Ross Angus smith ok ☺️😂😹😀😁😄 of I am disabled person in Hampton Andover I'm disabled person I hope I win as TV for you I'm the same person TV broke I need a new telly is he can give me that free ITV break it last week while though telly with me now can you let me know give me free TV for me you are a good guy on RUclips hope you give me a free telephone like a broke last week I can't afford no telly now can you help me free free TV 444 4K TV Christmas remove 23 2023 and 2024 ok I'm the same the person I want to know can I have a free TV if you can on RUclips you are a good guy on RUclips you're very good for TV about on the market let me know Karen have a CCTV for free TV if you can give me free TV for me 4K TV
I'm still on an elderly Sky+HD box and even older dish which is costing me £80 a month. To rejig will save me £30 a month. No-brainer. Thanks for the run-thru. Very helpful.
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I have been without SKY for a few years. A couple of days ago I received a letter from them offering me SKY Stream for £23.00 a month. I called them today and told the guy about the offer, and he said he could offer me.a better deal than that. I got it for £15.00 a month, a bargain. The gear should arrive tomorrow. I hope it is as good as you have shown here.
I have this new sky steam for two week now. Like the boxes but only things I don't like can't record on it. Fantastic picture and sound. So easy to used . Great live sport
A very good and informative video easily understood even by me as I am a bit of a technophobe! So thanks. I’ve ordered my puck today so hopefully I’ll take a few things from this video and will be connected and streaming in a day or two.
I’ve had Sky stream since day 1, So far has been brilliant, I’m not bothered about not being able to record programmes, fantastic picture, got mine running through a Dolby atmos sound bar, so the sound is great, neat little box so unobtrusive, basically a one box solution, a couple more apps would be good, but all in all well done Sky, love your reviews, keep up the fantastic work 👏👏
I placed the order late Monday night and the box arrived Tuesday. Great! that blasted paper preventing the batteries making contact is far too weak for a start, it didn't take very much of a gentle pull to break, and it was such a clean break you wouldn't notice. Anyway, got it sorted and followed the on-screen instructions. Bingo. Off we go. Watched a few progs that interested me then went to bed. This afternoon around teatime I turned on the TV and settled down for a good binge. After about a half hour I noticed the sound fading so I went to turn it up. It didn't work. I tried the original TV remote, yep, that was fine. 5 minutes later the sound vanished, then the picture froze and wouldn't do anything. Then it just went back to the home page with its revolving program offers. I tried everything I could find on RUclips/Google and nothing worked. Strange thing though, although it might be me, you can easily get information on sky glass and sky stream But I'm finding it extremely difficult to find a contact for replacing a duff set up. I do hope it's just a bad remote but unless I find a method of getting a replacement I'll never know.
I took the plunge as can’t have a dish. And I have to say I’ve had no issues and absolutely love it. The price is the price i have everything and happy with what I pay. Finally have sky back
I’ve never understood why people still have Sky, I got rid of them years ago when they refused to give me a good deal after my contract expired. Their prices are extortionate, I can afford it, I just have an aversion to throwing that much money away each month just to watch some TV shows.
I was fairly impressed with sky stream despite some frustrating bugs I thought it was a good product, what as made me get rid of it is the amount of ads they recently introduced to on demand sky shows even if you pay a premium you can only fast forward them but all on demand now has up to 4 ad breaks, even now tv don’t do that.
Question when installing do you have to pit in your postcode? As a Sky Q customer, I get STV only way I get around this to add ITV regions to add itv frequency add channels. Or get Freesat with itv1 London. I want get rid Scottish TV channels including bbc 1 Scotland as only watch BBC England regions which can get with Sky Q.
Nice video, thanks, Paul. I've been a Sky customer for years, currently have SkyQ , had to call Sky to negotiate a better deal as the monthly cost crept up to over £80 and don't even have Sky Sports. Got it down to £60 a month but no Netflix. We do have multiroom though, don't think you covered that option in this video. Gonna look into getting this thanks to this video, will use your affiliate link if I do. Cheers again, Daz, Leicester.
Excellent video Paul, but as you mentioned it’s the recording side, and if you have issues with internet, also using that is there a slight delay, hopefully sky will update with the recording side of it. keep up the good work.
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?
Enjoyed the video. I've had this a few weeks now, after leaving sky years ago. Generally very good, had a faulty puck and remote initially which sky replaced. They have just done an update moving the playlist to the top, and the old playlist becomes 'continue watching', which is better than the confusing setup as you described. Biggest issue for me is the HDMI-CEC doesn't work nicely with other devices, eg if you have another device using a HDMI input such as a firestick, and using ARC to output to an AV system, nothing works properly after using the sky box unless you power cycle everything. They really need to fix this asap otherwise I will consider cancelling when my trial is over.
Yes that's due to the copyrights that's why it plays up when you try to change the HDMI signals butternut for a reason so you can't copy the content of live channels so it will play it on the HDMI a lot and they won't fix it for one reason they don't want you to have their content lol
Great review as always . sky stream is a great OTT (over the top ) device allowing any broadband customer get sky TV. Very slick interface and hope cloud recording is expanded
This sounds very expensive. Was thinking of moving from my present subscribers where I have phone,broadband, and TV. I don't record anything but I mainly watched the Asian program I just need to know if Risthe colours and ciniflex is available with subtitles.
Hi mate love your videos 👍 ano this is an older 1 but can i ask in your opinion is sky streem a better pitcher quality than sky q i find sky q pitcher pixalating alot theese days thanks mate
So upgrading the netflix basic pack to hd or uhd is that something new that they've done with sky glass and sky stream. With my sky Q subscription ive got netflix premium doesnt say that im paying any extra for it. Im just assuming its upgraded to premium because i have the uhd pack.
Very good video. Only trouble for me is can't get the remote to work. Totally unresponsive. Have tried new batteries and tried re-pairing it but nothing. Looks like i'll be on the phone to Sky in the morning
Sadly still no live record as you said. I hope so much they will do that one last step and make sky Q available via the internet, there must be a massive amount of people wanting that, I hope you are all well
£101 a month if you want the lot on a rolling contract….wow, absolutely eye watering that is, I pay £46.70 per month to BT for all BT sports & Sky sports in HD and UHD(bt sport) on a rolling contract.
I pay £29 per month plus extra £3 for extra HD channels plus a Virgin V6 box which can record six programs while watching the 7th and of course 150 Meg internet speed and not forgetting a landline phone. Advice; 30 days before contract comes to an end... GIVE NOTICE! That way one's got a better negotiating stance when we renegotiating!
Nice video - thank you. What happens when your contract ends? Do you get to keep the box and would you still be able to watch at least the freeview channels? Thank you for your input!
Great informative review. I have an LG TV and many Apps setup how I want them including the Web Browser. Will I still be able to easily move back and forth between Sky and the LG and Apps setup? Thanks.
I asked sky if the stream service could use the 4g hotspot from my phone & they said it could. So if your internet goes down you could link your phone to the box. It would be interesting to see that.
I ditched sky around 8 years ago, best thing we did, crazy pricing!! As a gadget freak, I'm glad they've finally embraced the streaming Side of things giving people more options. However, the pricing is still mental. Charging a "set up fee" for simply nothing. Charging for HD, 4K HDR is nuts to me. And then there's their black Friday sales ... your saving £1 per month. 😂😂😂😂 Nice to see they are still ripping people off. I myself stick with Freeview, have Netflix and Disney plus pays for its self-thanks to the Tesco club card vouchers. As for the footy I get that through other means. My monthly bill comes to less than sky's £25 a month and I get way way more. Can also occasionally dip into Now Tv from special deals from time to time to watch Sky Atlantic stuff etc. Last deal i got for Entertainment was £2.99 a month for 3 months. Why people Pay stupid prices is beyond me especially in these crazy times. Any ways this video was very very well done Paul!! Top man
As a former regular SKY subscriber the final decision was made thanks to their horrendous so called 'customer services'. Sooner go to the dentist and have a tooth pulled can be shockingly indicative of the truth when it comes to terminating with SKY. I don't see any reason now to be a SKY customer when there are so many other streaming options available that don't tie you up in long VERY long contracts. As you rightly point out their charging can be mental.
I will admit that Sky isn't cheap, and we are thinking of doing away with our Sky Q box. This Sky Stream Box was just purchased to make the content and won't get used afterwards.
@@arthurdanielles4784 I’ll be honest I never had an issue with their CS and always thought they were very good in that department, but yes your correct.. there’s so many other options these days. The problem with sky is they’re still holding onto a subscription model that’s over 10 years old and seem to be reluctant to change it and join everyone in 2022. This will undoubtably be their downfall. I think they’ll have it hard over the next few years with people jacking their subs in due to trying to cut down
@@TheTechGiantRUclips best thing we did Paul, the amount of money we’ve saved by not being with sky is crazy, I would urge any one to do the same. Most people hold onto the whole recording feature being the thing that stops them cancelling but when you have on demand apps this nullifies this argument imo. There’s absolutely no reason to be a sky customer these days.. too many other better and cheaper options mates… ooh yes of course if I were running a tech RUclips channel I’d do the same. Great video mate not taking that away from you at all just voicing my thoughts on sky etc.
@@Captain-Chats IT took me nearly 3 months and a STACK of correspondence to finally terminate my account with them. I realised that ONE department located other than the other.. ?? Guess where I am going re that.. appeared NOT to communicate with the other and what happens then?? HOWEVER horses for courses I realise some will NOT endure that.. 👀Virgin Media not only LIED to me but actually from my saved paperwork, to some might appear attempted to 'con' me.. I kid you NOT. The crux of the matter is the underlying truth.. it means having to take time out, waste time, keep paperwork AND that can mean up to 6 years minimum ORIGINAL paperwork NOT digitally stored.. et
As you got the UHD version with Dolly Atmos. Does the BBC Iplayer app on Sky Stream show UHD. As the BBC seem to enable this only for certain apps. Also the WI-FI card on the Sky Stream is it wi-fi 5 or wi-fi 6 enable thx
Thanks for the great review! I have just plunged for a Sky Glass and the Sky Puck 2 days ago. Coming from Sky Q i do think ill miss elements of recording content but so far i am very impressed with the menu system, hardware and more importantly the picture and sound quality. Using the Puck in my cinema room i did think i was downgrading the experience from Sky Q. After watching 10 mins from the new “Dune”, BBCs “SAS Heroes” & “Saving Private Ryan” - all 3 look and sound stunning! Netflix’s Altered Carbon was another impressive experience. I still have a few weeks to change my mind but i can see this being the way forward
Just installed sky stream, everything is fine except hdr content, plug the box direct to lg tv and no issue, but run it through my pioneer lx59 and I get green picture and pixelated, have to either switch off and on or un plug hdmi, getting the issue with Netflix and u tube hdr content, did not have the issue with sky q
hi great video ive had sky glass now for 1 year.have you tried itv hub im now having problems with losing sound when it gets to adverts having to reboot all the time which is annoying.
reading lee mason comment would i need sky q to rec shows ? As i want to put them on a sd card to transfer to my pc like i can with my freeview device or is that something you can't do with sky ?
Contract ending with sky q, new price is SKY high, thinking of getting this,with sky q only the main box gets uhd. Will all boxes get uhd with this package..thanks
Brilliantly informative. Absolutely loved this video, but I'm gonna skip Sky Stream until the prices drop or Sky offer me a discount for 20 years of loyalty.
Enjoyed this video as well. I might have to get a third remote with the issues with the original remote for stream. They send it next day with DPD and you hand them the hold one.
@@TheTechGiantRUclips mine worked for the first few days then didn’t light up or do anything. It wasn’t the batteries. They’ve got a troubleshooting guide which I followed and tried again. Nothing worked so they said that this is a known problem and they arranged the swap with DPD. The replacement is glitchy too, so I will phone them tomorrow. You can buy different colours but likely to have same issues. They should release a remote app, a bit like the old Sky+ one.
@@TheTechGiantRUclips got an update on this. Sky are sending me a THIRD one. They say they have now manufactured remote controls without the issue. They took them off sale on Amazon the other day, where they had different colours available. So if anyone goes for a replacement from now the remote should be ok. There’s a delay with them as there are so many duff ones so it’s about 3-5 days at the moment. DPD come and you give them the old remote and they give you a new one.
It's quite expensive. I'm not sure why people are complaining about the picture quality it looks great. HDR is the biggest complaint but HDR is poor on a lot of TVs. They have updated this to improve it. Is there ai upscaling available on sky glass? It's not available on sky q.
Thanks for the video Paul. I’ve just taken the plunge today and decided to upgrade from Sky Q to Sky Stream. I was concerned about being unable to record at first but then realised it’s not something I do often anyway so wasn’t an issue. Me and my wife are in the middle of renovating the living room and tried to move everything round but would’ve meant getting extendable cables from the dish which would’ve looked awful trailing around my room. Sky Stream does away with that which was a massive bonus for us. They said I should receive my boxes tomorrow. Can’t wait. How you finding Sky Stream so far?
With a lot of people it's more convenient as it's a provider they are used to or they don't wanna be messing about with engineers coming out just for them to switch provider
Hi tech giant ano its an old vidio can i ask your options please looking in realy time with your own eyes would u say pitcher is sharper & better with sky stream vs q?? Or are they both the same
How is the stream on the middle fibre package ? We have sky q at the moment . Plus Apple TVs and ps5 4K streaming But for some reason according to the sky website , our internet isn’t fast enough for the stream to be installed ?
@@marklewis5943 Netflix recommended 25mbps for 4k Sky recommended 30mbps for streaming on sky glass/stream any moden day broadband is more than enough to stream
hi thankyou for this video, been very helpful but can you advise me what is maybe wrong with mine? my remote will not work, i am staying on the blue screen at the start and the remote is not doing anything, ive tried other batteries also but it even came with brand new ones. i am at a loss. thankyou very much. B
Hello Paul thank so much for this informative video. Question: can i still use my Humax box whilst having Stream? Im thinking it will secure my series recordings! Also (silly question!) which Input do you use sky stream through? AV1 or HDMI as Im thinking I can watch Humax through AV1 and Sky through HDMI? Am I right?
I have sky glass 65 inch the most annoying thing about it is the energy saving popping up every so often that I believe you can't switch off but the tv is good in other ways
Thanks for the review, but I need to be able to record especially Sky Sports. I currently have NOW TV with my BT TV account and this provides a similar service to Sky Stream for my needs and although NOW TV doesn't offer the ability to record, my BT TV box does. It's a shame there is not a function to add an external HD for the purposes of storing recordings
sports goes on the cloud (basically recorded} for example i recorded the boxing last thursday, and didnt watch until friday night, hit the plus button was able to skip ads etc
Great review 👍🏻, looks like a good service but having no hard disk is an issue for me, why don’t they produce a box like Virgin Media that uses internet to stream tv and record, unless all channels have a catch up service that it can link to I think they will struggle to sell this.
My question regarding sky glass is, when you are watching tv is it actually live or is it slightly delayed? For an example if you watch sky q and load the same channel on sky go it’s around 2 minutes behind the actual tv version, it’s the same with all streaming services, BBC iPlayer etc.
@@SuperHitman55 I don’t think I will be purchasing any sky streaming service until the can speed it up, the sky sky mini boxes are far enough behind the main box 🥲
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Ross Angus smith ok ☺️😂😹😀😁😄 of I am disabled person in Hampton Andover I'm disabled person I hope I win as TV for you I'm the same person TV broke I need a new telly is he can give me that free ITV break it last week while though telly with me now can you let me know give me free TV for me you are a good guy on RUclips hope you give me a free telephone like a broke last week I can't afford no telly now can you help me free free TV 444 4K TV Christmas remove 23 2023 and 2024 ok I'm the same the person I want to know can I have a free TV if you can on RUclips you are a good guy on RUclips you're very good for TV about on the market let me know Karen have a CCTV for free TV if you can give me free TV for me 4K TV
I'm still on an elderly Sky+HD box and even older dish which is costing me £80 a month. To rejig will save me £30 a month. No-brainer.
Thanks for the run-thru. Very helpful.
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I have been without SKY for a few years. A couple of days ago I received a letter from them offering me SKY Stream for £23.00 a month. I called them today and told the guy about the offer, and he said he could offer me.a better deal than that. I got it for £15.00 a month, a bargain. The gear should arrive tomorrow. I hope it is as good as you have shown here.
So… how has it been?
I have this new sky steam for two week now. Like the boxes but only things I don't like can't record on it. Fantastic picture and sound. So easy to used . Great live sport
What extras did you go for mate?
Hi mate u mite no get this as vidio was wipe ago is pitcher quality better than sky q??
A very good and informative video easily understood even by me as I am a bit of a technophobe! So thanks. I’ve ordered my puck today so hopefully I’ll take a few things from this video and will be connected and streaming in a day or two.
Don't forget to use my link in the pinned comment, as you can get yourself a free voucher 🙂
Hope you enjoy the new setup 🙂
I’ve had Sky stream since day 1, So far has been brilliant, I’m not bothered about not being able to record programmes, fantastic picture, got mine running through a Dolby atmos sound bar, so the sound is great, neat little box so unobtrusive, basically a one box solution, a couple more apps would be good, but all in all well done Sky, love your reviews, keep up the fantastic work 👏👏
Thank you mate. Great to hear you are happy with it.
thanks for this dude was more helpful than the official sky videos!
No worries 🙂
Really informative demo, I will be treating myself to Sky Stream after being a Sky HD user for years.
Great video, Thank you.
Hi TG, just ordered Sky Stream, super 2 vids giving unboxing and set-up. Appreciate your concise and easy to follow guides. Thumbs up, Bill
Thanks Bill.
Hope you enjoy Sky Stream mate 🙂
Thanks Paul, I'm going to buy this now 😊.Amazing video really helpful 👍 I appreciate 🙏 it 😀 xx
I placed the order late Monday night and the box arrived Tuesday. Great! that blasted paper preventing the batteries making contact is far too weak for a start, it didn't take very much of a gentle pull to break, and it was such a clean break you wouldn't notice. Anyway, got it sorted and followed the on-screen instructions. Bingo. Off we go. Watched a few progs that interested me then went to bed. This afternoon around teatime I turned on the TV and settled down for a good binge. After about a half hour I noticed the sound fading so I went to turn it up. It didn't work. I tried the original TV remote, yep, that was fine. 5 minutes later the sound vanished, then the picture froze and wouldn't do anything. Then it just went back to the home page with its revolving program offers. I tried everything I could find on RUclips/Google and nothing worked.
Strange thing though, although it might be me, you can easily get information on sky glass and sky stream But I'm finding it extremely difficult to find a contact for replacing a duff set up. I do hope it's just a bad remote but unless I find a method of getting a replacement I'll never know.
I took the plunge as can’t have a dish. And I have to say I’ve had no issues and absolutely love it. The price is the price i have everything and happy with what I pay. Finally have sky back
Great to hear!
I’ve never understood why people still have Sky, I got rid of them years ago when they refused to give me a good deal after my contract expired. Their prices are extortionate, I can afford it, I just have an aversion to throwing that much money away each month just to watch some TV shows.
Ur. A noob
youre right mate, even in italy theyre degenerating, and good thing they dont have all of serie a or else they would match uk prices
I was fairly impressed with sky stream despite some frustrating bugs I thought it was a good product, what as made me get rid of it is the amount of ads they recently introduced to on demand sky shows even if you pay a premium you can only fast forward them but all on demand now has up to 4 ad breaks, even now tv don’t do that.
Question when installing do you have to pit in your postcode? As a Sky Q customer, I get STV only way I get around this to add ITV regions to add itv frequency add channels. Or get Freesat with itv1 London. I want get rid Scottish TV channels including bbc 1 Scotland as only watch BBC England regions which can get with Sky Q.
Nice video, thanks, Paul. I've been a Sky customer for years, currently have SkyQ , had to call Sky to negotiate a better deal as the monthly cost crept up to over £80 and don't even have Sky Sports. Got it down to £60 a month but no Netflix. We do have multiroom though, don't think you covered that option in this video. Gonna look into getting this thanks to this video, will use your affiliate link if I do. Cheers again, Daz, Leicester.
thats pretty cool the remote backlit i always find that annoying at night and i cant find the pause or rewind buttons lol
Excellent video Paul, but as you mentioned it’s the recording side, and if you have issues with internet, also using that is there a slight delay, hopefully sky will update with the recording side of it. keep up the good work.
Excellent review, thanks! Answered all the questions I had. I'm sold!
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?
I like speaking to the remote. Bit sad really.
Very pleased with the deal - £22 pm. I can also pause and rewind
Enjoyed the video. I've had this a few weeks now, after leaving sky years ago. Generally very good, had a faulty puck and remote initially which sky replaced. They have just done an update moving the playlist to the top, and the old playlist becomes 'continue watching', which is better than the confusing setup as you described. Biggest issue for me is the HDMI-CEC doesn't work nicely with other devices, eg if you have another device using a HDMI input such as a firestick, and using ARC to output to an AV system, nothing works properly after using the sky box unless you power cycle everything. They really need to fix this asap otherwise I will consider cancelling when my trial is over.
Yes that's due to the copyrights that's why it plays up when you try to change the HDMI signals butternut for a reason so you can't copy the content of live channels so it will play it on the HDMI a lot and they won't fix it for one reason they don't want you to have their content lol
Does anyone know if the box works if you don't have a contract with Sky? i.e. can you still access the tv guide and live tv?
It doesnt. The aerial input is also disabled on UK models
Great review as always . sky stream is a great OTT (over the top ) device allowing any broadband customer get sky TV. Very slick interface and hope cloud recording is expanded
This sounds very expensive. Was thinking of moving from my present subscribers where I have phone,broadband, and TV. I don't record anything but I mainly watched the Asian program I just need to know if Risthe colours and ciniflex is available with subtitles.
Been waiting patiently for this video. Will watch later….enjoyed your Sky Stream unboxing video.
That's great to hear 🙂
Great review. I’m still on Q, I’ll probably change to this when I upgrade my BB speeds.
I have skyq I'm happy with it it's much better then sky glass & sky stream
Glad sky finally done this to be honest because like myself and a lot of others who can't actually have a satellite dish it is the way forward
Reading some info on this last week and it says that only 150 channels available compared to Sky Q at 300! I have neither so worth a check.
“Recordings” via catch up service are only available for the time the program remains on the catch up service.
Hi mate love your videos 👍 ano this is an older 1 but can i ask in your opinion is sky streem a better pitcher quality than sky q i find sky q pitcher pixalating alot theese days thanks mate
So upgrading the netflix basic pack to hd or uhd is that something new that they've done with sky glass and sky stream. With my sky Q subscription ive got netflix premium doesnt say that im paying any extra for it. Im just assuming its upgraded to premium because i have the uhd pack.
Could've used this last year!! Thanks for the vid.
Very good video. Only trouble for me is can't get the remote to work. Totally unresponsive. Have tried new batteries and tried re-pairing it but nothing. Looks like i'll be on the phone to Sky in the morning
Sadly still no live record as you said.
I hope so much they will do that one last step and make sky Q available via the internet, there must be a massive amount of people wanting that,
I hope you are all well
That's definitely the way forward 👍
£101 a month if you want the lot on a rolling contract….wow, absolutely eye watering that is, I pay £46.70 per month to BT for all BT sports & Sky sports in HD and UHD(bt sport) on a rolling contract.
I'd be shocked if anyone pays out for the full works.
I’ve just gone to BT from sky , same for same but BT has faster internet £44 . My sky bill was over £80 a month.
I pay £29 per month plus extra £3 for extra HD channels plus a Virgin V6 box which can record six programs while watching the 7th and of course 150 Meg internet speed and not forgetting a landline phone.
Advice;
30 days before contract comes to an end... GIVE NOTICE! That way one's got a better negotiating stance when we renegotiating!
@@Totalplonker I can't get virgin where I am. If I could I'd definitely get it.
You haggle with Sky on renew your contract
Is there a delay on sports by 20secs?
Would it need a software update to improve the playlist feature?
How do you watch in UHD don’t think you covered how you navigate to it?
I will look at doing a video showing you how to get UHD and HDR
Great video matey .. cheers
So you don’t need to connect a coax cable for live freeview?
Brilliant demo 😊 thank you ordered straight away
Lol
The key to prevent any freezing is to have your WiFi box by your Sky Glass and hard wire the WiFi to your telly.. I've never once had an issue
Nice video - thank you. What happens when your contract ends? Do you get to keep the box and would you still be able to watch at least the freeview channels? Thank you for your input!
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Great informative review. I have an LG TV and many Apps setup how I want them including the Web Browser. Will I still be able to easily move back and forth between Sky and the LG and Apps setup? Thanks.
I asked sky if the stream service could use the 4g hotspot from my phone & they said it could. So if your internet goes down you could link your phone to the box. It would be interesting to see that.
I ditched sky around 8 years ago, best thing we did, crazy pricing!! As a gadget freak, I'm glad they've finally embraced the streaming Side of things giving people more options. However, the pricing is still mental. Charging a "set up fee" for simply nothing. Charging for HD, 4K HDR is nuts to me. And then there's their black Friday sales ... your saving £1 per month. 😂😂😂😂 Nice to see they are still ripping people off. I myself stick with Freeview, have Netflix and Disney plus pays for its self-thanks to the Tesco club card vouchers. As for the footy I get that through other means. My monthly bill comes to less than sky's £25 a month and I get way way more. Can also occasionally dip into Now Tv from special deals from time to time to watch Sky Atlantic stuff etc. Last deal i got for Entertainment was £2.99 a month for 3 months. Why people Pay stupid prices is beyond me especially in these crazy times. Any ways this video was very very well done Paul!! Top man
As a former regular SKY subscriber the final decision was made thanks to their horrendous so called 'customer services'. Sooner go to the dentist and have a tooth pulled can be shockingly indicative of the truth when it comes to terminating with SKY. I don't see any reason now to be a SKY customer when there are so many other streaming options available that don't tie you up in long VERY long contracts. As you rightly point out their charging can be mental.
I will admit that Sky isn't cheap, and we are thinking of doing away with our Sky Q box. This Sky Stream Box was just purchased to make the content and won't get used afterwards.
@@arthurdanielles4784 I’ll be honest I never had an issue with their CS and always thought they were very good in that department, but yes your correct.. there’s so many other options these days. The problem with sky is they’re still holding onto a subscription model that’s over 10 years old and seem to be reluctant to change it and join everyone in 2022. This will undoubtably be their downfall. I think they’ll have it hard over the next few years with people jacking their subs in due to trying to cut down
@@TheTechGiantRUclips best thing we did Paul, the amount of money we’ve saved by not being with sky is crazy, I would urge any one to do the same. Most people hold onto the whole recording feature being the thing that stops them cancelling but when you have on demand apps this nullifies this argument imo. There’s absolutely no reason to be a sky customer these days.. too many other better and cheaper options mates… ooh yes of course if I were running a tech RUclips channel I’d do the same. Great video mate not taking that away from you at all just voicing my thoughts on sky etc.
@@Captain-Chats IT took me nearly 3 months and a STACK of correspondence to finally terminate my account with them. I realised that ONE department located other than the other.. ?? Guess where I am going re that.. appeared NOT to communicate with the other and what happens then?? HOWEVER horses for courses I realise some will NOT endure that.. 👀Virgin Media not only LIED to me but actually from my saved paperwork, to some might appear attempted to 'con' me.. I kid you NOT. The crux of the matter is the underlying truth.. it means having to take time out, waste time, keep paperwork AND that can mean up to 6 years minimum ORIGINAL paperwork NOT digitally stored.. et
As you got the UHD version with Dolly Atmos. Does the BBC Iplayer app on Sky Stream show UHD. As the BBC seem to enable this only for certain apps. Also the WI-FI card on the Sky Stream is it wi-fi 5 or wi-fi 6 enable thx
Thanks for the great review! I have just plunged for a Sky Glass and the Sky Puck 2 days ago. Coming from Sky Q i do think ill miss elements of recording content but so far i am very impressed with the menu system, hardware and more importantly the picture and sound quality. Using the Puck in my cinema room i did think i was downgrading the experience from Sky Q. After watching 10 mins from the new “Dune”, BBCs “SAS Heroes” & “Saving Private Ryan” - all 3 look and sound stunning! Netflix’s Altered Carbon was another impressive experience. I still have a few weeks to change my mind but i can see this being the way forward
Good to hear you are enjoying it. And yes the picture and sound are great on it.
Sky Glass oh dear. Send it back and buy an lg oled
Already using the Sky Puck with the LG OLED 🖤
I cancelled mine last week as the sky woman said it doesn’t have Bluetooth or even a Jack socket, I need for my headphones
Just installed sky stream, everything is fine except hdr content, plug the box direct to lg tv and no issue, but run it through my pioneer lx59 and I get green picture and pixelated, have to either switch off and on or un plug hdmi, getting the issue with Netflix and u tube hdr content, did not have the issue with sky q
Can you get iplayer catch ups on it
Would be interested in a comparison between this and your sky q.
hi great video ive had sky glass now for 1 year.have you tried itv hub im now having problems with losing sound when it gets to adverts having to reboot all the time which is annoying.
Thanks for the vid. Do you know if the player will allow you to adjust DNS settings through the network settings? Or at the beginning?
reading lee mason comment would i need sky q to rec shows ?
As i want to put them on a sd card to transfer to my pc like i can
with my freeview device or is that something you can't do with sky ?
Contract ending with sky q, new price is SKY high, thinking of getting this,with sky q only the main box gets uhd. Will all boxes get uhd with this package..thanks
Brilliantly informative. Absolutely loved this video, but I'm gonna skip Sky Stream until the prices drop or Sky offer me a discount for 20 years of loyalty.
They've had a few quid out of you then
@@TheTechGiantRUclips oh definitely lol
How are you BIG Man question can i plug this into a Projector.
Thanks
I wonder if you could flash the sky stream box to turn it into some sort of android box?
Can you use free channels on stream puck same as old sky boxes Without any charges?
Put a shirt on, thought he was gonna do weights.🤣
Enjoyed this video as well. I might have to get a third remote with the issues with the original remote for stream. They send it next day with DPD and you hand them the hold one.
What was wrong with your remote control, was kit just not working? as i've had quite a few people saying that theirs did not work from out of the box.
@@TheTechGiantRUclips mine worked for the first few days then didn’t light up or do anything. It wasn’t the batteries. They’ve got a troubleshooting guide which I followed and tried again. Nothing worked so they said that this is a known problem and they arranged the swap with DPD. The replacement is glitchy too, so I will phone them tomorrow. You can buy different colours but likely to have same issues. They should release a remote app, a bit like the old Sky+ one.
@@TheTechGiantRUclips got an update on this. Sky are sending me a THIRD one. They say they have now manufactured remote controls without the issue. They took them off sale on Amazon the other day, where they had different colours available. So if anyone goes for a replacement from now the remote should be ok. There’s a delay with them as there are so many duff ones so it’s about 3-5 days at the moment. DPD come and you give them the old remote and they give you a new one.
So could I take it with me and connect to Tv in hotel, caravan or friends house etc??
This won't work as Sky geo-lock the device to your home
PS...when recordings go to the cloud, is there a limit whereby you have to start paying to save recordings as I do with Apple?
It's quite expensive. I'm not sure why people are complaining about the picture quality it looks great. HDR is the biggest complaint but HDR is poor on a lot of TVs. They have updated this to improve it. Is there ai upscaling available on sky glass? It's not available on sky q.
A bit off topic, but how many Volkswagens do you think you could throw a whole half-block? My guess is 3; maybe four if you were angry enough. ;)
Thanks for the video Paul. I’ve just taken the plunge today and decided to upgrade from Sky Q to Sky Stream. I was concerned about being unable to record at first but then realised it’s not something I do often anyway so wasn’t an issue. Me and my wife are in the middle of renovating the living room and tried to move everything round but would’ve meant getting extendable cables from the dish which would’ve looked awful trailing around my room. Sky Stream does away with that which was a massive bonus for us. They said I should receive my boxes tomorrow. Can’t wait. How you finding Sky Stream so far?
With a lot of people it's more convenient as it's a provider they are used to or they don't wanna be messing about with engineers coming out just for them to switch provider
Any idea on prices for extra boxes?
That smile on the thumbnail just says my man using iptv already 😅
lol
Just wondering does it show live channels like if there is a live sport does it show it when live
Hi tech giant ano its an old vidio can i ask your options please looking in realy time with your own eyes would u say pitcher is sharper & better with sky stream vs q?? Or are they both the same
How many channels are on the basic package
How is the stream on the middle fibre package ? We have sky q at the moment . Plus Apple TVs and ps5 4K streaming But for some reason according to the sky website , our internet isn’t fast enough for the stream to be installed ?
What speeds your package?
@@shann90 thinks it’s about 38-40
@@marklewis5943 Netflix recommended 25mbps for 4k
Sky recommended 30mbps for streaming on sky glass/stream any moden day broadband is more than enough to stream
@@shann90 ok thanks for your help 👍
Well I'm on 1100 download speed so I don't have many issues 😄 but for UHD you'll need around 30Mbps to the device
hi thankyou for this video, been very helpful but can you advise me what is maybe wrong with mine? my remote will not work, i am staying on the blue screen at the start and the remote is not doing anything, ive tried other batteries also but it even came with brand new ones. i am at a loss. thankyou very much. B
Looks amazing Paul
I was about to change from sky Q to sky Stream but have been reading about the HDMI CEC problem screwing with other devices connected. In your setup.?
Debeli imamo to preko WiFi box što si sad izmislio još jedan preko WiFi koja je razlika?
Hello Paul thank so much for this informative video. Question: can i still use my Humax box whilst having Stream? Im thinking it will secure my series recordings! Also (silly question!) which Input do you use sky stream through? AV1 or HDMI as Im thinking I can watch Humax through AV1 and Sky through HDMI? Am I right?
Can change language when watch movie? I know netflix can change loving ❤️
Really enjoying my sky stream set up!
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I have sky glass 65 inch the most annoying thing about it is the energy saving popping up every so often that I believe you can't switch off but the tv is good in other ways
Hi Paul another Paul here. currently have sky Q what about multiroom. would you have to have to Pucks with 2 subscriptions? good vid btw
This is great if you cant have a dish installed but isnt it a downgrade if you already have sky Q uhd? Great demo from the tech giant as usual.
It cannot record programs or schedule recordings (and nothing is written on the Sky website regarding this "lost" functionality)
What's the lag like? streamed football (for example) normally lags behind live by about 30 seconds.
Hello. Is it possible to hide channels that are not wanted? Either on sky stream or sky Q?
Do you get Sky Go as part of this? So you can watch on mobile, iPad etc. Thinking of getting this instead of NowTV.
Thanks for wonderful review
My pleasure
I’m setting up my sky stream but when it comes to linking account it doesn’t work I check on the settings but there is no such option so what do I do?
Just got rid of regular cable and went with Xfinity streaming only. We get all our regular streaming apps and couldn't be happier.
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Do you still have the Stream box, just wondering if there'll be ongoing reviews?
Can I use this device to watch normal free views channels like old sky boxes have without joining any plans?
Thanks for the review, but I need to be able to record especially Sky Sports. I currently have NOW TV with my BT TV account and this provides a similar service to Sky Stream for my needs and although NOW TV doesn't offer the ability to record, my BT TV box does.
It's a shame there is not a function to add an external HD for the purposes of storing recordings
sports goes on the cloud (basically recorded} for example i recorded the boxing last thursday, and didnt watch until friday night, hit the plus button was able to skip ads etc
@@aaronc28 thank you
I tend to be out and would like the ability to record my football matches as I currently do with my Now TV/BT Vision box
Will this eventually replace Now tv or will Now tv still run alongside this new streaming box?
NOW TV yes it's part of sky branding but it's not going anywhere because it's such a popular service
Yep, NOW TV will coexist with Sky Stream
Great review 👍🏻, looks like a good service but having no hard disk is an issue for me, why don’t they produce a box like Virgin Media that uses internet to stream tv and record, unless all channels have a catch up service that it can link to I think they will struggle to sell this.
That is exactly what i want to see from Sky
SUPER helpful video to guide me through setup, thank you!
does it have the babestation channels.
all this app I have on my lg tv for free just netflix pay 5 months witch change language on movie whitch is perfect 🥰
Do you have to use WiFi can you use a Ethernet connection
My question regarding sky glass is, when you are watching tv is it actually live or is it slightly delayed? For an example if you watch sky q and load the same channel on sky go it’s around 2 minutes behind the actual tv version, it’s the same with all streaming services, BBC iPlayer etc.
It's delayed
Well what a waste of money that would be.
@@shaunast1 I wish they made Sky Q fully streamable. That would definitely beat this
@@SuperHitman55 I don’t think I will be purchasing any sky streaming service until the can speed it up, the sky sky mini boxes are far enough behind the main box 🥲
@@shaunast1 The issue you're having with delays is definitely more prominent when watching sports channels