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Before the summer of sport kicks off with the World Cup next month, Sky is offering a huge deal for footy fans. As it slashes the cost of its swanky Sky Glass TV sets.
In a rare 20% sale, a range of sets have dropped in price across the Sky Glass Air and Sky Glass Gen 2, a chance for viewers to switch their gogglebox, should they be in need of an update before the June 11 FIFA World Cup kickoff.
The sale drops the Sky Glass Air to £4.50 a month for the 43-inch model, which works out at 15p a day. While the boosted Sky Glass Gen 2 has dropped to £11 a month, which is 36p a day, if worked out across an average 30-day month.
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Both Sky Glass sets are on a long-term contract, typically a 48-month contract. Plus, consumers need a Sky TV subscription to use it, which costs from £15 a month and is set to a 24-month fixed term. Existing Sky TV customers can upgrade to the Sky Glass Air from £4.50 a month.
There’s also an all-in-one bundle option, offering the 43-inch Sky Glass Air, Essential TV package, and 300Mbps Full Fibre Broadband for £39.50 a month. This would give users the benefits of the slim, lightweight design and QLED TV, along with easy access to Sky TV channels and streaming services and quick internet speeds for the home.
Sky Glass Air
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Sky has cut 20% off a range of Glass TVs from now until June 17. Including the more budget friendly Sky Glass Air which now starts from £4.50 a month, just 15p a day.
Football fans may be more interested in the range of Sky Sport TV packages, to go alongside their new Glass TV. One is the £35 per month Essential TV and Sky Sports, which includes practices, qualifiers and race live, along with the Premier League, EFL and Golf Majors, tennis and cricket.
Plus, there’s no need to hook up to a pesky satellite dish. The TVs offer a smarter way to watch, ditching the typical set-top box or satellite. Instead, it runs off Wi-Fi, letting users stream content directly.
For eager shoppers, there are some differences between the Sky Glass Air and Sky Glass Gen2 models, which are both on sale. The Sky Glass Air set, which is available in 43-inch, 55-inch, and 65-inch sizes, is the newest yet cheaper version of the Glass TV.
This streamlined version has price on its side as it’s roughly half the cost of the Sky Glass Gen 2, and offers users a light, slimline Sky Glass TV. Both devices run off Sky’s OS operating system, but the Sky Glass Air does miss out on the built-in soundbar (which the Gen2 has) as well as a lesser sound system – the Glass Air has 2.0 Stereo compared to the Dolby Atmos system found on the Sky Glass Gen 2.
View 2 ImagesThe Sky Glass Gen 2 has an upgraded screen(Image: SKY)
Not forgetting the swankier Gen 2 model has an aluminium design, and Glance Motion Technology. The TV will wake up if it detects someone walking into the room. However, just looking at the weight specs, the Sky Glass Gen 2 won’t be for everyone – despite its higher-end features, as it is much heavier.
At 26kgs for the biggest 65-inch size users may struggle to mount this to a wall, which is where the lighter Sky Glass Air may be better suited.
Another option for shoppers is the newer rival, Freely. This rivals Sky as it also lets users ditch satellite dishes and is available on a wider range of sets, including models from Toshiba, TCL and Hisense. Even better, it’s also subscription-free, which gives it a huge perk compared to Sky’s prices.
In a rival to Sky’s TV deal, Virgin Media is dishing out £300 Trip.com holiday cards to shoppers who buy its Max Volt Bundle – which includes more than 230 TV channels, Sky Sports HD, Sky Cinema HD, Gig1 broadband, a Netflix subscription, and an O2 SIM – but all on consumers’ existing TV sets.
Back to the Sky Glass Gen 2, Tech Editor Dave Snelling has tested the boosted model out before and called some of its features ‘so much better than before’ in his review for The Mirror. He said: “The refreshed Quantum Dot 4K screen is so much better than before, with content looking bright, rich and colourful.
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“Sky Glass Gen 2 is perfectly watchable, and most consumers will genuinely enjoy bingeing on boxsets, watching sporting action and tuning into a blockbuster – it just won’t suit those wanting the ultimate OLED experience. Along with the screen, the built-in sound system has also had a boost. There’s still a soundbar under the display, and it gets an up-firing boombox and dual subwoofer as well.”
However, he did raise a flaw: “Despite Sky improving the live streaming lag, Sky Glass is still a bit behind, which is annoying when watching the Six Nations or FA Cup football. Luckily. Premier League action is now down to a lag of just three seconds as long as you watch on the dedicated Sky channel.”