I have and I regret it. It sells itself as a single UI for all your content providers but it has so many problems including incomplete search results and can't add programs to the playlist from Netflix. Recordings of films split by the news only record half the film. These problems have been there for months and Sky doesn't fix them. If you're thinking of Sky Stream I would say avoid it,
I have it and it's great. I got it in November and there was lots and lots of issues but with the upgrades since then it's made it better than Q. Picture quality on my LG OLED TV's is brilliant I remember when Q came out there were lots and lots of issues but it did improve ( never perfect but pretty good). Stream will only get better
The picture quality was not as good as satellite. It was pixellating right when you said "look at that quality!" I have never understood why Netflix/etc don't open their own TV channels, so when you open Netflix something's already playing. I don't want to read write ups about what's what, I'd rather dive right in like you do when you flick through TV channels. That's what I want anyway... PS there is no way that on-screen menu is in 576. That would look like the old Ceefax. It's some type of HD
As a millennial with a gigabit fibre connection as well as Sky Q, I probably wouldn’t have an issue migrating over to Sky Stream. My parents, grandparents, and in-laws on the other hand; I can’t see them upgrading from their cheap basic copper to the house 30Mbps that suits their “internet” needs and their Sky dishes unless high speed internet prices dropped massively. The sell of “spend £30pm more to get exactly what you have now with faster internet for browsing Amazon and catching up on Radio 4” seems tough. Especially considering the issues with cost of living right now. Interestingly only this month I renegotiated my Sky contract get my price down as was coming out of contract. Their retentions department didn’t even mention Sky Stream or Glass. Generally in the past when Sky have a shiny new product (Q, Mobile, Ultrafast, etc) they’ve really pushed them on me at the retention stage. I feel that as Sky aren’t pushing it on customers and instead are offering big reductions on Sky Q contract renewals to stay with Sky Q, it tells you all you need to know how ready Sky think their Steam and Glass services are to replace dishes.
I have Sky Glass downstairs and Sky HD (not Q) with an old Samsung TV upstairs, and had the Great Pottery Throwdown on both (don’t judge me), but the old Samsung blitzed the Glass for picture clarity, the dish beat the modem router, quite shocked. Only noticed tonight, never tested them head to head. Wow.
Had Sky Stream for 1 month now and love it. Sky sent my packaging the other day to return my Sky Q boxes. Best thing I ever did. As long as you have decent internet like I do then it should work properly for you. Having my Sky streaming puck hooked up to my LG OLED tv is a superb combo. It was thanks to your early reviews which persuaded me to upgrade from Sky Q. Absolutely no regrets.
Great video. I think there's still so much they need to iron out before streaming becomes the default Sky service. I still much prefer satellite because the latency is so small. If you are watching a football match on satellite, you'll see the goal 30-60 or so seconds before you do on Sky Stream or any IPTV service. They really need to try and reduce this delay as much as possible before they start thinking of ditching the dishes.
I have Sky Stream and I regret it. It sells itself as a single UI for all your content providers but it has so many problems including incomplete search results and can't add programs to the playlist from Netflix. Recordings of films split by the news only record half the film. These problems have been there for months and Sky doesn't fix them. The Sky forums are full of others with these problems. If you're thinking of Sky Stream I would say avoid it,
Hi. How well does the ad skipping work? In particular can you start ‘recording’ a programme and start watching it 30 minutes after it starts and then effectively skip the adverts? I normally watch shows on itv like this on sky q and wondered if I could replicate this on sky stream?
So you if you say watch a program and pause it for 20 minutes you can skip through the ads. If you watch something from the Sky library you ca skip through the ads however if you watch TV you can skip the ads
With regards to the smoothness and quickness of the menus and switching to apps etc. This is obviously based on your internet/wi/fi connection? Would you recommend to hard wired it to the router for better connectivity? Also what about additional pucks? How do they perform?
Hey Steve, great vid as usual couple of points.. Netflix - my understanding is when they detect you are using the account in London instead of Cornwall they will email you a code which you enter and confirm this is your device. Hardly a big disadvantage to those sharing with Family, Second on Sky Stream, I got a new LG C2 tv and the sound was shocking, muted and hollow. I tried all the various sound settings without any joy. I then plugged in my Apple TV 4k using the same cable and HDMI port, instant change, so not sure what was happening there.
@@stevemarruk Hi there, what software/update version is your puck on? Set mine up yesterday and used it throughout the day and evening and mine is so slow and lagging etc, having issues with lengthy loading times although I’m getting 500+ broadband speeds :/
Another great video! Would you be able to answer a few questions; 1) Sky Q a lot of channels are stereo 2 channel, in Sky Stream are you able to up mix to 5.1 or it still outputs DD 2.0? For example if you catchup a program on Sky Q it will most often be downloaded in DD 2.0 even though it was broadcast in DD 5.1 surround (BBC do this for all content it seems) are Sky Stream playlist downloads DD 2.0 or 5.1?. 2) With Sky Q you can watch BBC content in the Sky Go app, however it appears that Sky Stream does not allow this (even when at home connected to the same network), do you know why or does it now work with Sky Stream?
Sky are now starting to offer deeper discounts on stream. Play the game with sky, take out a contract. You have a 30 day cooling off period. Threaten to cancel within the first 30 days due to cost. I have these offers. Sky sports £20, Base package for £11.50 a month ( includes basic Netflix) whole home free for 3 months. Kids free for 3 months. Ad skipping £2.50 for 18 months. Cinema £9 for 18 months (includes paramount plus) Ultra HD/Dolby Atmos £3 a month for 18 months. Sky have only just started to offer deep discounts, initially there was very little.
Sky stream is awesome now. Picture quality is insane. A great shame that sports are so expensive. [ Fibre is the future...Sky will not want to continue renting satellite capacity...too expensive and like you say subject to weather /planning etc...]}
I find it funny the way the algorithm works I just cancelled my Sky stream to go back to Q as it was at-least 10% cheaper it is £12 more but I’m getting BB included
I have SkyQ, but been looking into stream. Why you may ask? I couldn't tell you, perhaps it's because it's something new. The issue is internet connection. Let's say you have a whole house connected on multiple devices, phones, iPads, all using the connection at the same time. So it's best to have a 500mb connection, although you could technically get away with the 150 connection. I think if stream was much cheaper than Q, then I would seriously consider switching. But they are pretty much in line with eachother.
@@stevemarruk I think if they had an incentive for Q subscribers to switch, I’d seriously consider it. As much as Sky is very expensive now, it still offers a fantastic and full service which suits my needs perfectly.
hi. unfortunately, despite, as you say, a cut in production costs for sky; no dish, LMB, cables, hard drive in the box, as well as installation man hours, the savings aren’t passed on to us. to mirror my sky Q package to sky stream would actually cost me £1 more each month! 🤷🏽♂️ good review tho 👍🏽 thanks.
@@djhorwich sky glass is the one with the tv and that defo costs more, as you’d expect. sky stream is just the puck and you’d expect that to be cheaper but it’s not. tbf, i called sky to switch my parents to sky stream last week as they were in line to save £30+ but their guy was very anti-sky stream, lack of recording, no picture if the internet drops, etc. he matched the sky steam price for their existing sky q, so they kept it 🤷🏽♂️
Hi mate, you said in a comment (on a different video) a while back you would investigate the cheapest way to watch sky sports (specially in 4K), wondered if you found anything on that? Love your videos and thank you 🙂
Due to me working away from home a lot I thought it would be a good idea to look into sky stream, but when I contacted Sky they told me that I could not get it because the puck must not be moved from my address, of which I thought that was just useless and pointless. Sky are missing out on customers who would like to watch TV, but for obvious reasons can't have a portable satellite dish. I live at my 2 bed apartment during the week and then go home to my house at the weekends and not had this issue when I got my broadband from BT that allowed me to have two connections in different locations.
@@stevemarruk Because in order to have Sky go you need a satellite dish and a subscription, not very handy for when you can't have a dish. My current solution is to have a Plex media server and a HDHomeRun which provides live TV and it's free with no subscriptions, it just means that I'm limited to only Freeview channels.
Sky go requires multi screen or whole home to be active. It doesn’t require a satellite dish, simple test, turn sky q box off and start go on iPad, works fine. Go can more or less be seen as probably the pre runner to stream
Great video Steve! Still early days yet, you can still order Sky service with Sky Q. It’s a choice at the moment, Satellite is gonna be around for another 30 years yet as Sky extended the SES Astra contract to keep customers connected. Sky Stream for me when I had it before Christmas kept crashing and had lots lag, so I switched back to Sky Q and happy that everything works even Ultra HD content plays as it should. 🙌
Satellite tv in the UK will not be around for another 30 years. It will around until around 2030. Sky signed a new 8 year deal with Astra Satellite last year
@@marcosgilson3578 I get your point but Sky will simply extended it anyway with SES Astra. Sky did mention this that it would be reviewed nearer the time. The BBC for example will continue to broadcast on satellite and aerial as long as possible.
@@JohnnyD90 satellite television delivery is very expensive. Trust me, satellite tv won’t be around for 30 years. Sky will have moved on to streaming only by 2030
I just had sky stream myself all the channels are not there, still missing quite a few such as great movies channels, shopping channels also missing but tbh i don't think anyone would miss the shopping channels anyway lol. But stream is a great piece of kit especially as you can have it on a monthly rolling contract too.
SKY Q Aint going anywhere soon. I called SKY here in Ireland today to cancel my subscription but they reduced my subscription by half and they upgraded me to SKY Q for free. I don't like how you can't record with SKY glass or SKY Stream. There's no excuse to cheap out on a pcie SSD which is dirt cheap now. A pcie SSD is barely bigger than a full size SD card so it can easily fit inside the puc.
I have sky stream whole which basically means I have more than one puck - however my issue is that I also have a fire cube which I have all my USA stuff on such as Hulu & HBO Max & ESPN - seriously considering downgrading to just one box to save £10 per month
I have VM with Sky Sports. I can record several live channels plus a series link to watch later. Can your system compete? I suspect not. I’m coming to the end of my contract but sadly I don’t think this would answer my needs.
When you stream you don’t really need record as everything is on the server for you to watch when you want to watch it if that makes sense. But it isn’t for everyone so many like to record. Where as stream has playlists so it gives you everything at once. Apple again can’t record watch when you want to watch.
Heres my virdict about sky stream after using it for several months am fed up and going to sky q this is due to the plethora of issues 1 ads get stuck on a constant loop fast forward on 30x is really rough and not smooth at all programmes reset back after a ad and have to fast forward at 12x so it does not crash ad sometimes even double play over the software is rubbish utter rubbish from os 1.2 to 1.3 very minimal bug fixes update bbc crashes netflix broken if you browse long enough quits and exits constant freezing the wifi problem now this is getting on my nerves consistantly drops connection i have a whole home mesh system with 1gb fibre speeds are more than quick enough signal strong throughout the home sluggish on 1.3 update constant please wait at home in a channel keeps saying a technical error has occured go up 1 channel back to the channel i was watching kicks back in straight away its shoddy hardware and the software is just a real rough mess and i aint putting up with it no futher only thing nice is the remote and the box is 4k all this could of been much smoother if they had proper developers for their products be so simple if you added a simple 50gb nvme drive inside for the software that would of been polished and had some recording feature for playback for a better experience and made the entire box run much more free just really rushed in my opinion and the software sky get your software department a kick in the backside its a joke... also got the whole home package just to iron out if its was just 1 puck issue no they both same software and still exact same issue so its down to software and poor implementation..
Had my sky stream for just over 2 weeks now and I'm loving it i use nothing else even my firestick is in the dust pile just love how quick it is and how i can find any shows with ease and the best thing for me is watching all the old seasons of programs i love i have been glued to my tv since getting my sky stream i will definitely be keeping it after my month is up as also has many more live channels than any other streaming product 👌
Loving the uploads on sky stream. We have had it for two months and its fantastic. We have 2 sky stream pucks at property connected to gigafast sky fibre and picture quality in living room and bedroom are fantastic. I was lucky when signing us up as got a deal initially on first puck as gave it us free and when I then upgraded to 2nd puck for bedroom soon after offered that to me free as well. It does now show in my sky app if any more are required they are £39.95 each but luckily dont need anymore. Also really enjoying the sky remote especially voice functions and back lighting on it as you mentioned in your video. In my opinion this is the best streaming device for watching tv and streaming apps as all on one easy to use service all via a tiny little puck. Great not having an ugly aerial or rusting sky dish attached to our property anymore as now redundant. This is definitely the future of watching tv and we have it now so great stuff sky.
Just an FYI. I have Sky Q and just tried to buy Sky Stream. They won’t let me. It says thanks for your interest, but “As a Sky Q customer, you already enjoy the best TV experience.” I expect I could phone them to order it, but it tells me something about where Sky are with Stream at the moment. I agree it will change in time, but it’s not going to happen quickly.
@@stevemarruk yeah I've just got a package from sky with there gigabit internet always been with virgin but since they are wanting me to pay £145 a month from April they can stick it got gigspeed plus bt and sky sports both in hd with all channels except movies ( netflix is included) for £115 a month netflix alone costs £12 so really I'm paying £103 pm for everything else
I’m from N Ireland the Irish channels RTE,Network 2 and TG4 no longer stream on the Sky Platform so they are unavailable on Sky Glass. The three Irish channels are only available on Sky Q,Freesat and Freeview. Unfortunately that’s a no no for me.
@@stevemarruk Sky Go 'portability' within the EU applies for Sky subscriptions held at addresses in the Republic of Ireland, but unfortunately that no longer includes use in the UK (or rather from a UK IP address). NB It was fine prior to Brexit. I’m sure your aware N Ireland is constitutionally part of the UK. Source Sky
I expect that Sky will continue to support Sky Q until at least 2028, which is when their contract to use the Astra satellites is due for renewal. They will continue to sell it, but will not promote it as heavily as Sky Stream. BT Openreach expect to have rolled out Fibre To The Premises virtually everywhere by the end of 2026. I expect that Sky will have a big marketing push in 2027 to move people from Sky Q to Sky Stream or Sky Glass.
Recordings are in the cloud or a link to the catchup if it's available. This works well unless it's a film split by the news, then it only records the first half.
I have been totally disappointed by Sky Q picture quality, it is dreadful, I bought a top of the line Sony OLED and Sky Q is just unable to put a high quality HDR 4K picture out, it’s so bad we end up watching everything in 1080P and have to rely on the TV’s built-in apps for high quality viewing.
Ive recently upgraded my internet 1gig/1gig ordered this today looks so much faster then sky q im hoping that my classic eastenders will me on my list on uk drama
Great vid. Could you do a video on Virgin Stream and compare it to Sky stream. I think you might have to have virgin broadband to get virgin stream though.
I still use sky+ , I use it in my caravan in the uk & France. If I can’t do the same with the puck I’ll won’t change. Like you I use BT, my BB has gone off 3 times this year alone, yes bt supplied a 4g dongle so that my BB is stay alive. All my WiFi lights won’t connect to the dongle so the stay alive bt bb is rubbish when it’s needed.
I’ve had Sky Stream for a month, I had some issues with it at the beginning, bugs etc, since turning off the Wi-Fi in settings it works perfectly now. Don’t miss recording show at all.
Moving to Sky Stream, has been the best move. The apps in particular like RUclips are so quickly to load. I guess the only minus would be if my broadband went down.
I got sky stream much better beautifully clean HD pictures really enjoy watch sports better than Sky Q but sky stream use Wi-Fi quick way don’t need sky dish anymore
I just moved to Firestick HD from Sky Q and can already see an improvement in picture quality. I'm going to use Now TV to get Sky Sports and hopefully pick up a deal on the way. Only frustration is the EPG, Skys's is brilliant. How do you rate the new upgraded Sky Stream to Firestick HD?
Another fantastic video mate thankyou, you are correct with internet tv is the future already bt do it, sky do it and now virgin media are doing it too. I'm switching to Sky stream myself on monday when my puck arrives you get the first month free to try it.
Sky Stream good? The answer is yes and no! The good thing about Sky Stream 1. cheaper 2. No dish 3. Small IPTV Sky box Bad thing about Sky Stream 1. Can't add MUTV and LFCTV 2. Unicast (OTT) and not multicast causing high delay. 3. Too much delay on Sky Stream channels 4. If you lose internet connection, then you lose tv also 5. Can't record 6. Satellite dish gives higher bitrate and better picture quality
So are you looking to move to sky stream?
I have and I regret it. It sells itself as a single UI for all your content providers but it has so many problems including incomplete search results and can't add programs to the playlist from Netflix. Recordings of films split by the news only record half the film. These problems have been there for months and Sky doesn't fix them. If you're thinking of Sky Stream I would say avoid it,
Great feedback thank you
@@bikeman123 Have one and it's junk you are exactly right even the paid IPTV freeze and somedays it is un-watchable
I have it and it's great. I got it in November and there was lots and lots of issues but with the upgrades since then it's made it better than Q.
Picture quality on my LG OLED TV's is brilliant
I remember when Q came out there were lots and lots of issues but it did improve ( never perfect but pretty good).
Stream will only get better
Nice feedback
The picture quality was not as good as satellite. It was pixellating right when you said "look at that quality!"
I have never understood why Netflix/etc don't open their own TV channels, so when you open Netflix something's already playing. I don't want to read write ups about what's what, I'd rather dive right in like you do when you flick through TV channels. That's what I want anyway...
PS there is no way that on-screen menu is in 576. That would look like the old Ceefax. It's some type of HD
As a millennial with a gigabit fibre connection as well as Sky Q, I probably wouldn’t have an issue migrating over to Sky Stream. My parents, grandparents, and in-laws on the other hand; I can’t see them upgrading from their cheap basic copper to the house 30Mbps that suits their “internet” needs and their Sky dishes unless high speed internet prices dropped massively. The sell of “spend £30pm more to get exactly what you have now with faster internet for browsing Amazon and catching up on Radio 4” seems tough. Especially considering the issues with cost of living right now.
Interestingly only this month I renegotiated my Sky contract get my price down as was coming out of contract. Their retentions department didn’t even mention Sky Stream or Glass. Generally in the past when Sky have a shiny new product (Q, Mobile, Ultrafast, etc) they’ve really pushed them on me at the retention stage. I feel that as Sky aren’t pushing it on customers and instead are offering big reductions on Sky Q contract renewals to stay with Sky Q, it tells you all you need to know how ready Sky think their Steam and Glass services are to replace dishes.
Interesting feedback we shall see what the future holds
I have Sky Glass downstairs and Sky HD (not Q) with an old Samsung TV upstairs, and had the Great Pottery Throwdown on both (don’t judge me), but the old Samsung blitzed the Glass for picture clarity, the dish beat the modem router, quite shocked. Only noticed tonight, never tested them head to head. Wow.
Interesting
Had Sky Stream for 1 month now and love it. Sky sent my packaging the other day to return my Sky Q boxes. Best thing I ever did. As long as you have decent internet like I do then it should work properly for you. Having my Sky streaming puck hooked up to my LG OLED tv is a superb combo. It was thanks to your early reviews which persuaded me to upgrade from Sky Q. Absolutely no regrets.
Great feedback and tidally agree
Just out of interest can I ask what broadband package you have.
Yeah I was asked by BT to trial the halo 3 is it? 900 down and 120 up? Guaranteed always up with a 4G back up.
Great video. I think there's still so much they need to iron out before streaming becomes the default Sky service. I still much prefer satellite because the latency is so small. If you are watching a football match on satellite, you'll see the goal 30-60 or so seconds before you do on Sky Stream or any IPTV service. They really need to try and reduce this delay as much as possible before they start thinking of ditching the dishes.
Thank you and great feedback
Agree with you on this, I feel it’s early days yet but pleased there is progress and a step in the right direction.
I have Sky Stream and I regret it. It sells itself as a single UI for all your content providers but it has so many problems including incomplete search results and can't add programs to the playlist from Netflix. Recordings of films split by the news only record half the film. These problems have been there for months and Sky doesn't fix them. The Sky forums are full of others with these problems. If you're thinking of Sky Stream I would say avoid it,
Hi. How well does the ad skipping work? In particular can you start ‘recording’ a programme and start watching it 30 minutes after it starts and then effectively skip the adverts? I normally watch shows on itv like this on sky q and wondered if I could replicate this on sky stream?
So you if you say watch a program and pause it for 20 minutes you can skip through the ads. If you watch something from the Sky library you ca skip through the ads however if you watch TV you can skip the ads
Sorry can’t skip
That's the burning question
With regards to the smoothness and quickness of the menus and switching to apps etc. This is obviously based on your internet/wi/fi connection? Would you recommend to hard wired it to the router for better connectivity? Also what about additional pucks? How do they perform?
Yes if you can hardware it if not then look at the Google Wi-Fi mesh system that handles Wi-Fi amazingly all around home
@@stevemarruk I think hardwire is the way to go for us in the meantime. Our speed is around 30/35mbps..
Yeah BT have said the country will be covered with 1000 by mid 2024 but we shall seen
Hey Steve, great vid as usual couple of points.. Netflix - my understanding is when they detect you are using the account in London instead of Cornwall they will email you a code which you enter and confirm this is your device. Hardly a big disadvantage to those sharing with Family,
Second on Sky Stream, I got a new LG C2 tv and the sound was shocking, muted and hollow. I tried all the various sound settings without any joy. I then plugged in my Apple TV 4k using the same cable and HDMI port, instant change, so not sure what was happening there.
That’s a good point I let me do some proper digging on this and speak to them and get the answers
I won't give up my Sky Q if I can't record tv shows and seen the reviews of Glass and stream so it's not for me !!!
That’s fair enough Derek thank for commenting
Do you have to put up with the pathetic adverts or are they removed or can be by passed like with Sky Q recordings?
I have t done yet but there is £5 fee to remove adverts
@@stevemarruk I wonder if that removes for all apps or just sky only? Thanks anyhow.
Another great review and the reason I’ve decided to ring Sky swap from Q to Stream today (just waiting for it to arrive) to see if I get on with it.
Keep us posted and thank you
@@stevemarruk Hi there, what software/update version is your puck on? Set mine up yesterday and used it throughout the day and evening and mine is so slow and lagging etc, having issues with lengthy loading times although I’m getting 500+ broadband speeds :/
In todays video at 9:30 I’ll show you but give it a couple of days.
@@stevemarruk Okay thank you :)
Another great video! Would you be able to answer a few questions; 1) Sky Q a lot of channels are stereo 2 channel, in Sky Stream are you able to up mix to 5.1 or it still outputs DD 2.0? For example if you catchup a program on Sky Q it will most often be downloaded in DD 2.0 even though it was broadcast in DD 5.1 surround (BBC do this for all content it seems) are Sky Stream playlist downloads DD 2.0 or 5.1?. 2) With Sky Q you can watch BBC content in the Sky Go app, however it appears that Sky Stream does not allow this (even when at home connected to the same network), do you know why or does it now work with Sky Stream?
I will investigate this and update but to my knowledge it is 5.1 Dolby but I don’t think atmos yet but let me check
Just realised, when I said BBC content I actually meant live BBC TV channels etc
Until Sky develop a means of recording SINGLE episodes on Glass and Stream NOPE.I'm sticking with Q
Fair enough
Relying on catch up services is just damn wrong
Howcome you don't use the judder ? Looks a lot better on my lg cx for the apps
I perfur a hard drive to store films & episodes plus to series links programs I'm sticking with Q
Another great review. Luv the humour 😂. I am looking at sky stream but with a side of Apple TV. Cheers Steve
Thanks Geoff means a lot buddy
Sky are now starting to offer deeper discounts on stream. Play the game with sky, take out a contract. You have a 30 day cooling off period. Threaten to cancel within the first 30 days due to cost. I have these offers. Sky sports £20, Base package for £11.50 a month ( includes basic Netflix) whole home free for 3 months. Kids free for 3 months. Ad skipping £2.50 for 18 months. Cinema £9 for 18 months (includes paramount plus) Ultra HD/Dolby Atmos £3 a month for 18 months. Sky have only just started to offer deep discounts, initially there was very little.
Totally agree
Sky stream is awesome now. Picture quality is insane. A great shame that sports are so expensive. [ Fibre is the future...Sky will not want to continue renting satellite capacity...too expensive and like you say subject to weather /planning etc...]}
Yeah true
I find it funny the way the algorithm works I just cancelled my Sky stream to go back to Q as it was at-least 10% cheaper it is £12 more but I’m getting BB included
That’s good
I have SkyQ, but been looking into stream. Why you may ask? I couldn't tell you, perhaps it's because it's something new. The issue is internet connection. Let's say you have a whole house connected on multiple devices, phones, iPads, all using the connection at the same time. So it's best to have a 500mb connection, although you could technically get away with the 150 connection. I think if stream was much cheaper than Q, then I would seriously consider switching. But they are pretty much in line with eachother.
I love the menus rocks
@@stevemarruk I think if they had an incentive for Q subscribers to switch, I’d seriously consider it. As much as Sky is very expensive now, it still offers a fantastic and full service which suits my needs perfectly.
@@ChinaRising there are plenty of deals to be had now sky stream.
hi.
unfortunately, despite, as you say, a cut in production costs for sky; no dish, LMB, cables, hard drive in the box, as well as installation man hours, the savings aren’t passed on to us.
to mirror my sky Q package to sky stream would actually cost me £1 more each month! 🤷🏽♂️
good review tho 👍🏽
thanks.
Wow that is interesting as I save about £30/month
Thank you by the way
But you get a tv included?
@@djhorwich sky glass is the one with the tv and that defo costs more, as you’d expect.
sky stream is just the puck and you’d expect that to be cheaper but it’s not.
tbf, i called sky to switch my parents to sky stream last week as they were in line to save £30+ but their guy was very anti-sky stream, lack of recording, no picture if the internet drops, etc.
he matched the sky steam price for their existing sky q, so they kept it 🤷🏽♂️
That’s strange
Hi mate, you said in a comment (on a different video) a while back you would investigate the cheapest way to watch sky sports (specially in 4K), wondered if you found anything on that? Love your videos and thank you 🙂
It would seem that Now TV is the cheapest from what I can see.
Due to me working away from home a lot I thought it would be a good idea to look into sky stream, but when I contacted Sky they told me that I could not get it because the puck must not be moved from my address, of which I thought that was just useless and pointless. Sky are missing out on customers who would like to watch TV, but for obvious reasons can't have a portable satellite dish. I live at my 2 bed apartment during the week and then go home to my house at the weekends and not had this issue when I got my broadband from BT that allowed me to have two connections in different locations.
Why don’t use sky Go?
@@stevemarruk Because in order to have Sky go you need a satellite dish and a subscription, not very handy for when you can't have a dish. My current solution is to have a Plex media server and a HDHomeRun which provides live TV and it's free with no subscriptions, it just means that I'm limited to only Freeview channels.
Fair enough Weebs
Sky go requires multi screen or whole home to be active. It doesn’t require a satellite dish, simple test, turn sky q box off and start go on iPad, works fine. Go can more or less be seen as probably the pre runner to stream
Very true
Great video Steve!
Still early days yet, you can still order Sky service with Sky Q. It’s a choice at the moment, Satellite is gonna be around for another 30 years yet as Sky extended the SES Astra contract to keep customers connected. Sky Stream for me when I had it before Christmas kept crashing and had lots lag, so I switched back to Sky Q and happy that everything works even Ultra HD content plays as it should. 🙌
Thanks John yeah it was for me but since the update it’s been better
@@stevemarruk that’s good to hear mate
Satellite tv in the UK will not be around for another 30 years. It will around until around 2030. Sky signed a new 8 year deal with Astra Satellite last year
@@marcosgilson3578 I get your point but Sky will simply extended it anyway with SES Astra. Sky did mention this that it would be reviewed nearer the time. The BBC for example will continue to broadcast on satellite and aerial as long as possible.
@@JohnnyD90 satellite television delivery is very expensive. Trust me, satellite tv won’t be around for 30 years. Sky will have moved on to streaming only by 2030
Sky Glass is hilariously awful and the other 2 are not much better.
Not played with the Glass side of thing but the puck has had its moments but the new update as really upped its game
I just had sky stream myself all the channels are not there, still missing quite a few such as great movies channels, shopping channels also missing but tbh i don't think anyone would miss the shopping channels anyway lol. But stream is a great piece of kit especially as you can have it on a monthly rolling contract too.
True that Len lol
SKY Q Aint going anywhere soon. I called SKY here in Ireland today to cancel my subscription but they reduced my subscription by half and they upgraded me to SKY Q for free.
I don't like how you can't record with SKY glass or SKY Stream. There's no excuse to cheap out on a pcie SSD which is dirt cheap now. A pcie SSD is barely bigger than a full size SD card so it can easily fit inside the puc.
I have sky stream whole which basically means I have more than one puck - however my issue is that I also have a fire cube which I have all my USA stuff on such as Hulu & HBO Max & ESPN - seriously considering downgrading to just one box to save £10 per month
Sounds like a plan
I have VM with Sky Sports. I can record several live channels plus a series link to watch later. Can your system compete? I suspect not. I’m coming to the end of my contract but sadly I don’t think this would answer my needs.
When you stream you don’t really need record as everything is on the server for you to watch when you want to watch it if that makes sense. But it isn’t for everyone so many like to record. Where as stream has playlists so it gives you everything at once.
Apple again can’t record watch when you want to watch.
@@stevemarruk Thanks for that. I get that streaming is ok for films and TV etc but would it work for live sport?
Well it works for me I have it on Now TV on Apple TV and it’s great.
Heres my virdict about sky stream after using it for several months am fed up and going to sky q this is due to the plethora of issues 1 ads get stuck on a constant loop fast forward on 30x is really rough and not smooth at all programmes reset back after a ad and have to fast forward at 12x so it does not crash ad sometimes even double play over the software is rubbish utter rubbish from os 1.2 to 1.3 very minimal bug fixes update bbc crashes netflix broken if you browse long enough quits and exits constant freezing the wifi problem now this is getting on my nerves consistantly drops connection i have a whole home mesh system with 1gb fibre speeds are more than quick enough signal strong throughout the home sluggish on 1.3 update constant please wait at home in a channel keeps saying a technical error has occured go up 1 channel back to the channel i was watching kicks back in straight away its shoddy hardware and the software is just a real rough mess and i aint putting up with it no futher only thing nice is the remote and the box is 4k all this could of been much smoother if they had proper developers for their products be so simple if you added a simple 50gb nvme drive inside for the software that would of been polished and had some recording feature for playback for a better experience and made the entire box run much more free just really rushed in my opinion and the software sky get your software department a kick in the backside its a joke... also got the whole home package just to iron out if its was just 1 puck issue no they both same software and still exact same issue so its down to software and poor implementation..
Another great video Steve keep up the good work
Thanks buddy means a lot
Had my sky stream for just over 2 weeks now and I'm loving it i use nothing else even my firestick is in the dust pile just love how quick it is and how i can find any shows with ease and the best thing for me is watching all the old seasons of programs i love i have been glued to my tv since getting my sky stream i will definitely be keeping it after my month is up as also has many more live channels than any other streaming product 👌
That’s so good to read and thank you
Loving the uploads on sky stream. We have had it for two months and its fantastic. We have 2 sky stream pucks at property connected to gigafast sky fibre and picture quality in living room and bedroom are fantastic.
I was lucky when signing us up as got a deal initially on first puck as gave it us free and when I then upgraded to 2nd puck for bedroom soon after offered that to me free as well. It does now show in my sky app if any more are required they are £39.95 each but luckily dont need anymore.
Also really enjoying the sky remote especially voice functions and back lighting on it as you mentioned in your video. In my opinion this is the best streaming device for watching tv and streaming apps as all on one easy to use service all via a tiny little puck.
Great not having an ugly aerial or rusting sky dish attached to our property anymore as now redundant. This is definitely the future of watching tv and we have it now so great stuff sky.
That’s exactly my point and great feedback thank you
Just an FYI.
I have Sky Q and just tried to buy Sky Stream. They won’t let me. It says thanks for your interest, but “As a Sky Q customer, you already enjoy the best TV experience.”
I expect I could phone them to order it, but it tells me something about where Sky are with Stream at the moment.
I agree it will change in time, but it’s not going to happen quickly.
That’s interesting what’s your broadband speed
@@stevemarruk A steady 80mbps. It wouldn’t be an issue for Stream. I guessing they just don’t want huge numbers of Q customers switching yet.
I had this too. I just rang them and they were more than happy to help me with stream and have me a better deal over the phone than there was online.
Sky stream should be available as separate app on Apple tv
Will this box buffer atall when watching sports if I hardwire it to a gigabit speed connection
I have been watching sports on BT fibre 3 900mb down and 150 up and had no problems so far.
@@stevemarruk yeah I've just got a package from sky with there gigabit internet always been with virgin but since they are wanting me to pay £145 a month from April they can stick it got gigspeed plus bt and sky sports both in hd with all channels except movies ( netflix is included) for £115 a month netflix alone costs £12 so really I'm paying £103 pm for everything else
Nice deal that
Is it easy to downgrade your tv package on the Sky stream?
Yes it is
does sky stream include sky/bt sport box office?
Yes it does they told me it does
Nice review. Same here, if Sky stream had a cloud system to allow for recording and storing, I cannot see the wife
given u her recordings 😂😂
Lol 😂
I’m from N Ireland the Irish channels RTE,Network 2 and TG4 no longer stream on the Sky Platform so they are unavailable on Sky Glass. The three Irish channels are only available on Sky Q,Freesat and Freeview. Unfortunately that’s a no no for me.
I would speak to them see what’s happening as to my knowledge all channels England wise are now live on there
@@stevemarruk Sky Go 'portability' within the EU applies for Sky subscriptions held at addresses in the Republic of Ireland, but unfortunately that no longer includes use in the UK (or rather from a UK IP address).
NB It was fine prior to Brexit. I’m sure your aware N Ireland is constitutionally part of the UK.
Source Sky
Fair enough
I expect that Sky will continue to support Sky Q until at least 2028, which is when their contract to use the Astra satellites is due for renewal. They will continue to sell it, but will not promote it as heavily as Sky Stream.
BT Openreach expect to have rolled out Fibre To The Premises virtually everywhere by the end of 2026.
I expect that Sky will have a big marketing push in 2027 to move people from Sky Q to Sky Stream or Sky Glass.
Nice feedback Tony cheer mate
So that’s the end of satellites 📡 in homes gradually. All new houses no longer have chimneys too from circa 2030
Could be
Still no facility to record as on q I had steam for a month ; changed back to Q
I changed back to Q as well
I finding playlist to be better
Recordings are in the cloud or a link to the catchup if it's available. This works well unless it's a film split by the news, then it only records the first half.
@@bikeman123 that’s the same with Sky q with the split news. I agree what your saying I had stream for a month .
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I have been totally disappointed by Sky Q picture quality, it is dreadful, I bought a top of the line Sony OLED and Sky Q is just unable to put a high quality HDR 4K picture out, it’s so bad we end up watching everything in 1080P and have to rely on the TV’s built-in apps for high quality viewing.
That’s awful 😞
Ive recently upgraded my internet 1gig/1gig ordered this today looks so much faster then sky q im hoping that my classic eastenders will me on my list on uk drama
Hope it goes well
All great better then sky q and Mrs loves it so fast and more simple playlists
They aren't locking down netflix. They have done a U-turn
Thought they might
Great vid. Could you do a video on Virgin Stream and compare it to Sky stream. I think you might have to have virgin broadband to get virgin stream though.
I’ll see what I can do I think I’ll have to find someone who has it
Sky Q isn’t going anywhere, satellite TV will always be around and to think it will get phased out is just silly.
Just saying what they told me
Been misinformed then I’m afraid
Time will tell but thanks for your input
I still use sky+ , I use it in my caravan in the uk & France. If I can’t do the same with the puck I’ll won’t change. Like you I use BT, my BB has gone off 3 times this year alone, yes bt supplied a 4g dongle so that my BB is stay alive. All my WiFi lights won’t connect to the dongle so the stay alive bt bb is rubbish when it’s needed.
I would check with them
I’ve had Sky Stream for a month, I had some issues with it at the beginning, bugs etc, since turning off the Wi-Fi in settings it works perfectly now. Don’t miss recording show at all.
I love it
I still like Sky q but still no ITVX I may go back to virgin media. Good content Steve
ITV x is on sky stream
Yes I know I was referring to Sky q
Oh my bad sorry
@@stevemarruk no worries your show is excellent 👍🏻 I still think Sky q is good what’s does for me is the recording facility.
It's a terrible, glitch ridden, useless product and needs to be put into the nearest available bin.
I’ve had no issue with mine at all
Besides all the crap you've already got Internet poor area's still can't stream anything would you trust Internet over dish no way
I have Virgin 1 gig excellent if Sky q goes ; I off Virgin and I can’t see this happening anytime
Nice
Sky Q isn't going anywhere!!
@@derekhart3308 ok good
sky+ best
Moving to Sky Stream, has been the best move. The apps in particular like RUclips are so quickly to load.
I guess the only minus would be if my broadband went down.
Yeah I have to agree
I got sky stream much better beautifully clean HD pictures really enjoy watch sports better than Sky Q but sky stream use Wi-Fi quick way don’t need sky dish anymore
That’s my point and great feedback Matt
I got bt boardband Wi-Fi can use for sky stream box
Cool
I just moved to Firestick HD from Sky Q and can already see an improvement in picture quality. I'm going to use Now TV to get Sky Sports and hopefully pick up a deal on the way.
Only frustration is the EPG, Skys's is brilliant. How do you rate the new upgraded Sky Stream to Firestick HD?
Yeah it’s so much better
Another fantastic video mate thankyou, you are correct with internet tv is the future already bt do it, sky do it and now virgin media are doing it too. I'm switching to Sky stream myself on monday when my puck arrives you get the first month free to try it.
Nice one please keep us posted on what you think and how it goes
@@stevemarruk Will do mate.
@@stevemarruk Just giving you an update mate 2 days in and i'm really liking Sky stream atm.
Excellent
Sky glass is rubbish
You not enjoying it
Sky Stream good? The answer is yes and no!
The good thing about Sky Stream
1. cheaper
2. No dish
3. Small IPTV Sky box
Bad thing about Sky Stream
1. Can't add MUTV and LFCTV
2. Unicast (OTT) and not multicast causing high delay.
3. Too much delay on Sky Stream channels
4. If you lose internet connection, then you lose tv also
5. Can't record
6. Satellite dish gives higher bitrate and better picture quality
Until you can RECORD, in the literal sense, on Sky Glass and Sky Stream, then Q rules.
Sky q is way better i tiree stream and thought thr picture was way better on sky hd so we had q firtted few weeks ago picture is way better