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Originally Posted by BenMcr
Why?
Sky Q was launched without any 4K content, and it took months before any appeared as far as I'm aware and also required a software update.
V6 will launch with access to Netflix 4K from day one, and I'm sure that there will be additional 4K deals coming next year.
But at the moment most of the UK generated 4K content is from Sky and BT, who have their own 4K services that they want to use that content to promote.
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But Sky Q launched much earlier, when there really was hardly any 4K content
anywhere. Netflix had a handful of shows. There wasn't even a UHD disc player.
Going in to 2017 we have a totally different environment - in 4K availability and in 4K TV adoption - launching 4K now with only 2 apps, both of which are already available on just about every UHD TV already, is seriously disappointing.
On the plus side, it makes the 1TB HDD less of an issue - there is no UHD content to download and take up space.
The "box made for apps" line, without many apps being announced actually sounds no different to me than when the original TiVo launched. That too was supposed to be a platform for apps:
http://www.digitalspy.com/tech/cable...ng-apps-to-tv/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...ery-to-TV.html
..... and we know how that turned out
In fact swap 4K for HD and the PR around the core box (Kids app and tablet aside) is almost exactly the same. Even the HDD is the same 6 years later!
I doubt anyone is going to get excited about recording 6 shows at once, or 5 plus live TV, rather than 4 + 3x Live Tv + 2x Tablet on Sky Q.
No mention of "Mini" boxes for the kitchen or bedrooms, let alone some of the dreamier "cloud DVR" features people had been speculating on.
All round I find this a real anti-climax and unlikely to stem the flow of top-end customers to Sky Q. Maybe Virgin are happy with that - increasingly they seem to be happy with a TV service for those who don't care for or cannot afford the premium TV service from Sky. I'm not judging people for that - it's fine and maybe healthy(!) not to want to pay a fortune to Sky for stuff you mostly never watch. But it's very different from a few years ago when Virgin seemed to genuinely try and develop a better TV service.