Sky stream vs sky Q and HD/UHD

Mistermeaner

Hi bit of advice pls. I’ve tried googling but get inundated with unhelpful ads or articles plagued with pop ups 

considering getting sky , primarily to watch premier league football so want sky sports and bt sport (tnt sport as it now calls itself)

costed up on sky website and to get both with sky stream is about 60 a month , with sky Q it’s about 75 a month 

I understand the basics of each but what I can’t find a straight answer to is ;

- can you ‘record’ live footy with sky stream ; I understand it’s not got a hard drive but can I ‘+’ something specifically a live footy game on sky or tnt in advance and then start watching it, fast forward pause rewind etc at my leisure at any time (even while it’s part way through) …. In essence is sky stream record / playback functionality broadly similar to sky Q ?

- does sky sports come in HD as standard  with sky Q? TNT clearly states it’s HD but can’t find info on whether sky sports is HD (sky in fact offer HD as an upgrade and separately ultra HD but sky sports is not mentioned in the what’s included blurb)

- assuming sky sports comes in HD as standard does HD tv on sky Q include sound in Dolby 5.1 (or better)

- on sky stream you can upgrade to ultra HD; is this worth it when pretty much only watching footy? Like is the footy broadcast in ultra HD or is it only movies and stuff ?


thanks 

Boohoo

Mistermeaner said:

Hi bit of advice pls. I’ve tried googling but get inundated with unhelpful ads or articles plagued with pop ups 

considering getting sky , primarily to watch premier league football so want sky sports and bt sport (tnt sport as it now calls itself)

costed up on sky website and to get both with sky stream is about 60 a month , with sky Q it’s about 75 a month 

I understand the basics of each but what I can’t find a straight answer to is ;

- can you ‘record’ live footy with sky stream ; I understand it’s not got a hard drive but can I ‘+’ something specifically a live footy game on sky or tnt in advance and then start watching it, fast forward pause rewind etc at my leisure at any time (even while it’s part way through) …. In essence is sky stream record / playback functionality broadly similar to sky Q ?

- does sky sports come in HD as standard  with sky Q? TNT clearly states it’s HD but can’t find info on whether sky sports is HD (sky in fact offer HD as an upgrade and separately ultra HD but sky sports is not mentioned in the what’s included blurb)

- assuming sky sports comes in HD as standard does HD tv on sky Q include sound in Dolby 5.1 (or better)

- on sky stream you can upgrade to ultra HD; is this worth it when pretty much only watching footy? Like is the footy broadcast in ultra HD or is it only movies and stuff ?


thanks 

Sky stream is just that.

Streaming live programmes and no recording as doesn't have a hard drive.

Can you get Sky Q now?

Sky Q can record but live sports I don't know as I have never tried it.

Sports HD should be included now as standard but worth checking and UHD can be added free for 3 or 4 months then cancel it.

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