{"id":282202,"date":"2025-06-08T20:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T20:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/sky-glass-air-looks-promising-but-its-lacking-in-this-one-area\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T20:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T20:49:07","slug":"sky-glass-air-looks-promising-but-its-lacking-in-this-one-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=282202","title":{"rendered":"Sky Glass Air looks promising \u2013 but it’s lacking in this one area"},"content":{"rendered":"


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After a soft launch earlier in 2025, Sky Glass Air<\/a> has made its public debut, and based on first impressions, it\u2019s looking pretty good.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s primarily designed as a more affordable alternative to the Sky Glass Gen 2<\/a>, which obviously means that it doesn\u2019t have all the bells and whistles of that model.<\/p>\n

While it features a 4K HDR Quantum Dot panel, I\u2019m not expecting it to be of the same calibre as the one that\u2019s in the Gen 2 model. There\u2019s no built-in Dolby Atmos<\/a> sound system either.<\/p>\n

The impression I got from Sky was that Glass Air didn\u2019t have the same audience in its sights as Gen 2 does, which makes plenty of sense. It\u2019s primarily going for a younger audience, those who normally wouldn\u2019t think of getting a Sky subscription, as well as those who might want a second TV to go in their house.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a smart move, but there is one area where Sky hasn\u2019t been as smart.<\/p>\n

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The design isn\u2019t convenient for a soundbar<\/h2>\n

Surprisingly for a TV, Sky Glass Air sits pretty low to the ground \u2013 there\u2019s barely any space between it and the surface it\u2019s planted on. Sky says the reason for that is to get a better performance from the two 15W down-firing speakers, which in theory makes sense as sound is helped by having a surface it can bounce and reflect off.<\/p>\n

But out of all the TVs<\/a> I\u2019ve tested in my time at Trusted Reviews, I\u2019ve seen very few TVs with this type of low design to the ground. It\u2019s not very common at all.<\/p>\n

Not having that space below the TV makes it impractical to fit a soundbar below without encroaching on the screen. Unless you wall-mount \u2013 which isn\u2019t necessarily an option for everyone \u2013 you\u2019re stuck with the built-in sound system.<\/p>\n

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And most built-in sound systems, especially at the price Sky Glass Air is aiming for, for a lack of a better phrase tend to suck.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say Sky Glass Air could go against the grain in terms of TV sound but I wouldn\u2019t be too confident. Aside from a few short clips, I can\u2019t say I got much of a beat on how the TV sounded aside from it being spacious and solidly clear.<\/p>\n

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At Trusted Reviews, we always mention that you should budget for a soundbar because, in most cases, a TV\u2019s sound system is compromised. Sky Glass Air makes it inconvenient to add a soundbar because of its design.<\/p>\n

Bring back the Sky Soundbox<\/h2>\n

There isn\u2019t really a solution to this problem. Sky has made a decision, and there\u2019s very little wiggle room to move around. But I think there\u2019s an area where Sky could develop a presence in that\u2019s not really catered for.<\/p>\n

No, I\u2019m not talking just about soundbars, but the smart soundbar. And by smart I don\u2019t mean Alexa or Google voice control \u2013 I mean a soundbar that also doubles up as a streamer<\/em>.<\/p>\n

There aren\u2019t many examples of this, which surprises me a little bit, but the most obvious that comes to mind is the Roku Streambar <\/a>that offers stereo sound and the Roku interface built into it. Amazon had a similar idea years ago but it never made it to the UK.<\/p>\n

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With a soundbar and streamer built into one product, that can solve two birds with one stone. I\u2019m sure Sky will say \u201cbut we\u2019ve got Sky Stream<\/a> to act as a streamer\u201d but if Sky is all about providing a simpler way of enjoying its entertainment options, then why not go back into the soundbar space with something that\u2019s different from the established norm?<\/p>\n

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The Soundbox it partnered with Devialet<\/a> on was pretty short-lived, but there are very few TV sound systems \u2013 certainly below \u00a31000 \u2013 that are anything more than decent. Imagine if Sky offered a stereo soundbar for those who want an affordable model, and a premium Dolby Atmos soundbar <\/a>and both had Sky OS<\/a>? It\u2019d be another way for Sky to have a presence in homes that didn\u2019t have Sky at all. I think that\u2019s an idea worth exploring.<\/p>\n

It would expand Sky\u2019s reach into another area of the home cinema market. The Marshall Heston 120<\/a> is evidence that a company with little experience in the home cinema market can make something that\u2019s pretty good.<\/p>\n

The argument would be that most TVs sold these days are smart, but in switching from satellite broadcasts to Internet delivery, Sky is<\/em> competing against other smart interfaces. No one else is doing this, and maybe there\u2019s a good reason for that, but I see an opportunity and I think Sky should take a \u2018risk\u2019. The rewards could be great.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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