Discussion topic: Buffering is terrible
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Message posted on 20 Apr 2025 07:55 PM
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Message posted on 20 Apr 2025 08:01 PM
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Re: Buffering is terrible
@Geebee888 Sounds like your wifi speed is insufficient, on your puck open the netflix app, go to get help, run connection test, what speed is being reported.
For HD you need at least 25mbps & UHD 30 mbps, anything less will result in poor performance.
43" Glass TV & Puck Whole Home
Please note I only provide help on the main forums and not via PM, PM's are switched off.
Samsung 75" 4K TV, Sky Glass Gen 2 55", Sky Stream, EE FTTC Broadband, Three 5G Broadband (Backup), Sony 7.1 AV Receiver, Technisat MultiSat receiver.
Message posted on 20 Apr 2025 08:40 PM
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Re: Buffering is terrible
Hi @Geebee888One of the main reasons for burrering / freezing is the quality and speed of the Wi-Fi signal being received at the TV/puck and not that being received at the router. This can be checked with the Netflix App (Get help > Check network) and is often much less than you might expect. The minimum speeds recommended by Sky are as follows:
HD = 25mbps
UHD = 30mbps
HD + 1 puck = 30mbps
UHD + 1 puck = 35mbps
These speeds assume there is nothing else using up your bandwidth.
If your speed at the TV is borderline try connecting via Ethernet cable. If this is not practical you can use powerline adapters (about £35 at Amazon). Note the Ethernet port on the Glass TV (& pucks) only supports 100mbps so don't waste money on the more expensive 1gb powerline adapters
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Message posted on 21 Apr 2025 11:19 AM
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Re: Buffering is terrible
Sound like your broadband speed is not fast enough to cope with everything that you have connected to it and yes if you can connect your tv or puck to the Internet by an ethernet cable it will be more stable, i have 2 sky glass tvs both 55inch and both connected to the Internet by ethernet cables and have no problems, but i an sky gigafast broadband 900mps full fibre to the property
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