topic Re: NETFLIX speed check 30mbs in Sky Q

NETFLIX speed check 30mbs

JONNY2015 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:52:57 GMT

I've been getting a bit of buffering when I watch a 4k film. My TV netflix app says it receives 141mbps (home broadband is 150mbps)

Yet my sky Q box, which is brand new today as a replacement says 30mbps.

Any ideas. Are the boxes limited? I don't have any cables to try hard working it in.

Thanks

Re: NETFLIX speed check 30mbs

Angel_Aka — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:14:51 GMT

@JONNY2015

You're much better off using your TV's Netflix app as it will be optimised to give you the best experience on your TV.

Sky Q is decade-old technology and the apps are limited in the formats that can be output. Your TV may have Dolby Vision or HDR10+, neither of which Sky Q can output.

Re: NETFLIX speed check 30mbs

Me134 — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:29:48 GMT

@JONNY2015 wrote:
I've been getting a bit of buffering when I watch a 4k film. My TV netflix app says it receives 141mbps (home broadband is 150mbps)
Yet my sky Q box, which is brand new today as a replacement says 30mbps.
Any ideas. Are the boxes limited? I don't have any cables to try hard working it in.
Thanks

As above, use the TV's built in Apps where possible as the picture and audio are better in a modern TV. For reference my Q box gets around 50Mbps+ which sits below the TV which gets 240Mbps (both via WiFi)

If not possible then try repositioning the Sky router or Q box to give it line of sight.