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The Sky Q "Silver" set top box (called "Platinum" in Italy) has a 2 terabyte hard disk and 12 satellite tuners, allowing up to six live TV channels to be recorded while watching a seventh. [10] The box is capable of receiving and displaying 4K resolution " ultra-high-definition " (UHD) broadcasts, which were started by Sky in the UK in August 2016.
That's a problem for Sky, which for so long has offered a single box -- more, if you had the cash -- as gatekeeper between you and its entertainment riches. ... which is why it's launching Sky Q ...
The Standard Sky Remote in blue. The Digibox remote control comes in four physical designs - blue with new Sky logo, blue with old Sky logo (this version was being issued from around the first year of the Sky service, although that logo fell out of use before it launched), black with new Sky logo (Sony boxes only) and silver with new Sky logo.
The Sky Q Mini set-top boxes connect to the Sky Q set-top boxes with a Wi-Fi or Power-line connection rather than receive their own satellite feeds. This allows all set-top boxes in a household to share recordings and other media. Sky Q Mini boxes are not capable of UHD playback due to hardware limitations.
A typical modern set-top box, along with its remote control - pictured here a digital terrestrial TV receiver by TEAC. A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable box, receiver, or simply box, and historically television decoder or a converter, [1] is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV tuner input and displays output to a television set, turning the source signal into ...
9 February – Sky launches its latest set-top box Sky Q. [84] and later in 2016, Sky stops selling its Sky+ HD box to new customers. [85] 8 July – Sky Movies is rebranded as Sky Cinema. [86] [87] 13 August – Sky Sports broadcasts its first event in UHD. [88] 24 August – Sky Sports Mix launches. It is available to all Sky customers, and ...
On 25 August 2001, the Sky+ demonstration was added to the Sky Guide demonstration, and was shown on Sky Welcome (Channel 998), which lasted for 15 minutes. A demo of the Sky+ box was shown on the Sky Customer Channel (Channel 999). Originally a Sky+ subscription cost £10 per month - this fee was discontinued for subscribers from 1 July 2007. [1]
The Now TV boxes and dongles have extra downloadable apps that provide access to free catch-up or streaming services such as BBC iPlayer, ITVX, and UKTV Play, as well as access to Sky Store, Netflix (added in late 2018), Peacock (added in November 2021), Sky Sports Box Office, Disney+ (added in April 2020) [31] and YouTube. [32]