TV already and you think you're going to use it more you could just plonk a Firestick or a Roku on it.

Only you can answer the question of whether its worth getting a Freesat box for the kitchen, as only you know how much you use it besides what you've already said.

My query is, do I have the connections I need to get some sort of device for the kitchen?  I don’t have satellite leads in there.  

brewerdave

My query would be " what the heck have you got from Sky on a Q box for £5pm" ??? Haven't seen anyone come up with a deal that good.
As your kitchen TV has an HDMI port, then you could get a basic Firestick to allow all the catch up services to be watched via internet. This also allows live terrestrial channels eg Beeb.

Kim_kim

brewerdave said:

My query would be " what the heck have you got from Sky on a Q box for £5pm" ??? Haven't seen anyone come up with a deal that good.
As your kitchen TV has an HDMI port, then you could get a basic Firestick to allow all the catch up services to be watched via internet. This also allows live terrestrial channels eg Beeb.

It’s called sky basic, it’s freeview and you keep the box to pause & record freeview.  But I’ve given complete notice now.