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Redeveloped my house just now and installed a new TV to future proof it for a 'while'. So now watching the Canadian Grand Prix in Ultra HD and loving it!
Obviously my wife doesn't notice any difference though!
Watching the GP too, and it looks great. Difference between HD and UHD is night and day if the screen is big enough (and your eyes are good enough).
What are you using as the UHD source? My tv has some sort of 4k but havent played anything uhd yet except for a demo on iplayer
Sky Q, Amazon UHD, 4k blue rays etc
If you have Sky Q can you get BT Sport in UHD too or do you need to be a BT customer? My Sky Q is being installed in a week as I'm currently getting a very good discounted price for my Sky package.
Last time I checked, if you are a Sky Q customer, BT sport is not available in UHD (HD only). Pity as UHD channel is dolby atomos too.
I thought as much. Damn. Oh well never mind.
Also, bit of a heads up on Sky Q. They could not get the system (specifically the WiFi mesh) to work satisfactorily in my house. Sky engineers tried to fix a couple of times, in the end I had to connect my boxes using power lines. I ended up showing the engineer (who I happened to know through dog walking) how to fix :roll:. Not ideal (really Sky should be on top of this), but everything works perfectly using this configuration. There are loads of similar stories if you google it. I'm amazed Sky have not launched their own power line products yet (they have been on the cards since the launch, now mine works I've not really kept up with the latest).
Also note II on Sky Q: UHD is largely limited to premiership football, the F1, and movies. The movies need to be downloaded separately (they are not scheduled in UHD).
Yeah Sky Q and although the wifi mini box works well, 70% of the time, it loses the signal at times which gets very frustrating! I wasn't aware BT sport wasn't available in UHD though. 🙁
Yeah Sky Q and although the wifi mini box works well, 70% of the time, it loses the signal at times which gets very frustrating! I wasn't aware BT sport wasn't available in UHD though.
70% of the time is just no where near good enough. The Sky engineers kept telling me that the technology was not really ready for release, and that powerlines would solve the issue, but since Sky had not released them, they had not been trained, and did not really understand the technology.
Apparently the guys that designed the system advised that it should not be released until the Sky powerline system was ready. A year on, it still hasn't been launched!
A 3rd party powerline system fixed everything for me.
70% of the time is just no where near good enough.
I agree!
A 3rd party powerline system fixed everything for me.
I really have no idea what a 3rd party powerline is! 😕
UHD is nice - brilliant picture on our Samsung, however HDR is where you need to be for the WOW factor
I really have no idea what a 3rd party powerline is!
Third party = not made by Sky.
Powerline = adapters to push the network signal over mains cable (which is bloody voodoo if you ask me).
Powerline = adapters to push the network signal over mains cable (which is bloody voodoo if you ask me).
Works incredibly reliably though!
UHD is nice - brilliant picture on our Samsung, however HDR is where you need to be for the WOW factor
Agreed, HDR makes a big difference.