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@justahair8765

Жыл бұрын

Beehive bedlam is still on sky

@modelsandtrains7915

Жыл бұрын

I remember fathom too!

@imhsn

Жыл бұрын

Bumble tumble

@uploader755

Жыл бұрын

Yes, and now I feel old

@Alex-ov1og

Жыл бұрын

I loved beehive bedlam 😂

That was an exceptionally good run through of the Sky stream box. I’ve signed up for one with their broadband on the back of this review. Thanks for taking the time 👍

I've just noticed this as an option on Sky's web site and have been looking into it. Thanks for the detailed review. Oh I looked into that Antenna input and found this: "The built-in Freeview (digital terrestrial) receiver isn't activated for UK use on Stream pucks: it's available as a fallback on Glass television sets." 🖖👍

I suspect the aerial / DVB-T tuner will be key in Italy where there are a number of local channels on terrestrial - in fact the Sky Q box over there has a DVB-T tuner too which has always been interesting.

The reality of the age of streaming is this exact fragmentation, I think it's going to be extremely rare that you find a system as well integrated as what you're asking for. The streaming service providers have all the leverage and don't want to put all this development time into other people's products. They would also never trust another company like Sky to tinker with their applications.

Excellent review.great work.there’s a lot of bad quality reviews of sky stream on KZread.this is the best one I’ve found.thanks

Great in-depth review, Cameron. I ordered Stream off the back of watching this. Been streaming all my content for the past 5 years, so this was a bit of a change for me. Tried it for a week, but ultimately decided to return it and cancel the service. Strikes me as a ‘nearly’ product, but I’m informed the software will evolve over time so maybe I’ll revisit it in a year or two.

great video.ordered my sky stream today.thanks very much.

Really detailed video. Despite it almost being midnight, you explained everything thoroughly. Not even the opening of the box was rushed 😉 My only criticism is the placement of your Dyson fan! It is very distracting. And now you've read this, you're going to move it because you can't not notice it while watching the telly 😂I've just found your channel and subscribed. Look forward to going through the backlog and for your future videos!

Brilliant review, thank you explains a lot of my concerns I had.

Thanks for this review. My Sky Q contract is coming to an end, and I was debating switching over. This was very informative.

Thanks! I watched your video and decided to get Sky Stream. I've had it for a couple of days and am very happy with it. I find the user interface better than using the NowTV dongle.

Thanks for this video. Does it show what episodes you've already watched on the series link/play list? what happens when a new show comes out? will it be at the top?

Really appreciate this video from an opinion I respect. Answers pretty much all the questions I had as I’ve been pretty interested in moving to this for a while.

Great video. Would I be right in thinking that it is not possible to skip adverts when using STV, or any other channel with adverts? Great thing about having a recorder is the ability to circumvent the ads.

Great review, thank you for doing this.

First time viewer. Thanks Cameron for a thorough review of Sky Stream! Think I am going to get this. Wonder if they will do a Black Friday deal? I am pretty useless with Tech - do you know if it is possible to get the remote to turn on and control a sound bar as well? Thanks 👍

the bit with the live TV is just what I needed to know :)

When it comes to multi-room/multi-screen (whatever they call it), Sky Stream is slightly cheaper per month than Sky Q, and there is the added bonus of not having to have the main box on in order for the additional boxes to function (with Sky Q, rather than having a connection to the dish for each additional box, the additional boxes connect to the main box), and plus, the cost of the additional boxes is cheaper than Sky Q Also, with Sky Stream, you can have 3 Sky Glass TVs, and 6 Sky Stream Pucks per account/address (if you have multi-room/multi-screen), whereas Sky Q only allows you to have it on up to 4 or 5 TVs total (can’t remember the exact number)

Thank you for your review, I’ll stick with SkyQ, since I can record my own programmes

Great review thanks. Detailed and articulated brilliantly.

I just got it a few days later as you say , no instructions in the box and batteries were flat. In the controller . However+. Worked out well

The main mistake people made with sky glass is to go for the biggest TV when it's not a top spec TV. It's still pretty decent as it supports Dolby Atmos and Vision and is a decent VA panel when you manually sort the brightness. In short the 43 inch is awesome TV for the kitchen or bedroom as no need for a separate soundbar. You can also power a 4K Amazon stick via the back USB C port. I've got the pucks linked to better TVs and the sky glass is mint on the kitchen wall for an all in one option. My main annoyance with sky pucks is the removal of the optical out (same with most modern technology including consoles).

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

That's a fair point, still nice that I can now get it without any sort of TV since I didn't really need a new bedroom one but the Sky Glass does seem like a decent option for a bedroom TV. My only concern would be that since, if you sold the TV on, it can't then be activated as a Sky device by the new owner, it likely won't have the same resale value as a conventional TV. As for the optical output, this is fairly common nowadays as the optical standard has very much been superseded by HDMI. While "fibre optic" sounds modern, it's actually a standard from the 80s and can't handle more than 2 audio channels without compression whereas HDMI can handle full uncompressed surround sound. If you need an optical output (e.g. for an older sound system that doesn't support HDMI) then you can get "HDMI Audio Extractors" which are relatively inexpensive and will provide an optical audio output from an HDMI feed while passing through he HDMI video to your display.

@richarddcrossley

Жыл бұрын

@@camerongray1515 all good advice but in a small bedroom environment where I can only fit a Samsung m5 TV and wanting to use a Sonos ray with sky puck/apple TV/ps5 and Xbox I’m already running out of plugs and ports 😂 I just wanted to use optical to the Ray. I know it is dead really. Be nice if sky added AirPlay out as an option. I’ll probably just watch most none sky stuff via Apple TV and use AirPlay to Sonos (saw you have a Mac mini in your setup too…I use one as Plex server). Thanks for the reply! Side note the puck also fits in an IKEA malm single makeup mirror tray and as Bluetooth really good option in a small space 😂

This is the second time I've been looking into something and you release a video the day after lol, great as always, such a shame it's so fragmented but I guess that's the way of the world.

Great review mate! Is there a away to speed up the transition between live channels? It looks like about 5 seconds delya before the picture show up. Thanks

This was so helpful….thank you so much

Really great review thanks

How is the M-A Bronze C150 centre channnel working for you? What config do you have and which are your other speakers? Great video, thanx!

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

They're all working great, for the front channels I'm using the Bronze 50s and then Bronze FXs for the surrounds. I made a video about them all here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iYmrpauxesqYiLA.html. Then for the sub I'm using a BK XLS-200FF which I made a video about here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qqpouNKJccevZs4.html

@bits2646

Жыл бұрын

@@camerongray1515 great, thank you! Missed the review, I'm new sub here :)

Great video. Thank you. Quick question: Let’s say I’ve missed the first 10 minutes of live football match, can I start from the beginning without going into that channel? I’d hate to see the scoreline whilst doing it

For anyone who doesn't know about it, the simplest way to get Sky channels that doesn't even involve buying a single piece of hardware from Sky, is NOW TV or just NOW as they rebranded to recently. It's just Sky's take on a streaming service like any other and has access to all their channels live. The app is available on Samsung, Sony & LG Smart TVs, Amazon Fire Sticks & Rokus, along with the givens like mobile and desktop. If the overlap with other streaming apps on the Stream is annoying you then this is the way to avoid that, because the only programmes that are going to show in the NOW TV app are they programmes actually available on Sky.

@MrKlawUK

Жыл бұрын

Agree. I find that ok for occasional viewing, but the quality isn’t great. I’ve been waiting for sky stream for F1 in 4k HDR, and to get Sky Atlantic. F1 looks *amazing* and overall I’m pretty happy so far. Most/all content is available enough on catch up that ‘bookmarked’ content works as an alternative to actual HDD recording

@SproutyPottedPlant

Жыл бұрын

Ooh so that’s why I couldn’t find a now TV box anywhere, it’s on the fire stick now so I know what gift to get for F1 fan!

@Berd95

Жыл бұрын

It's called NOW TV in UK? In Germany they call it WOW :D

@paulpatrick885

Жыл бұрын

Now is the cheapest way to get the Sky Sports channels. Stream and Q force you to buy a base pack before you can add the Sky Sports channels. It’s a shame that the Now app on AppleTV with the boost pack doesn’t have 5.1 audio for unknown reasons. Now often has special offers to keep subscribers. I’m on a 12 month £20 a month sports offer. Now is clearly aimed as the budget offering but can be a good way to get the sports channels for a cheaper price. If Now added 4k UHD with a boost+ pack it would be good as that is the big quality difference compared to Stream

@lit3work

Жыл бұрын

Resolution is badly hampered on Sky NOW and GO. Stream is a much better platform even in its infancy.

Pretty much as soon as i saw this on the sky website, i subscribed to it (i decided to add on the multi-room service as well, I haven’t added on UHD or any of the additional channel packs though), one box connected to the main TV (which is a 1080P TV), and a second one is in one of the bedrooms

Hi, great video. Had a quick question please. I’m considering purchasing this however I have access to a UHD Netflix account so I don’t need to pay the £8 extra with sky. Is it possible to sign into Netflix on Sky Stream with a different account than what is linked to your Sky Account without the bills merging? Thanks in advance.

@SuperHitman55

Жыл бұрын

You'll have to contact Sky. I wasn't able to do this as the Netflix app immediately signs me in with the Sky account

Very good well explained video. It could be i missed something, but can you set the tv channels in order, or as a favourite list rather than scrawl through tons of channels to get the channel i want,..Also I would never remember the channel number i was looking for... Hope this makes sense. Thanks Danny

Great video. Do you know if you can jump straight to the TV Guide all channels with one button press? For us, it takes like 4 to 6 button presses!

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately not that I've been able to find, think Sky Q is similar which was a surprise when moving from Sky+ HD! The best I've been able to find is that if you have started a channel from the TV Guide, pressing back will take you back to the guide. However, if you started watching the channel and then did something such as open the home menu to browse and then went back to the channel using the "Currently Playing" shortcut, pressing back will take you back to the main menu.

One thing I find annoying was seeing a program on sky news I wanted to “record” and watch later like I would have on Sky Q but it added the program as a playlist but the specific program episode was nowhere to be found!

I just love instructional videos where there's a remote being waved around and just do this like that where you can't see what he's done. Thanks a lot.

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

This video was intended as a review and demonstration, not an instructional video, hence me not focusing on explaining exactly how to use it. Had I spent longer explaining and showing exactly how to do everything, the video would have dragged on even longer than it did and wouldn't have been useful for the average person who just wants to see a review of Sky Stream before they decide to order it. If you need organised instructional content, Sky have tutorial videos on their own KZread channel.

Does it have the same accessibility options as Sky Q on live TV like audio description?

Thanks. Very Informative.

This is a great fair review, I have just moved to the steam service, I have a large property with a 2TB SkyQ main box and 3 mini's - I don't have Sky BB as its poor so I moved to Virgin 350m which is great! Skey engineers came last week as boxes keep disconnecting and we have one in the annex next door (In laws) and said the only way is to hard wire all the boxes (I don't want cables everywhere and neither does the wife), so I moved to Stream and bar some subtitle issues it's been fine, picture is better, we shall see how it performs over the coming weeks....

@steventhomas5076

Ай бұрын

Ive had 2 of these for about a year now, they now both have developed the same issue, the sound is fine when when I first put the TV on but over time the audio starts to lag, last night it was approx 1.5 seconds behind, the only way to resolve the issue is to switch the sky stream box off and the back on, very frustrating. Internet search provides that others have experienced the same. Sky blame Internet speed, I have fibre direct and very fast speed.

Interesting review, what Internet speed are you running on, as heard system needs 15mgs

Is there an app that you can use to add shows to the tvs playlist like what you can do with a sky+ box via the sky+ app?

Great overview. I had Sky glass in May 22 and sent it back and re-installed Sky Q. I never thought the TV picture quality was particularly good and I hated the playlists. Especially for channels like ITV. If you added something like Coronation Street, it would be hard to find the latest show or shows fro that week as they were numbered and they would add every bloody episode going back years. Yawn!! Paying for skipping adverts was a joke as well after the first year. Completely taking the piss. So having just a puck that can stream sky is interesting but would have to deal with playlists again. Is the amount of pucks you have limited ? I still think it’s early days for sky software and they need to come up with a better playlists or recording mechanism before I’m go back.

Appreciate your videos mate. I'm changing over to sky stream and ditching sky q as i need 4k sky mini boxes in 3 rooms and sky's mini boxes are only HD, only the main box is 4k. My only concern is that I need a way of being able to record on the sky stream puck, do you know of a workaround? Like using a DVR. I know you can add programs to a playlist but some don't stay available indefinitely. Cheers!

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

The most you could maybe do is using some sort of HDMI capture device but this would be akin to connecting a Sky box to a VCR - it'll only record the video source that is currently being played back and if a programme runs for an hour, it'll take an hour to capture it. You may also run into HDMI copy protection issues. My suggestion would be to stick with Sky Q for now and live without 4K and if you need 4K apps for things like Netflix, either use the smart TV apps or get a 4K capable smart TV stick type device. Hopefully Sky will release 4K capable mini boxes in the future.

@DjKProductions

Жыл бұрын

@camerongray1515 thanks for the good info. Do u think I could plug something into the USB port on my Samsung S95b QD-OLED TV to record programs?

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

@@DjKProductions You'll likely be able to do that to record Freeview channels but I highly doubt it'll let you record an HDMI source such as the Sky box.

@DjKProductions

Жыл бұрын

@camerongray1515 ok, I'll probably try a hdmi capture device, even with it's limitations. Not sure what u mean by HDMI copy protection issues, will it stop me from recording certain channels or programs?

When watching live tv on this box, do you know if they have a slight live delay? I currently use iplayer/itv hub for watching the World Cup and the games are slightly behind what sky/virgin would have. I can tell by looking on twitter whilst watching. Hope this makes sense. Thank you.

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the delay is pretty significant, around 30 seconds. Not a huge issue for me since I don't watch live sports but if you do and want to avoid spoilers you're probably better off with Freeview or regular Satellite (although Satellite will still have a few seconds of delay compared to Freeview)

@mercurialmeee

Жыл бұрын

@@camerongray1515 thanks mate. Yeah been thinking of getting freeview just need to get some cash together 😂

Hi Cameron. Any thing to add after long term use?

apart from the recording issue - the other thing is not all programmes appear on catch up

@SuperHitman55

Жыл бұрын

That, and the live channels suffer from delays

Thanks for such an in depth review. I've just read somewhere that there is no way of switching between HDMI ports on the remote, is this correct? My son currently switches ports when he wants to use his Play Station. Is this still possible? Thank you.

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

There isn't any sort of input control on the Sky remote however for that you'd just need to use your TV's regular remote. The Sky remote will control your TV's volume and turn it on/off but for anything else you'll need your TV's own remote.

@sabinacook2239

Жыл бұрын

@@camerongray1515 thanks very much

Just ordered mine today

Is their any lag between the channels on sky stream. For example the sky q box is 2 minutes ahead of sky go. If sky stream has no delay then that’s a game changer

Got my late last week. So far pleased with it though a couple of niggles. The video and sound were out of synch so I had to switch Audio from PCM to Auto which resolved the issue. However the other issue is that none of my viewed content is 'remembered' so every time I return to a TV I have to remember what episode I have got to. It remembers that session but as soon as turn it off and back on it loses all of the viewing history. I have checked the settings about allowing content details to be shared and it still makes no difference. Apparently this is quite a common issue but since launch it does not appear to have been addressed which is shame. Hoping they resolve this unless anyone else knows how to fix this...?

Awesome in-depth review. The fact that it shows Disney+ and other things you don’t subscribe to would annoy my OCD

The FIVE app is integrated within the Sky interface like the regular Sky channels.

Would be nice to have the antenna input working, so you can have all your channels in a single place. The My SKY/SKY Q box has this feature and it's useful, both if you have an older TV without a DVB-T2 tuner (in my country they will switch off the first generation DVB at the end of this year) and also to control everything with a single remote without having to switch input on the TV. Unfortunately where I live you can't get all channels on satellite (and thus I also think in streaming), especially sports events are usually only visible with DVB and not with satellite.

22:37, we have Sky Q and it does do the 'play from beginning' popup so it's not unique to Sky Stream

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

Ahh interesting, that's good at least! Been a long time since I've used Sky Q extensively

Without WebTV as the world’s first thin Internet client, none of this would have been possible. The idea TVs and set top boxes could deliver content was a new one. From that world, emerged smart TVs, the Roku Ultra, DirecTV Stream and in the UK, Sky Stream. They’re still thin Internet clients but instead of bringing the World Wide Web into the home, they now deliver entertainment.

Does it work on any 'host' internet provider or is it only 'certain providers' that can stream through? The building I am moving to is new but and is not wired up to the 'main providers....they only installed 'Hyperoptic' in the building so will this be compatible?

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

This should work with basically any ISP that is fast enough - I'm using it with TalkTalk, Hyperoptic should be absolutely fine!

@jcs3330

Жыл бұрын

@@camerongray1515 Thanks for the reply - That helps.

Hi Cameron Can i use it too on The Netherlands?? The sky stream box!!!

You are one of the best tech UK youtubers I've seen, right next to Techmoan. You are awesome and good job.

Sky Q has the "start from beginning" feature as well Cameron

seeing those old sky boxes took me back lol

@SuperHitman55

Жыл бұрын

I have the biggest soft spot for the black Sky+HD boxes! Absolutely adore it, lol. It took me until 2020 to finally get Sky Q😂

Ordered this today for TV upstairs, cost £19 pm includes Netflix. I use virgin TV as my main TV but will use my good vm Internet on this Sky stream.

Another good in-depth video, thanks Cameron. Agree Sky Glass seemed a bonkers proposition and this is much more sensible (esp for a lot of flats), however pricing still seems pretty punchy. Between Netflix, Amazon Prime and iPlayer (along with Plex for existing content I've got) I'm not sure there's much in the basic Sky package that would tempt me for £33/mo. I don't care about sports either and found (when I did have Sky) the film channels were pretty repetitive and didn't have that much new content each month so I just got rid of it altogether! Now TV (also owned by Sky) seems a potentially cheaper option for some of their content, but presumably that misses out some things?

@pineappleroad

Жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly, Now TV only gives you access to the channels that Sky operates, whereas this gives access to some pay to view channels that are not operated by Sky in addition to the ones that are (and i am not entirely sure, but there is also a possibility that sky excludes some of their own channels from Now TV) I suppose the only real benefit this offers over Now TV outside of the extra channels is that a basic Netflix subscription is included (I was previously signed up to Now TV, but i canceled my subscription due to it being inconvenient (having to switch over to a separate device, TV not a smart TV), and when i saw this service on the Sky website, i decided to see how good it was for myself)

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Now TV doesn't seem to include quite as many channels as Sky Stream and when you factor in the cost of Netflix which is included with Stream, you end up basically paying the same to get Sky Stream including Netflix vs separate NowTV and Netflix subscriptions

@alanjrobertson

Жыл бұрын

@@camerongray1515 sounds sensible. I get Netflix at 20% off after some deals on supermarket gift cards (on top of some Google chromecast offer) so just pay for it direct and no Sky/Now TV but agree if you want the service then this seems a better value way that you've done it 👍

@nigeljordan1146

Жыл бұрын

Yup - just looking at Stream vs Nowtv (im fully loaded except sport) and prices are almost the same with netflix on top. Around £40, with all the Now HD/ and NFx UHD switches on, but on 18mth contract However - on Stream, you do get Paramount+ free with Cinema, (which you dont on Now) ....and you can get UHD and Atmos (though you have to pay) . Now maxes out at HD and std 5.1 with the Boost upgrade, which can get a bit annoying when other App have stuff on UHD and Atmos. Obv these difference may be appealling or not, but thought they were worth mentioning here :) On the bad side - The UHD option OR if you move over to monthly rolling options takes Stream above seperate subs. If you get deals on NFx and Now - which many people do - then it may not be worthwhile. Youre also locked into NFx with Stream, and i quite like being able to drop subs im not watching (even tho im rubbish at it :D) Its the ability to get UHD and atmos on all subs which is just about swinging it for me, and im keen to try the aggregated interface (so your video has been helpful) its just the locking in part which is holding me back (and im rubbish at deciding things like this :D) Be interesting Cameron, if youre still enjoying it/using it after a few weeks, and if anything changes when it learns your watching habits Alan - I think Plex added something similar a few months ago - re: App aggregation - i did try it briefly, but could only get it on my Nvidia Shield and it was a little clunky transitioning between apps. not sure if its got any better. The Sky version does look somewhat slicker

@rosslogan4154

Жыл бұрын

@@nigeljordan1146 Nigel, I enjoyed reading your input. I'd appreciate it if you could clarify the point in the first para where you stated that Stream and Now TV are on 18 month contracts. It was my understanding that they were both on one month rolling contracts and this was a big advantage of both options compared to Sky Q which would be an initial 18 month contract.

Does this has HDR as some of the new Sky Q boxes have?

Can't see this working for Ireland for playlist as we are not allowed access to BBC iPlayer App and The Irish RTE player plays at least four adverts before each program.

@dondwyer

Жыл бұрын

Sky and BBC have come to some arrangement about Ireland. It's currently in place for Sky Glass. It's not full-fat iPlayer, but it's not nothing either. Hard-disk recording of BBC is definitely still the better opinion for Irish viewers imo.

Hi, Dose Sky stream have a sub- title facility for the hard of hearing? Thank you

Great video: I have been with sky for 9 years and had Sky Q since it was launched. We recently renovated the living room and wanted the TV on the other side of the room but was restricted by the satellite cables. Bought cable extensions and ran them round the room but it looked awful so rang Sky last week and ditched Sky Q for Sky Stream. Had it almost a week and me and my wife love it. We rarely used the record function as pretty much everything is available on demand now. I had 2 Sky Q boxes which ended up corrupted and lost all of my recordings. Everyone will have their preferences. If the internet goes down then do the old fashioned thing called talking to each other. In the 9 years with Sky my internet went down once. Even the agent on the phone said that satellite dishes are so 1990s and said streaming is the way forward. Each to their own and I respect everyone’s choices but this solved the issue of not having cables trawling around my room and just looks neat and tidy.

@jbeam794

7 ай бұрын

Your lucky you got a box. They just ripped me off. Took my money and no box

thank you for your video after watching it, i ordered sky stream for the house

Callum just to make sure where in case you haven’t already. It doesn’t matter whether you set a pin or not because it is still pin locked on any channels until 9 pm because they’re streaming services. It happens on sky glass as well. I also had similar issues to you in fact outside almost the same issues but it does work are you sky blasting also Callum are used to live in Edinburgh. Are used to go to the Royal Blind school that was in Craigmillar, I love your channel because you do similar things to what I want to do even Norwich to blind. I still like to ring them if you fancy a Projects helping me although I live down in England and now I would love you to help me with some extra cabling. Be much appreciated. Take care David

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've noticed that about the PIN, seems to ask for it a lot more than I used to see it on Sky HD, even The Simpsons on Sky Showcase often prompts for it! Small world, I used to actually live pretty near to the Royal Blind School at Craigmillar, used to pass it most days on my way to work!

I must say, Sky Stream is an interesting concept for a full-featured streaming device for countries outside of the United States. The counterpart to Sky Stream over in the United States where I live, is Xfinity Flex, which is provided to Xfinity Internet-only customers who either cannot afford the full X1 cable TV service, or they don't want to pay for the full X1 cable TV service, because of how expensive it is. My mom does plan on deactivating the X1 cable service that she's still paying for, mostly to save on the monthly costs of Xfinity as a whole, though we will probably be given Xfinity Flex, even though we already have the Chromecast with Google TV and a Vizio SmartCast TV.

@sebaszwarc

Жыл бұрын

You can use Sky stream in United States too but it’s not as easy to setup

For anyone with patchy freeview struggling with multiple buggy catchup apps, yes i'm looking at youview, this looks great

@bikeman123

Жыл бұрын

Update after I subscribed to sky stream. As far as I can see there is no integration with netflix at all. Netflix programmes don't show in search results and cannot be added to the playlist. Also when you add programmes to the playlist, sky decides to add the subscription services rather than the free services ie it will add a program from prime instead on chl4. So the playlist gets cluttered up with services that I haven't subscribed to even though the programmes are available for free elsewhere. It's supposed to record to the cloud but half the time it just adds the series to the playlist. It's all very confusing and hasn't really met my expectations. I am thinking of cancelling and going back to youview with a nowtv subscription.

Just a heads up there is a common bug with the remotes going flat fast.

Do you need an antenna for the unit to work correctly? For the live TV ? I don’t have an antenna at my house

@camerongray1515

7 ай бұрын

Nope, it's purely internet based. The box has an antenna connection but it's not currently used for anything.

Super helpful review that shows both the advantages and disadvantages of Stream. Sky will obviously push Stream more than Q,now as there is no requirement for an engineer/installer to visit a customers property to install. It also opens up Sky to a new segment of customers that don’t want or can’t have a dish installed at their property.

@StarkWhisper872

Жыл бұрын

When we had our Sky Q box delivered, I set it up, the guy just stood in the door way, just to make sure it was done right. To be honest though, he didn't really have to tell me anything because it was just unplug cables & card from the old box (Sky+HD) to the new one, it really was that simple. It's nothing they can't just tell customers over the phone, in an instruction manual, on KZread or all three. : )

@TheCheshireCat.

Жыл бұрын

Streaming is pointless if your Internet goes down for X amount of hours or days, hence the advantage of a dish. Which was never mentioned in this review. 🤷‍♂️

@paulpatrick885

Жыл бұрын

@@TheCheshireCat. The 30 second plus delay on live sports compared to the satellite broadcast is another disadvantage. If your internet does goes down then having fall back options of freeview or Freesat are worth having. The situation you describe is a reason why it could still be worthwhile having a blu-ray player and disks. I guess an advantage of Stream is in theory you could still use it when travelling via tethering to your phone or WiFi. I think Now is an easier option to access Sky channels as the Now app is on Fire TV, AppleTV, android TV etc but it is very stripped back compared to Stream.

@TheCheshireCat.

Жыл бұрын

Unless Sky have implemented a way so you can't stream it mobile then again pointless. I assume it only works when you're streaming it from your address. Wouldn't be surprised, Sky being Sky, same with the Virgin Media puck.

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

To answer some of the questions above - yes it won't work when your internet is down, I didn't mention this in the video since I thought it was implied and realistically, if your internet connection is going down regularly enough for this to be an issue, then that is a fault and should be raised with your ISP. I maybe have an hour of internet outage every few months, usually in the middle of the night when maintenance is being carried out. I also have the facility for a backup LTE connection for this situation. I actually get significantly more disruption due to snow affecting my satellite reception! It is possible to stream to a mobile device using Sky Go, there are even apps for Windows and Mac OS so I can use it to watch TV from my laptop while I'm travelling. As far as I can tell it doesn't have any sort of tie to this address - I do not use Sky broadband so there is absolutely no way that Sky can tell where I am using the box.

If you want to record on sky stream you need and hdmi converter to digital to create digital channel your freeview recorder or dvd recorder can recieve so you can record the programme to the hard drive and dvd recorder.

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

That's definitely an option (known as a DVB-T Modulator) although these are relatively expensive and are designed more for distributing the video to different rooms. A cheaper alternative could be using some sort of HDMI capture device to record to a computer. That said, I basically have zero interest in recording in this sense, if it's important to you to have traditional recording, then Sky Q is the product to go for.

If I have uhd TV what picture setting should I set sky stream? Sometimes on Apple TV or Netflix there is a slight judder.

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

You should just need to set the resolution to UHD. There is also a judder reduction option you could try but if it affects other devices too then you'd be better off checking the settings on your TV itself.

@FirstSlateProductionsOfficial

Жыл бұрын

I have this problem with Sky Q, no matter what settings i use. For Netflix etc I have to use the TV apps

I think Sky missed a trick by not including a hard drive, even if it was a 100gb so you cloud delete programmes. With regards to sport, how do you restart the match without first selecting the broadcast and thereby avoid seeing the current score, leaderboard etc? Can you re-watch a sports broadcast that's finished?

@SuperHitman55

Жыл бұрын

That's a good point

Is this used in replacement of the sky q box or is it just for multi room and wrong sky q box does 1080p or 2160p

@crufayi

13 күн бұрын

This is actually the future of the Sky boxes they will be killing off the sky q boxes just like the Hd boxes and replacing them with these

I like it but the remote has known issues like not responding and keeps telling you the batteries are needing replaced when you have put new ones in

Love the concept, concern over total use of bandwidth - but unable to move to Sky Q due to tree issues (not on my property and covered by TPO) - idea if FTTP

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

Bandwidth is definitely something to think about but not something that I find to be a huge issue, streaming an HD channel maxes out at around 10mbps and even then the bandwidth often drops below that for periods of time. Maybe something to be careful of if you're stuck with ADSL or

In the US Comcast Cable's Xfinity X1 does the same thing with teasing things I can't access, it tries to take me to Netflix or Disney+ which I don't want to have or use. I wish I could do the same and tell it to not show anything relating to them

Does the judder reduction option in the AV settings allow the Sky Stream to output 1080p24/2160p24 stuff at 24fps to avoid frame rate judder.?

Does the remote work prior to connecting it? Just thinking, how did you get it connected to WiFi or ethernet before pairing?

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the remote works as a standard IR remote as well as using bluetooth so without it paired it'll use IR to control the device. This also allows you to use the remote with IR blaster type devices, for example, if you are using some sort of system that distributes the video to other rooms.

@GRIFF22

Жыл бұрын

@camerongray1515 Many thanks. With regards to your Simpsons issue on playlist. My understanding having read a few reviews is that content would only be aggregated from the apps that you've 'signed into' and that effectively you can use this box as a Sky content only by not signing in and therefore it would only pull Sky content. You could then use a Google TV, apple etc for the other apps. From your review, this doesn't look to be the case...has there been an update since to resolve the issue you faced?

so every program is catch up, no recording to be made, I'm ok with that but how do you skip through the adverts?

@lesliewhicker7409

3 ай бұрын

You pay an extra £5 pm for this feature but is free on sky Q

Great review

Does this work on normal digital to? Or only on sky glass?

Adding to playlist Test match cricket from another country with time difference is hopeless, e.g. 5am start for recent England versus Pakistan, starts at the beginning fine when I get up say at 10am, but it will stop when the live recording stops around 12-12.30...ie it will only give me the first 2+ hours.

Are the channels available on Sky Stream identical to SkyQ? I think Sky Glass has fewer channels that Q.

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

The channel selection is the same as Sky Glass, so there are slightly less channels than Sky Q but not really anything that bothers me. Sky have a comparison here: www.sky.com/help/articles/tv-channel-list-sky-glass

Reference local news on BBC and itv...then app players don't give you local news ...so...can you add local news to play lists? I get home at 8pm and missed 6pm Yorkshire news..how do I catch up on it?

Sky Q is 1080P or 4K10bit and yes Sky Q has the full watch from start. and Sky Q also shows stuff from apps that you might not subscribe to which has always been the case as a way to get you to subscribe recorded films is the say if you later remove your movies sub recorded films can no longer be played.

This is very much what Apple were trying to do with Apple TV and has the same issues! Greedy companies unwilling to play together for a better experience for the end users.

Are the channels the same as now ? Was thinking of swapping now to stream puck but won't bother if it's the same. I have entertainment and movie subscriptions of now

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

Very similar in that sense however you also get a bunch of channels from the likes of Discovery which I don't think Now has. It then has all the typical freeview type channels. Price wise it's probably roughly the same as Now TV plus Netflix so you don't really save a lot but I like how it's all integrated into one interface rather than needing to check between various different apps to get a full list of what's on.

Issues with the remote and I've had to get a new one! Very poor out of the box especially as the remote is so important to the system. Have to wait for two days now!!!

One of the best things about my current Sky HD box (it's not Sky Q) is that the catch up is completely independent of the normal catch up streaming services (BBC iPlayer, My5 etc.). I have no idea why they have chosen a weird, hybrid integration with these services for Sky Stream. It is a huge backwards step.

@bikeman123

Жыл бұрын

True. Particularly because the catchup apps are slow and buggy

Nice video. I'm going to have to renew my dad's Sky sub soon. He's almost 90 and not very tech savvy. He has Sky HD currently and I'm toying of either Sky Q or this service. He records a lot of old TV from channels like Great TV and Great Movies. I'm wondering if/how these programmes work on Sky Stream as they don't have sophisticated catch up services like the ones you showed in the video.

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

If he's not super tech savvy and is used to recording, I'd definitely go with Sky Q. Sky Stream is good but it'll definitely have a larger learning curve and a bit of a mental shift for someone who's used to the idea of recording live TV content. Just bear in mind that even Sky Q is a pretty significant UI change over Sky+HD so there will still be some learning involved!

@simonwl

Жыл бұрын

@@camerongray1515 Great points. I agree about the switch from Sky HD to Q as I've had both in the past and it will be a tricky change for an older person. There is an "accessible" remote control available for Q which is essentially the same as the old HD remote. I got that when I had Q and my dad used it when he was at my place. It did help a lot.

I take it you can unplug the box and move it to another room and plug back in and steam sky in different rooms ?

@camerongray1515

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, definitely one of the benefits of this - can just move the box around rather than paying extra for multiroom if you only infrequently need it in different rooms.

Sky Q is the same as Sky Stream but with Sky Q youcan record. Sky Q allows you to watch from the beginning also

Hey Cameron have you found any way at all of controlling the Sky Stream over the network? It used to be doable with SkyQ boxes.

@camerongray1515

5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately not which is pretty annoying, it also doesn't seem to accept CEC commands for control so you'd be limited to IR control. Thankfully it does at least support that (even though the remote is Bluetooth it does support IR commands and the remote can be switched into an IR mode) but if network control is important to you, you'd be better off going with Sky Q.

Not for me, no my5, UKTV is also missing on the apps. Plus there's a monthly subscription :-( think I'll stick with my firestick.

How to use the remote!? To setup my remots not working