topic Re: TV buffering in the evening in Sky Q

TV buffering in the evening

StinkyPete — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:56:40 GMT

My Sky Q is hard wired , but buffers in the evening .

as tho it is being throttled.

Re: TV buffering in the evening

PandJ2020 — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 22:48:00 GMT

What 'buffers'?

Q is primarily a satellite system so buffering shouldn't be an issue unless there's an issue with your wiring, LNB or alignment.

Re: TV buffering in the evening

StinkyPete — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 23:26:07 GMT

Sky Q is buffering (lost internet message) . Hard wired with cat5 into the router , so wifi not involved in the set up.

Re: TV buffering in the evening

GD1 — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 23:38:56 GMT

@StinkyPete wrote:

Sky Q is buffering (lost internet message) . Hard wired with cat5 into the router , so wifi not involved in the set up.

What is buffering? Sky Q receives it's live channels via satellite so would not be affected by any broadband issue. So is it live channels, apps or on-demand services that are buffering?

Re: TV buffering in the evening

StinkyPete — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:11:42 GMT

On demand services .

Doesn't matter which , just appears around peak times like 9.30 pm till 11.00

Im thinking either it's the internet speed or Sky Q box.

Even tho a speed test says it's all good , and hardware check using Sky apps are all Green .

Re: TV buffering in the evening

StinkyPete — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:26:04 GMT

Tested last night , and ITV X buffered , loosing internet while normal channels were working ok .

somewhere to start I guess.