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Will Sky Stream work ok with Virgin Broadband

Steve93 — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:14:18 GMT

As above, I have gig1 package, tried Stream back in 2022 with Sky Broadband sped 54mps it buffered quite a lot, it was connected by WiFi as the router was 20 foot away,

The VM hub is behind the tv so could be connected via Ethernet speed 800mps, will that be better?

Re: Will Sky Stream work ok with Virgin Broadband

Gordon+65 — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:18:17 GMT

I have the same set up and it works really well for me.

Re: Will Sky Stream work ok with Virgin Broadband

Munkeh — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:18:43 GMT

Hey,

800MB/s should be plenty as the pucks are only able to access 100 mb/s via ethernet so should be no problems at all. As i currently have OGI (Welsh) 900MB/s FFTP and both pucks comnnected ethernet with no problems at all :).

Hope this helps.

Re: Will Sky Stream work ok with Virgin Broadband

Steve93 — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:20:30 GMT

Thanks, is Sky Stream as good as Virgin Stream?

Re: Will Sky Stream work ok with Virgin Broadband

Gordon+65 — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:22:08 GMT

I can't comment on Virgin stream but Sky Stream picture quality is better than Virgin Tv360. I have both.

Re: Will Sky Stream work ok with Virgin Broadband

Munkeh — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:22:12 GMT

Personally couldn't answer this as i have never had Virgin Stream only BT TV and Sky TV but i have moved from Sky Q to Sky Stream and it's has been amazing for my personally needs. 🙂

Re: Will Sky Stream work ok with Virgin Broadband

MarkGoldsmith — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:23:23 GMT

@Steve93 wrote:
Thanks, is Sky Stream as good as Virgin Stream?

There will be pros and cons of both. Really this will come down to a personal preference I would have thought over availability of channels, prices, user interface.

Re: Will Sky Stream work ok with Virgin Broadband

Steve93 — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:25:04 GMT

Does Sky Stream still have a lot of issues, ie:- having to reset the box, buffering & remote control not working?

Re: Will Sky Stream work ok with Virgin Broadband

Gordon+65 — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:28:24 GMT

I've had to reset the box maybe 5 or 6 times in the 9 months I've had it. The remote has worked without issue so far.

Re: Will Sky Stream work ok with Virgin Broadband

Munkeh — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:30:42 GMT

I have only ever had to reset 1 x puck in the last 10 months being a customer as was moving it from a bedroom WIFI to ethernet downstairs office but apart from that everything has been working smoothly and quite happy with the product, But all down to personal useage and needs.

Re: Will Sky Stream work ok with Virgin Broadband

Steve93 — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:34:24 GMT

Thanks will give it a try the 30 day one

Re: Will Sky Stream work ok with Virgin Broadband

MarkGoldsmith — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:36:00 GMT

Personally I've never had to redo a reset or had remote issues in the 4 months I've had it.

Does it sometimes need to be turned off at the plug to reboot it - yes, but it's not like it's a daily thing (for me anyway).

I personally wouldn't make a decision based on the content of posts of this forum or similar forums, as most posts would tend to be negative and the majority of people would only look for advice or rant when they have a problem and usually the good experiences from customers don't tend to be posted about.

Re: Will Sky Stream work ok with Virgin Broadband

Steve93 — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:42:47 GMT

Can you watch from Start on all of the channels, I know you can on bbc & Sky, what about itv, ch4 & ch5?

Re: Will Sky Stream work ok with Virgin Broadband

MarkGoldsmith — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:44:55 GMT

@Steve93 wrote:
Can you watch from Start on all of the channels, I know you can on bbc & Sky, what about itv, ch4 & ch5?

Yes.

ITV is an interesting one as it isn't supported for all shows. However this also affects the ITV streams on version as it's an ITV thing rather than a Sky or Virgin based issue.

Re: Will Sky Stream work ok with Virgin Broadband

Steve93 — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:52:33 GMT

I've itv premium & ch4 premium, will there still be no adverts on both these channels?

Re: Will Sky Stream work ok with Virgin Broadband

MarkGoldsmith — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:14:11 GMT

@Steve93 wrote:
I've itv premium & ch4 premium, will there still be no adverts on both these channels?

If you signed into the apps using your premium account then yes the on-demand content from them would play exactly as they would when viewed via their apps on other platforms.