Honest / up-to-date Sky Stream review

[Dunk46]

Just out of interest what platform do you now use?

[Turribeach]

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@Dunk46 wrote:

Just out of interest what platform do you now use?

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I am still with Virgin Media because it still lets me record and stream content locally and it's not as delayed transmission as streaming is. It's also cheaper than Sky if you want all sport channels and a decent internet speed. But it won't last for long as they are pushing customers to "upgrade" to their 360 stream boxes which are the same junk as Sky's. Sky also recently stopped selling Q online so the doors are slowly closing on old school customers who want a certain level of service...

In the meantime I suspect the streaming experience is slowly improving but I just don't really want any crappy boxes from Sky so if I am forced to give up Virgin Media I will probably go with NOW TV as that will play decently in my Apple TV 4K.

[Turribeach]

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@Turribeach wrote:

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@Dunk46 wrote:

Just out of interest what platform do you now use?

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I am still with Virgin Media because it still lets me record and stream content locally and it's not as delayed transmission as streaming is. It's also cheaper than Sky if you want all sport channels and a decent internet speed. But it won't last for long as they are pushing customers to "upgrade" to their 360 stream boxes which are the same junk as Sky's. Sky also recently stopped selling Q online so the doors are slowly closing on old school customers who want a certain level of service...

In the meantime I suspect the streaming experience is slowly improving but I just don't really want any crappy boxes from Sky so if I am forced to give up Virgin Media I will probably go with NOW TV as that will play decently in my Apple TV 4K.

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The problem with NOW is that is not good value for money. Just checked and NOW Sports costs £34.99 + Ultra Boost £ 9. Add to that Discovery+ TNT Sports for £30.99 and you are already at £74.98 with no internet. So I think Virgin Media still has the best price, although of course not the best customer service...

[Richardr1]

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@Turribeach wrote:

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@Dunk46 wrote:

Just out of interest what platform do you now use?

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I am still with Virgin Media because it still lets me record and stream content locally and it's not as delayed transmission as streaming is. It's also cheaper than Sky if you want all sport channels and a decent internet speed. But it won't last for long as they are pushing customers to "upgrade" to their 360 stream boxes which are the same junk as Sky's

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Just for clarification on that, their boxes are two different types, 360 that does record and Stream that doesn't. The latter carries streamed channels similar to Sky Stream.