A major outage has left hundreds of Sky Glass smart TV and Sky streaming service customers across the UK in a nightmare of boredom and frustration. The...

A major outage has left hundreds of Sky Glass smart TV and Sky streaming service customers across the UK in a nightmare of boredom and frustration. The devices have been stuck on a blank screen and there’s seemingly no fix yet.Read Entire Article

  • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    The article makes a big deal about the Sky Glass TV concept, and to be fair it does sound kinda dumb.

    The TV weighs 35kg, which sounds extreme to me, then they make a big deal about it not needing a sattelite reciever or another settop box.

    So it’s a TV with an integrated streaming service.

    As for the outage, there is no confirmed cause for it yet, but the article speculate that a botched firmware update might be the culprit

  • gramie@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    a nightmare of boredom and frustration

    Because your TV isn’t working? First world problems indeed! Might I suggest getting your fat ass off the sofa and taking a walk?