New Sky 4K TV and movies for Christmas – including EVERY Harry Potter movie
WE’VE rounded up all of the latest 4K TV shows and movies coming to Sky Q for December 2019 – giving you plenty to watch over Christmas. After all, if you’re paying a hefty monthly fee for the service, you might as well get your money’s worth. What is Sky Q? Sky Q is Sky’s […]
WE’VE rounded up all of the latest 4K TV shows and movies coming to Sky Q for December 2019 – giving you plenty to watch over Christmas.
After all, if you’re paying a hefty monthly fee for the service, you might as well get your money’s worth.
What is Sky Q?
Sky Q is Sky’s best set-top box service, getting you all the latest features.
The only way to watch 4K content on Sky is to sign up to Sky Q and get the bundled set-top box.
If you’re new to Sky, you’ll have to sign up to an 18-month contract for £22 a month to enjoy the service.
Of course, you’ll also need to buy an Ultra HD telly to watch 4K content in its native quality – check out our best 4K TVs article for advice.
- Get Sky Q from £22 per month at Sky Store – buy now
Sky 4K movies and TV shows for December 2019 – here’s what’s coming up
Sky Cinema
- The Smurfs – Dec 1st
- Spider-Man – Dec 1st
- The Grinch (2018) – Dec 6th
- Happy Death Day 2U – Dec 7th
- Spider-Man 3 – Dec 15th
- Bumblebee – Dec 20th
- Little – Dec 21st
- Mary Queen of Scots (2018) – Dec 22nd
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – Dec 23rd
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 – Dec 23rd
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Dec 23rd
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – Dec 23rd
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Dec 23rd
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – Dec 23rd
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – Dec 23rd
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Dec 23rd
- Lego Movie 2: The Second Part – Dec 24th
- Kid Who Would Be Kind – Dec 27th
- SpongeBob Movie: The Sponge Out Of Water – Dec 28th
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor – Dec 29th
- What Men Want – Dec 29th
- The Aftermath (2018) – Dec 31st
Sky Entertainment
- Madam Secretary S5 (Sky Witness) – Weekly from Dec 5th
- Margaret Atwood: Word after a Word after a Word is Power (Sky Arts) – Dec 10th
- Celebrity Portrait Artist of the Year (Sky Arts) – Dec 17th
- Magnum PI S2 (Sky One) – Weekly from Dec 29th
- Hawaii Five-0 S10 (Sky One) – Weekly from Dec 29th
Sky One
- Romesh Looks Back to the Future – Dec 17th
- ALOTO Xmas – Dec 19th
- Moominvalley S2 – Dec 19th
- In The Long Run Xmas – Dec 20th
- Reluctant Landlord Xmas – Dec 23rd
- Cinderella: After Ever After – Dec 24th
Sky Store
- The Intruder (2019) – Dec 2nd
- The Angry Birds Movie 2 – Dec 2nd
- The Art of Racing in The Rain – Dec 2nd
- Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood – Dec 9th
- Dora And The Lost City of Gold – Dec 9th
- The Sun is Also A Star – Dec 16th
- Angel Has Fallen – Dec 16th
- Crawl (2019) – Dec 23rd
Sky Sports
- Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
- Premier League
- EFL Cup
- World Championship Darts
What is 4K, Ultra HD and UHD?
Here's an easy guide to what 4K means...
- 4K, Ultra HD and UHD are all different names for the same type of TV screen. 4K refers to the number of pixels on your TV screen – or the “image resolution”
- The pixels are the tiny dots of colour that make up the image you see on your telly. A pixellated image is one where the pixels are really obvious, because there aren’t many. But images with lots of pixels – like a 4K movie – generally look sharper and clearer
- A true 4K screen has 4096 x 2160 pixels. That means on your TV screen there are 3840 pixels across, and 2160 pixels vertically. That’s roughly 8.3 million pixels on the display in total
- 4K gets it’s name because it’s got four times the number of pixels as a standard Full HD TV
- Full HD (or 1080p) screens have 1920 pixels across, and 1080 pixels going upwards – for around two million pixels in total. So 4K just means your TV has many more pixels on the screen compared to a more common Full HD display
- Ultra HD, or UHD, is basically the same as 4K. If you buy a UHD telly in a shop, you’ll be able to watch 4K content on it with no bother
- But there is a small difference. Almost every TV you ever buy has an aspect ratio of 16:9. That means for every 16 pixels horizontally, there are 9 vertically
- True 4K footage doesn’t quite fit in with that ratio, so you won’t often find TVs with 4096 x 2160 pixels. Instead, to fit with the 16:9 ratio, most 4K TVs will have 3840 x 2160 pixels instead
- If it doesn’t make sense, grab a calculator and divide 2160 by 9. Then multiply it by 16, and you’ll get 3840. That’s the aspect ratio working its magic. So when you see an Ultra HD TV, it just means it’s a 4K image with slightly fewer vertical pixels
- If you try watching a 4K video on a non-4K TV, the video will still play – but it won’t be in 4K quality. To watch a 4K video in 4K quality, you’ll need to fork out for a 4K TV. Similarly, if you’re watching standard or HD footage on a 4K TV, it won’t magically become 4K quality
- Some TVs promise “4K upscaling”, which converts your standard or HD footage to near-4K quality. This works by using software to guess what colours would fill the extra empty pixels missing in HD footage, and then filling them in. This creates a 4K-like effect, but it’s not true 4K
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