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As I picked through my post this afternoon during lunch, I spotted a letter from Sky, which provides my digital television services via theSky Glassthat’s setup in my kitchen. Yes, a real printed-on-paper letter with Sky’s colourful fonts and, wait, what’s this –Netflix is cancelled?! Well, sort of…
If you, like me, have a Netflix subscription wrapped into your Sky package – it’s cheaper than going direct to the streamer, you see – then, from this December, you’ll no longer have the same Netflix subscription. But it’s not all bad news – you’ll just be on a different package instead.
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But it’s not all bad news for Netflix users, as the Sky letter explains. Netflix Basic is (or, technically, ‘was’) 720p resolution (or ‘HD Ready’ as some people still call it). That’s far less detailed than 1080p resolution (or ‘Full HD’ as you’ll often hear) – which, frankly, is the least you should expect these days – especially with 4K resolution (Ultra-HD) TVs now the norm. And Netflix Standard steps up to Full HD, so you’ll get better quality.
More than the resolution bump, however, the new package comes with the ability to watch and download on two devices at the same time – not just one. That’s particularly great if, say, I want to watch something on Sky Glass but it clashes with a show that someone else in the house wants to watch. Problem solved, both can be watched at once – with the second on a phone or tablet.
So what if you don’t want ads as part of your Netflix viewing? You can call Sky to pay for an upgrade – while Netflix usually charges £10.99 per month, I believe it’s 99p less with Sky direct (saving £11.88 a year). Or, if you want Netflix Premium for Ultra-HD (and spatial audio) then it’s £15 per month – again, less than direct from Netflix, where it’s £17.99 per month (thus saving £35.88 a year).
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