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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I've said it before - UHD takes up far too much recording space. HD is bad enough - I have to spread these recordings over three boxes now as opposed to the 1TB Tivo we had before, on which I recorded most programmes in SD. I wouldn't even think of recording UHD. For this reason, I think that most UHD is likely to be streamed or on demand, unless of course we can 'record' to the cloud. If it were to be otherwise, I am sure our UHD-ready V6 boxes would have been manufactured with a bigger hard drive.
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Yeah they do take up more space but the problem that I have is that the storage size for boxes doesn't increase with UHD / 4K boxes. So, for Sky I have a 2TB and 1.5 TB box - both HD and from what I understand it is the same for Q - 2 and 1.5 for the mini. It would be nice to have had Q offer more space if size of programming was an issue.
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As far as the Sky Q is concerned, both my daughters have this, and to be honest, it is an improvement on the Sky HD boxes. I just prefer the V6 and the way it works, and I like the fact that I can double the number of recordings with the link to my upstairs box, which I can view also from the lounge.
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The old Sky HD boxes are slightly more outdated, in that sense but the functionality cannot be questioned - it is maybe not as efficient as newer models but it doesn't break down and the old planner / search and cinema system was nowhere near as clunky as a 4K system UI / internal settings superimposed onto an HD box.
Even though I don't have as much experience with Virgin they do seem to both have some gimmicks as of late which is frustrating for their insistence of fluidity / ownership of boxes etc. What worked was something both companies have messed with some, and there is only so much you can do for now. It does not mean that you are sitting on your laurels if you don't come up with new idea every single year and some of these overhauls are useless.
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I must say that I don't like how you have to download on demand programmes onto your hard drive with Sky's system. With Virgin you can either go straight into your selected programme or you can bookmark it so that it appears in 'My Shows' but without taking up valuable recording space.
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Virgin have a far better system on that one in general due to the fact that you can record anything from like the previous week off the planner, too. I have to admit that I am irked by Sky's system of on demand, too - not just that it downloads and space becomes an issue too but you have to watch it out in a certain time before it goes so you are constantly micro managing your box altogether.
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As for the lack of UHD, tell me about it. However, I think that 2018 is set to be the year when this starts to change, at least on VM.
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Yeah now that both companies have started selling boxes they better produce the content or customers will be left irate...especially those who had to pay for installations.
Not sure if Sky even has any native content of 4K - wouldn't effect us anyway as we still have the HD boxes.