When sky Q over internet begins, will you consider moving from VM?
 

Personally i'll decide when I see what's on offer and for what price.

I think people will be tempted as they'll be able to get Sky Atlantic and it should work out cheaper than paying VM and Now TV.

Those who only have cable because they can't or don't want a dish on their wall will finally have a choice.

Apparently, it will also include a Freeview tuner, so that should end the current situation with VM where channels on Freeview (like Freesports) aren't available to paying customers! Of course, this would need an aerial, but since DSO I've seen people receive excellent reception even with indoor aerials.

I think that this could be the biggest threat to cable TV since the introduction of satellite television in the 1980's.

Re: When sky Q over internet begins, will you consider moving from VM?
 

I use neither Virgin nor Sky. The series that interest me have been made available to me by friends either in the US or Canada. I get to see them before they appear here.

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Sky Atlantic is tosh. Can get it via Sky Go, but there's never been anything on worth watching, mostly crap US imports.

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And who supports what? I can just see Sky supporting the box saying it's the ISP and the ISP the box.

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Though internet is much more reliable these days, I still would not like to trust it for all TV programmes, especially with the extra strain put on it by lots of people streaming

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Lots of people still use Sky satellite and will do for a long while yet. I'd much sooner use the Sky Q over satellite if it's an option.

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I'm a "maybe". I currently have the full VM TV (whatever that's called these days) and top it up with Netflix and the occasional month with NowTV when there's something I fancy on Sky Atlantic. I can't have a dish on the outside of my home and have never wanted to directly line Murdoch's pocket, but neither of these will be relevant in 2019. We've been NTL/VM TV customers since the late nineties.
We're under contract until next January and we are in no hurry to leave VM/Netflix as, Atlantic aside, they give us everything we want to watch at an affordable price. But I'm intrigued by the new Sky Q and when it finally launches I'll consider the price (I'm on a good deal at the moment and I'm not prepared to pay more) and reports on its reliability. Having said that, I'm more likely to drop VM TV and just use Netflix and NowTV, possibly with a Freeview recorder, than try something new and probably flakey at launch. At the moment, Mrs Nialli is very happy with our pair of V6 boxes and her Netflix/VM combo, and that's probably the biggest factor of all...
But never say never, which is why I've said 'Maybe'

Re: When sky Q over internet begins, will you consider moving from VM?
 

I'd imagine it will be like the Italian box with terrestrial tuners.

Re: When sky Q over internet begins, will you consider moving from VM?
 

I doubt that having a tuner as part of the Sky Q will be that much of a draw, to be honest. If you have an aerial, then I would imagine that you will already have resolved the problem of the 'missing' terrestrials on Virgin, not that they are anything to write home about.

I have an aerial and I can receive the terrestrial channels both through my TV and through my DVD recorder. So there doesn't appear to be anything in the new Sky offer that would interest me, but maybe they will have a few surprises in store to make me re-consider.

The Sky Q interface is far better than Virgin's, but I prefer the way Virgin works. I really don't like the fact that you have to wait for your on demand selections to be downloaded before you can watch them, for example.

Re: When sky Q over internet begins, will you consider moving from VM?
 

you can start watching a download before it has finished downloading.

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For me UHD is usually available to view in under 15 seconds.

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In your opinion of course, i'd be surprised if there wasn't something on Atlantic that most people would enjoy.

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For me, the UHD is the big selling point. That would definitely tempt me if Virgin did not move forward on this soon.

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I think that might be one of the reasons why there will be a terrestrial TV tuner included, so that all TV is not lost in the event of internet failure.

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I'm also on a very good deal, but would certainly not pay any more either. If this was ever withdrawn or reduced i'd consider Sky Q over the internet along with all other providers.

Also, as it stands, Sky cannot legally refuse to put all the dross onto their EPG if they pay the appropriate fees. I imagine that this service will be covered by cable legislation where they can choose what goes on as VM can (apart from the PSB channels in SD that they have to carry).

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Not just his opinion ;)

Not until the majority of the UK gets decent fibre internet.