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Discussion topic: Picture Intermittently Pixelating - Many Sky Branded Channels

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This message was authored by Bluegiraffe This message was authored by: Bluegiraffe

Re: Picture Intermittently Pixelating - Many Channels

Dave - try a cold start

This message was authored by Dave266 This message was authored by: Dave266

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Thanks, I'll try a cold start 👍

This message was authored by ian+galloway This message was authored by: ian+galloway

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Thanks for your update although a great deal to be resolved!

I experienced sound breaks when watching 401 UHD , but did not happen yesterday so hopefully a small step forward 🤞

This message was authored by MarkGoldsmith This message was authored by: MarkGoldsmith

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@Bluegiraffe wrote:

Actually I did NOT restart - doh - not too optimistic - turn it on and back off again 🙂 but to be fair I have seen many strange things, I work as a QC Engineer in the medai industry so not discounting anything. Will reboot now


Yeah it's strange that a reboot is needed after changing the settings but that is seemingly how the product works.

 

i figured that out by trial and error when I switched to stream a year ago. I figured out pretty quickly that WiFi signal strength was key and likely the cause of my problem but it took me a while to figure out I had to reboot after disabling the WiFi for it to actually use the Ethernet cable.

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This message was authored by Super+Anthony This message was authored by: Super+Anthony

Re: Picture Intermittently Pixelating - Many Channels

Still getting pixelation issues and jumpy on ITV4 tonight 🥲

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This message was authored by PaulH7 This message was authored by: PaulH7

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Sky Atlantic is really poor right now! Pixelation and jumpy

This message was authored by Super+Anthony This message was authored by: Super+Anthony

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One of these days it will get sorted @PaulH7 

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This message was authored by PaulH7 This message was authored by: PaulH7

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Turned it off in the end. Sky this is so frustrating. You should be throwing everything at this problem. Sort it out or I'm leaving your service after 20 years.

This message was authored by Super+Anthony This message was authored by: Super+Anthony

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Agreed @PaulH7  It really should not be taking this long to sort these issues out, along with all the other problems. Maybe rather than keep blaming the ISP etc. they should be focusing hard to get these issues sorted ASAP

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This message was authored by squareeyeschris This message was authored by: squareeyeschris

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So, @Super+Anthony , is Sky alone in having issues to this extent? We have heard Virgin have had a few problems but most streaming providers seem to have it more or less right so it's not impossible to do. If they haven't fixed it yet, I  wonder if they will.

This message was authored by Super+Anthony This message was authored by: Super+Anthony

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Yes will be interesting @squareeyeschris and also whether stream is here for the long term if it can't be?

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This message was authored by DantheSwan This message was authored by: DantheSwan

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Since rejoining Sky back in July I haven't been able to watch a single sports event without pixelation, not one!

Paying a premium for a below par service, I've now decided to give them until January 1st to sort it or I'm cancelling without penalty 

Only need to give them 30 days notice and the new Digital markets, competition and consumers act 2024 means I can say goodbye and I will

I'm fed up of paying good money for terrible service now

This message was authored by MontSky22 This message was authored by: MontSky22

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I have been moaning about this for what seems months now on twitter, my download is over 200mb on wifi faster on ethernet and SKY are blaming my broadband, yet if i connect same apps, Apple, Disney Iplayer through amazon firestick everything is perfect

 

Looks like it iwll be a goodbye from me..... im not spending £50 amonth to have this continual disruption

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This message was authored by squareeyeschris This message was authored by: squareeyeschris

Re: Picture Intermittently Pixelating - Many Channels

For those interested - you may find this and other articles on this website useful towards understanding how video streaming works.

 

https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/video/what-is-video-cdn/

This message was authored by MontSky22 This message was authored by: MontSky22

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Have you sent this to sky? Might help them lol

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