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The quality of the sound you’ll get from Sky Q depends largely on what you plug it into, but it supports Dolby Digital and Dolby Atmos, and can output to a 5.1 surround sound system or soundbar over HDMI or optical cable.

Did you know you can change your TV's screen settings by pressing TV followed by Play? Keep pressing Play until you find the best screen setting for what you're watching. When you're finished, just press the Sky Button to continue controlling your Sky box. It's probably a dumb question but I'm well known on other forums for such things so no reason to spoil my record here. When it comes to streaming lag compared with Sky Q, meanwhile, the Sky Stream is marginally slower than Sky Glass. Fortunately, there’s barely a second in it – but that does mean, of course, that like Sky Glass, Sky Stream delivers ‘live’ images between 25 and 30 seconds behind the time they take to appear on Sky Q boxes. For some people, this will be a non-issue, for others, particularly hardcore football fans, it will be a major strike against Sky Stream. We've lost count of how many Premier League goals have been spoiled by a phone notification – often from Sky's own Scores app – that's arrived before it's been shown on screen. Put that second remote down. This can all be done using the Sky Remote, pressTV on your Sky remote and then the standby button to turn the TV on or off.After turning on the TV, press Skyto regain control of the usual Sky functions. It’s true that despite being the cheapest way of getting a joint Sky Ultimate and basic Netflix subscription, Sky remains an expensive content option compared with typical streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+, especially when you add in irritating extras such as the 4K/Atmos charge and post-18-months ad-skipping charge. Sky’s platform does, however, offer something substantially different (and bigger) than any of those typical streaming services do.Not only is SDR performance better than it was at launch, but Sky has also improved its HDR output considerably. It still isn’t the last word in HDR performance but it does now deliver convincing and enjoyable HDR picture quality. instant rewind/fast forward: If you want to go to the beginning or end of your programme, there's no need to wait while you rewind or fast forward through the whole programme. Simply press and hold the rewind or fast forward button for at least two seconds and you'll be taken instantly to the furthest possible point of your programme in the direction you chose. You can change instant rewind settings by pressing settings on your Sky remote, pressing select, and then using the arrow buttons to navigate to Setup. You can then change what Instant Rewind is set to.

We have come across issues where a live event we select on the EPG doesn’t actually get added to the Playlist due to rights issues. Sky claims, however, that around 93 per cent of the content available on its streamed platform can now be ‘Playlisted’ for future viewing without issue. What Sky is pushing quite strongly is voice control and on Sky Glass, it’s built into the TV as well as the remote control. Indeed, using a far-field microphone array, Glass can detect the wake phrase “Hello Sky” and act on your instructions without you having to touch the remote control. It sounds simple but in case you hadn't realised, when browsing the TV guide press once on the central select button on the remote to choose a live show to watch, and then press it again to jump straight out of the EPG to full-screen viewing. Let’s go through these steps to extend the sky in the photo below. Go up to the Menu bar and choose Image>Resize>Canvas Size…. Or use the keyboard shortcut: Alt+Control+C (Mac:Option+Command+C). The Canvas Dialog box will open. We will make two choices inside this dialog box. The Sky Q boxes create a Sonos-style mesh network, meaning the speed of your broadband isn't so crucial – the wi-fi network itself determines how well the system streams content around your home. If you have Sky Broadband, each box also works as a wi-fi hotspot.Sky has made a concerted effort to integrate various streaming services into the Sky platform, so you can now browse the likes Netflix and Disney+ content within the interface – so long as you have the dedicated subscriptions for each. Try a garage for (vastly overpriced) AA batteries, then get down to the nearest Pound shop when open for typically 10xAAs for a pound. (half the life, but one tenth the price)...just remember to remove as soon as they die as they may not be as leakproof as Duracell/Energiser etc. It comes with a built-in Dolby Atmos soundbar that runs along the bottom and includes speakers that fire upwards. And you can use it with any broadband connection, though Sky recommends a minimum of 10Mbits/sec for HD content and 25Mbits/sec for 4K content.

Press the Smart button. on the remote control and select Settings > PICTURE, then press WHEEL or ENTER. Not having to accommodate the Sky Q sidebar of menu links makes the Sky Stream interface feel cleaner, more immediate and more content-focused. Occasionally we do find ourselves struggling to remember where to find a particular content section on Sky Stream that would have been instantly visible on Sky Q’s sidebar. These moments are best and instantly solved simply by speaking to Sky Stream and asking it to find what we are looking for. This is a far from ideal experience from Sky Q, and I strongly urge those considering switching from Sky Q to Sky Stream to consider that the software is still quite a bit immature even after a year from being used with Sky Glass. And while the hardware is undoubtedly impressive for Sky content, I do wonder if it's up to the job with the third-party streaming services apps and has enough RAM to manage everything. Sky Stream provides satellite dish-free access on any TV of your choice to the same unique Sky mix of 150-plus live channels, unmatched quantities of premium live sport, fully integrated third-party streaming service and vast library of on-demand movies and TV shows for which Sky has long been renowned. If your Sky remote won't allow you to change the volume of your TV, you'll need to program your Sky remote to control your TV. Use your Sky remote to control a sound systemOne negative point if comparing Sky Stream (and Sky Glass) to Sky Q is that the latter carries substantially more channels. More than 500, in fact, versus less than 200 on Sky Stream. Most of the difference here is down to Sky Stream not needing to list SD channel versions separately, or not needing to provide ‘+1 hour’ versions of channels since everything on Sky Stream can be accessed at any time. There are, though, still a fair number of genuine – if, typically, very niche – channels found on Sky Q that aren’t found on Sky Stream. Sky tells us that it’s constantly working to sort the rights out to channels that currently aren’t running on its streamed service, and it’s certainly true to say that it’s onboarded a healthy number since Glass first came out in October 2021. When it first launched in 2016, Sky Q was a huge overhaul over the Sky+ service it replaced. Its bold aim was to do to television what Sonos did to music – make it truly multi-room. The 'Enhanced' titles show surprising levels of clarity and detail – you'd be forgiven for thinking older movies would struggle against newer, fresher content. Happy Gilmore is 25 years old yet Sky's 4K version is by no means disgraced. The same goes for It's a Wonderful Life.