Sky Ultra HD upscaling

[bigboss]

Disappointed to read that Sky Q silver boxes will forcefully upscale all content to 4K. Previous experience with Sky boxes suggests very poor upscaling quality.

 

[Feral]

How hopeful are you that there will be an advanced option to make the output per the material resolution? You could probably do something with a harmony but doing that every time you switch between HD/UHD would be a pain. Hopefully either an advanced setting or firmware update in the future.

 

[abacus]

It's a completely new box (Including upscaling) so don't assume that just because the old box was bad, the new one will be as well. (Best to wait until you have tried it before commenting)

Bill

 

[Andy Madden]

Having spoken to Sky at the launch, I'm afraid I can't see them changing this option in the near future. They think the user experience will be smoother by doing it this way.

 

[jjbomber]

Disappointed to read that Sky Q silver boxes will forcefully upscale all content to 4K. Previous experience with Sky boxes suggests very poor upscaling quality.

Could you run it through the Oppo?

 

[Feral]

It's a completely new box (Including upscaling) so don't assume that just because the old box was bad, the new one will be as well. (Best to wait until you have tried it before commenting)

Bill

Fair point but if you have spent a thousands on a top of the line TV (i'm not in that position) i'm assuming the picture processing is going to be better than a box worth a few hundred quid and you would want the TV to do the upscaling in that case. Perhaps that's someintg the WHF team can cover during during further tests.