**The Sky Soundbox: A Compact and Feature-Rich Soundbar**

The first time I saw the Sky Soundbox, I was surprised by its compact size. It's less than 40 centimeters wide but stands at an impressive nine point five centimeters tall. Depending on your TV setup and how tall it stands off your cabinet, this could potentially obscure the bottom of your screen. On my 2017 Samsung Culet, it just reaches the bottom bezel, making it a slightly bulky device.

Despite its compact size, the Sky Soundbox has a fairly understated design that looks quite nice overall. Some might say it resembles a lunchbox due to its similar footprint to the actual Sky Q box, but it's about two times taller. This could be a bit of an issue if you plan on wall mounting your TV, as the height may not be ideal. However, as long as there's at least 10 centimeters between your cabinet and your TV, this shouldn't be a major concern.

In terms of connectivity, the Sky Soundbox offers two HDMI ports (one input, one output) and an optical input. Unfortunately, it lacks ARC support, which would have allowed for seamless integration with soundbars that use infrared remote controls. There's also no Dolby Atmos or DTS support, which might be a deal-breaker for some users.

However, the Sky Soundbox does offer impressive mid-range sound and excellent voice tones. It features six 3-inch woofers and three 2-inch full-range drivers, which contribute to its surprisingly good sound quality despite its compact size. The device produces clear, loud, and rich sound with a wide soundstage – although not quite on the same level as a full surround sound system.

One of the standout features of the Sky Soundbox is its integration with Sky TV. It offers several nifty features, including "Cue Sound," which is an automatic EQ mode that senses the content you're watching and adapts the sound profile in real-time. This means that if you're watching a war movie with sudden loud gunfire, the auto volume level technology will adjust it to prevent startling your neighbors or disturbing others nearby.

The Sky Soundbox also features three different sound profiles: standard, sports, and night mode. Night mode reduces bass levels to minimize disturbance during quiet hours, while speech enhance limits volume for better dialogue clarity. While these features are nice, one thing that would be great is a display on the device itself, indicating what input it's using or what volume level it's at.

Overall, the Sky Soundbox offers impressive sound quality and clever features like Cue Sound. While its design may not be the most attractive, it's a surprisingly good option for those who are regular Sky customers. At £249 (or $299), it's relatively affordable considering the quality of audio you receive. However, some users might find the lack of ARC support or Dolby Atmos/DTS support to be a drawback.

If you're considering purchasing the Sky Soundbox, I would recommend checking out the links in the description below for more information and reviews from other customers. While it's not perfect, this device is definitely worth considering – especially if you're looking for a compact soundbar that integrates well with your TV setup.

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the past few months which is their fancy new 4k service and they asked if I wanted to try out the new sound box skies teamed up with French audio company DVLA known for their pretty high-end phantom wireless speakers and what's surprising is given their audio pedigree they've teamed up the sky to produce this sound box which costs as little as 250 pounds unboxing it for the first time it is surprisingly compact it's less than 40 centimetres wide but it is pretty tall at nine point five centimetres which means depending on what TV you have and how tall it stands off your cabinet it may actually obscure the bottom of it on my 2017 Samsung culet it just reaches the bottom bezel so a Best it looks a little bit odd and at worst it could actually get in front of your TV screen so it's a little bulky and someone said it looked a little bit like a lunch box maybe and it's about the same size in terms of footprint as the actual Sky Q box but about 2 times taller so yeah it's you know fairly understated simple looking I think it looks quite nice overall aside from being a little bit tall and if you are wall mounting your TV then that height isn't really an issue and as long as you just check beforehand that you have at least 10 centimeters between your cabinet and your TV you'll be fine as for connectivity you get 2 4 capable HDMI ports one input one output and an optical input there's no arc HDMI unfortunately which would allow you to use your TV remote for your soundbar you also get a USB port so if you've got your music on a USB stick you can stick that in there and of course it also supports bluetooth bluetooth 4.1 so you can wirelessly stream your music from your phone to this and use it as a wireless speaker but what I think sets this apart from other sound bars is the integration with Sky TV there's a few nifty features including what sky is calling cue sound which is an automatic EQ mode that senses the content you're watching and adapts the sound profile so let's say you're watching a war movie and there's suddenly loud gunfire the auto volume level technology will adjust it in real time so you don't have to meet you the remote to blow the volume by a couple see you not pissing off your neighbors it is pretty clever and it will detect when you're watching football f1 cricket boxing or movies and for everything else it just goes back to default mode there's also three different sound profiles you can use including night mode which reduces bass kids mode to limit volume and speech enhance one thing that would be nice is to have some sort of display on the sound box itself so I know what input it's using or what volume it's at instead it just tells you Bluetooth so that's all well and good but the big question is does it actually sound any good well the answer is yes actually very good it doesn't have a dedicated subwoofer and it is fairly compact overall but even if it lacks a few bells and whistles it sounds great you get six three inch woofers and three two inch full range drivers to the back one at the front and despite its size I'm really impressed by just how good it sounds it produces clear loud and rich sound and has a surprisingly wide soundstage although obviously not to the same extent as a full surround sound system so watching the world cup movies f1 regular TV it was a massive upgrade over my Samsung TVs built-in speakers and versus my previous sound bar which was the Samsung H WMS 650 which to my ear handled bass and lows a little bit better even though the sky sound box goes all the way down to 35 Hertz but that sambar costs over a hundred pounds more so yes there are punchy er Basya sound bars out there but the sandbox does offer impressive mid-range and excellent voice tones which does make it stand out it's just a bit of a shame there's no Dolby Atmos or even DTS support it's just Dolby Digital Plus so that might put some people off so I think for me a shorter design and an extra HDMI with ARC support and more Dobby codecs will be nice and also there's just no way you should buy this at its full 800 pound retail price but I think for 249 pounds or $2.99 if you're just a regular Sky customer actually it's not bad value at all and given the quality of the audio you get from this it's actually a surprisingly good option I think I really would definitely recommend considering it I've put links in the description below if you want to find out more if you want to actually buy one of these and I'd love to hear what you think would you consider something like this are you a Sky TV customer or would you just pay maybe a little bit more and get something that's perhaps a bit more flexible and not so tied to sky let me know in the comments below thank you very much for watching guys if you did enjoy this video get that like and subscribe button so you don't miss any of my upcoming videos and I'll see you next time right here on the tech jab thanks for watchingdon't you dare call this a soundbar this is a sound box apparently now if you live in the UK like I do then you'll probably know what sky TV is I'm using it here and it's basically a satellite TV broadcaster a bit like Direct TV in the US anyway they've made a sound bar sorry a sound box this is the Sky sound box if you're a Sky TV or a Sky Q customer here in the UK this will cost you 300 pounds for everyone else though it'll cost you a whopping 800 pounds so if you don't live in the UK and you're no sky customer well it's gonna be pretty tough to get your hands on one but before you skip to the next video because do you think this doesn't apply to you while stick around because actually not only is this a really good sound bar for the price but also it's really interesting to see a TV broadcaster teaming up with a French audio company to produce their own in-house hardware their own sound bar you don't see that very often so I've been using Sky Q for the past few months which is their fancy new 4k service and they asked if I wanted to try out the new sound box skies teamed up with French audio company DVLA known for their pretty high-end phantom wireless speakers and what's surprising is given their audio pedigree they've teamed up the sky to produce this sound box which costs as little as 250 pounds unboxing it for the first time it is surprisingly compact it's less than 40 centimetres wide but it is pretty tall at nine point five centimetres which means depending on what TV you have and how tall it stands off your cabinet it may actually obscure the bottom of it on my 2017 Samsung culet it just reaches the bottom bezel so a Best it looks a little bit odd and at worst it could actually get in front of your TV screen so it's a little bulky and someone said it looked a little bit like a lunch box maybe and it's about the same size in terms of footprint as the actual Sky Q box but about 2 times taller so yeah it's you know fairly understated simple looking I think it looks quite nice overall aside from being a little bit tall and if you are wall mounting your TV then that height isn't really an issue and as long as you just check beforehand that you have at least 10 centimeters between your cabinet and your TV you'll be fine as for connectivity you get 2 4 capable HDMI ports one input one output and an optical input there's no arc HDMI unfortunately which would allow you to use your TV remote for your soundbar you also get a USB port so if you've got your music on a USB stick you can stick that in there and of course it also supports bluetooth bluetooth 4.1 so you can wirelessly stream your music from your phone to this and use it as a wireless speaker but what I think sets this apart from other sound bars is the integration with Sky TV there's a few nifty features including what sky is calling cue sound which is an automatic EQ mode that senses the content you're watching and adapts the sound profile so let's say you're watching a war movie and there's suddenly loud gunfire the auto volume level technology will adjust it in real time so you don't have to meet you the remote to blow the volume by a couple see you not pissing off your neighbors it is pretty clever and it will detect when you're watching football f1 cricket boxing or movies and for everything else it just goes back to default mode there's also three different sound profiles you can use including night mode which reduces bass kids mode to limit volume and speech enhance one thing that would be nice is to have some sort of display on the sound box itself so I know what input it's using or what volume it's at instead it just tells you Bluetooth so that's all well and good but the big question is does it actually sound any good well the answer is yes actually very good it doesn't have a dedicated subwoofer and it is fairly compact overall but even if it lacks a few bells and whistles it sounds great you get six three inch woofers and three two inch full range drivers to the back one at the front and despite its size I'm really impressed by just how good it sounds it produces clear loud and rich sound and has a surprisingly wide soundstage although obviously not to the same extent as a full surround sound system so watching the world cup movies f1 regular TV it was a massive upgrade over my Samsung TVs built-in speakers and versus my previous sound bar which was the Samsung H WMS 650 which to my ear handled bass and lows a little bit better even though the sky sound box goes all the way down to 35 Hertz but that sambar costs over a hundred pounds more so yes there are punchy er Basya sound bars out there but the sandbox does offer impressive mid-range and excellent voice tones which does make it stand out it's just a bit of a shame there's no Dolby Atmos or even DTS support it's just Dolby Digital Plus so that might put some people off so I think for me a shorter design and an extra HDMI with ARC support and more Dobby codecs will be nice and also there's just no way you should buy this at its full 800 pound retail price but I think for 249 pounds or $2.99 if you're just a regular Sky customer actually it's not bad value at all and given the quality of the audio you get from this it's actually a surprisingly good option I think I really would definitely recommend considering it I've put links in the description below if you want to find out more if you want to actually buy one of these and I'd love to hear what you think would you consider something like this are you a Sky TV customer or would you just pay maybe a little bit more and get something that's perhaps a bit more flexible and not so tied to sky let me know in the comments below thank you very much for watching guys if you did enjoy this video get that like and subscribe button so you don't miss any of my upcoming videos and I'll see you next time right here on the tech jab thanks for watching\n"