Sky launches 4K UHD sport coverage

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#3427566 23-Oct-2025 18:10

dougierydal:

Last year they waited until the last minute (compared to the year before anyhow) to announce it, assume if they do it will bump up $50 to $399

I would take $399, but my money is on $449.

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#3427677 24-Oct-2025 10:47

Senecio:

dougierydal:

Last year they waited until the last minute (compared to the year before anyhow) to announce it, assume if they do it will bump up $50 to $399

I would take $399, but my money is on $449.

You're probably right, that's $37 a month, whereas the month by month with the 4k is now $60 a month

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#3427934 25-Oct-2025 18:14

@IainD is that something you've written, or is it a copy of something from Sky?

If it's a quote, much better to put it in quote tags, and reference the original source. The formatting really needs to be cleaned up to make it readable too.

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#3428032 26-Oct-2025 12:00

Will the new sky box receive the new UHD channel though the satellite or internet streaming?

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#3428073 26-Oct-2025 18:31

Now i am disappointed that Sky doesn't have the FIFA world cup, it would be fantastic watching it in 4k, anyone know if TVNZ+ are any closer to 4k

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#3428114 27-Oct-2025 07:22

Theman843:

Will the new sky box receive the new UHD channel though the satellite or internet streaming?

New box gets UHD via satellite.

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#3428320 27-Oct-2025 20:56

They reckon the pod can do 4k? I Highly doubt this. The pod I've got can barely do 1080p. Tried to fire up plex 4k and yea the buffering was not good.

Returning it in December so I hope that they can do me a Skysport now deal.

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#3436324 21-Nov-2025 07:07

Well I see the new Sky Sports 1 4K UHD channel is now live. I guess we'll have to wait until the Cricket comes on this afternoon to judge the picture quality. The golf that's being broadcast now is probably just upscaled HD content.

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#3436329 21-Nov-2025 08:11

Do we know if they're broadcasting UHD in HDR? Or is it just SDR? I haven't seen any reference to HDR unfortunately.

I noticed my white sky box had updated the channel listing to 4K last night on SP1, looked a little crisper (assuming it was upscaled HD at that point). Looking forward to seeing how the cricket is later.

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#3436335 21-Nov-2025 08:44

demeter23:

Do we know if they're broadcasting UHD in HDR? Or is it just SDR? I haven't seen any reference to HDR unfortunately.

I noticed my white sky box had updated the channel listing to 4K last night on SP1, looked a little crisper (assuming it was upscaled HD at that point). Looking forward to seeing how the cricket is later.

It won't be HDR.

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#3436352 21-Nov-2025 11:15

Interested to see what it looks like on the Sky Pod this afternoon. Got a 4K TV but not watched anything in 4K yet.

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#3436388 21-Nov-2025 14:32

Just watching the build up on sky sport now and I can’t tell a difference at all between the uhd and the HD channel 😅.

And Im watching on a 77’’ C1 OLED with an Apple TV

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#3436390 21-Nov-2025 14:41

Build up might be using studio cameras vs the actual sport being 4k?

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#3436393 21-Nov-2025 14:49

I’m hoping that might be the case. I can still see a-lot of compression artifacting especially when theres alot of rapid motion on screen just like the regular HD channel.

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#3436394 21-Nov-2025 14:49

Build up is HD upscaled. UHD when play starts, you'll see a UHD bug.

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