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IDEAL SKY Q
PARTNERS
SONY KD-55A1
It’s not cheap, but Sony’s
first OLED TV is the very
best way to enjoy Sky’s
brilliant 4K content.
It’s super-slim with
a ‘picture frame’ stand,
has unparalleled picture
quality – and instead of
packing a speaker, the
whole screen vibrates
to create the sound.
£3499 / sony.co.uk
LOGITECH
HARMONY ELITE
This remote will control
Sky Q, plus all the other
DON’T devices connected to
MISS IT your TV. It now also
works with Amazon’s
Echo, so you can say
Record everything “Alexa, tell Harmony to
A recent update has increased turn on Sky Q” and be
the number of channels that watching Silicon Valley
Sky Q can record at once from without lifting a finger.
five to six. If you find yourself £300 / logitech.com
BINGE BONANZA bumping up against that limit, ADVANCED TIPS
then enable the extra channel
by going to Settings > Setup
Scoop up a series > Preferences > ‘Maximum Ask for advice
By series-linking one of Sky’s number of recordings’. There’s A recent update for the Touch
On Demand TV shows you a catch, though: enable six Remote brought much-
can store it on your hard drive channels and you lose the live improved voice search to
to avoid the risk of it vanishing. preview feature in the mini Sky Q. If you say “Tom Hanks
Simply choose your show guide, and you can’t use split movies with five-star ratings”,
from the programme guide screen mode on Sky Sports. the box will present the likes
and press the red ‘R’ button of Forrest Gump, Apollo 13 SONOS PLAYBASE
on your remote. Restart the game and Philadelphia. Hold the mic Sky Q is capable of
Missed the start of the button on the right side of the outputting Dolby Digital
Keep watching match? No need to sprint Touch Remote to activate. directly to the Sonos
Sky Q can make sure the next home from the shops on a Playbase, giving your TV
episode is always queued Saturday afternoon, as Sky Boost your Wi-Fi a much-needed audio
up and ready to go. Go to lets you start over during Sky Q boxes can act as Wi-Fi boost. You can also
Settings > Setup > Preferences selected sports coverage. hotspots, so if you have a Sky wirelessly stream all
and enable both the ‘Auto Navigate to the programme Q Silver box in the lounge and your tunes to it, and add
download next episode’ and and Sky Q will notify you if you a Sky Q Mini box in a bedroom, a subwoofer and rear
‘Auto play’ options. Getting can restart from the top of the you can blanket your home in speakers later.
to bed at a reasonable hour broadcast. Just remember to Wi-Fi. The Sky Q box should £699 / sonos.com
is, sadly, down to you. stay off Twitter. do this by default.
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