Sky's 4K line-up includes James Bond and Premier League

[joe516]

Sky has revealed that its first 4K offerings will include more than 70 on-demand films and more than 100 of this season's live Premier League games.

The UK broadcaster will start showing ultra-high resolution content to some of its satellite customers from 13 August.

BT, Netflix and Amazon already offer 4K material, but analysts say Sky has a better line-up of films and sport.

But demand will be limited by the cost of the premium subscriptions required.

In addition, only a minority of UK households currently own a TV capable of showing the 2160p resolution footage involved, which contains four times as many pixels as a 1080p "full HD" image.




Virgin Media has said its 4K service will be announced later this year
Sky's 4K line-up includes James Bond and Premier League - BBC News

 

[digi247]

Its also not widely known that they will be reducing the bitrate on the HD channels again to make 4K UHD look even better, which means HD goes to Shit and SD goes to Shitter.

When will these muppets ever learn, On a side note the BBC will be Broadcasting 4K UHD sometime next year through Freeview and wont cost any subscription fees

 

[alimac]

£114 a month for the privalage not cheap either or

Sky Q: When can I get it and how much does it cost?

Sky Q is now available from Sky's own online store.

As an existing subscriber, you will probably have already received details on how you can upgrade, with Sky saying that it costs a one-off fee for the hardware, with packages charged at around £12 a month over your existing Sky+HD monthly fee.

There are also different, full pricing details for new customers.

There are two packages available for new customers, one that features a Sky Q or Sky Q Silver box and access to 300+ TV channels. That costs £42 a month.

The other package costs £54 a month, has the same channels but includes a Sky Q Silver box and a Sky Q Mini box.

You can also choose to add Sky Movies for an extra £17 a month or Sky Sports for an extra £25.50 a month. Adding both will set you back an extra £34.50 a month (so at a discount).

The one-off fees for the hardware break down as follows:

If you take the £42 a month Sky Q bundle with Sky Broadband, Sky Movies or Sky Sports, you can get the Sky Q box for £99. The Sky Q Silver box as part of that bundle costs £149.

If you take the Sky Q Silver TV bundle at £54 a month, you can get the Sky Q Silver box and a Sky Q Mini box combined for £99.

If you don't take Sky Broadband, Movies or Sports, you must pay £249 for the Sky Q box or £299 for the Silver box as part of the £42 a month bundle.

The hardware for the £54 a month bundle, when taken without the other Sky add-ons, will cost a combined £299.

Extra Sky Q Mini boxes will cost £99 each.

There is also an installation cost of £50.

A Sky Q Hub router doesn't cost any extra when taken with Sky Broadband or, for existing customers, when upgrading to Sky Q.