Remember when getting Sky at home meant you had to have a dish attached to the house? That left plenty of people in apartments out in the cold, unless a deal was struck, along with others whose homes simply weren’t suitable for attaching the dish. Thousands of customers had to go elsewhere for their entertainment.
And it’s a minimalist one too. A single cable is all you need: the power cable. Plug it in, turn it on and you are almost ready to go. You’ll need to connect it to your internet connection of course; no set-top box means that Sky Glass uses the internet to deliver your entertainment. That playlist will grab all your favourite shows from wherever they are available – Sky, Netflix, RTÉ Player, Prime Video, even Apple TV – so you don’t have to search through all the different services. They’re just there, like a little bit of tech magic, ready to stream.
Sky Glass had a tough act to follow for this reviewer. It came days after the departure of a Samsung OLED TV, which has incredibly deep blacks, and some great colours to show off. Initially, the colour on the Glass looked a bit muted, even on the most lurid kids TV shows. A bit of tweaking with the picture modes and custom settings though and that was mostly solved.
If you have other TVs around the house, a few Sky Streaming pucks will get them on the same system. Just make sure your wifi stretches or you have a handy ethernet connection.A lot less cable clutter, Sky where you couldn’t get it before and the flexibility of the streaming pucks make Sky Glass a winner for many people.