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NEWSANALYSIS Sky Q previews the future of premium TV viewing Sky Q is the firm's biggest announcement for years, but there's a lot to take in. Chris Martin reports A t a recent event in central London, Sky made one of its most important and biggest announcements of recent years. Sky Q is the company’s new premium service and there’s a lot to it. What is it? According to Jeremy Darroch, chief executive at Sky: “Sky Q is a brilliant new way for customers to experience TV on their terms. We wanted to reimagine TV, so that it’s flexible and seamless across different screens, and to put a huge choice of entertainment at their fingertips.” Availability Sky Q will launch in the UK and Ireland early 2016. It won’t replace existing products, such as Sky+ and Now TV, but will launch alongside them as a premium option. No announcement has been made concerning the price, though it’s thought it might push some customers over the £100 per month mark. It’s believed it will cost at least an extra £13 per month. Features and hardware Since Sky Q has many different elements we’re going to split it up into digestible sections to help you get your head round it. Fluid Viewing The so-called Fluid Viewing part of Sky Q is all about providing a seamless experience. So you’ll be able to do things such as pause whatever you’re watching and carry on viewing in another room, or have different programmes playing simultaneously on up to five screens around the home, while recording four other channels. You’ll also be able to transfer your recordings to devices, such as tablets, so you can take them with you – the most-requested feature. 4K As you might expect, the new Sky Q box supports 4K, though the firm won’t launch its 4K services until later in 2016. Sky claims its Ultra HD service will be “the UK’s most comprehensive”, including sports, movies and entertainment. Sky Q box and Sky Q Silver With a new service comes new hardware and there isn’t just one box, there are two. As well as 4K support, they have up to 12 tuners and up to 2TB of storage. The Sky Q Silver is the more powerful of the two, with the regular model offering the ability to record three channels while watching a fourth, and 1TB of storage space. YouTube, Spotify and Apple’s AirPlay will also be supported. The Sky Q Mini is an additional box that can plug and play into another screen in the house, giving wireless access to Sky Q in other rooms without running cables from the dish Sky Q Silver Sky Q Mini The Sky Q Mini is an additional box that can plug and play into another screen in the house, giving wireless access to Sky Q in other rooms so you don’t need to run cables from the dish. It features dual-band Wi-Fi, ethernet, optical output and a USB port for future use. When used with the Sky Q Hub (see below), it can also act as a Wi-Fi extender/hotspot, which could prove to be a handy feature for those with larger homes. 12 www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news February 2016
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