Ignoring HDR10+, as do see that as limited on content and only on some apps and with some TV setups.
Ive never used Amazon Prime, so can't comment on that.
Think though HDR10+ is seen more as providing extra background metadata control than pq enhancements to really notice.
See also they are talking about Dolby Vision 2 now, sigh 😀
It's nice to see someone that cares somewhat about pq.
It often disappoints me when I visit someone who has Sky Stream attached to a mid or high end TV and see a poor quality picture or wrongly setup sound option.
Noticing they have left those TV motion/smoothing/eco manufacturer picture settings still on and gone in and poorly tweaked their brightness and the like picture settings and badly adjusted their sound settings for either TV sound or with an external soundbar.
Be honest, apart from turning off all those manufacture settings, most should just leave the TV as is, as most TVs recently produce a very good out of the box experience now, with less need for a professional calibration that was so more helpful a decade ago.
When I moved to Sky Stream over 18 + months ago, from Sky Q, I saw a noticeable uplift in PQ.
Of course, it adds Dolby Vision to the apps along with HDR10 and HLG HDR.
I have mid and high end TVs and I did tend to mostly use the TV apps or an attached 4k Roku, rather than Sky Q. But did often try the apps on Sky Q for help here and to compare.
Since moving to Sky Stream, I now only use apps via Sky Stream on my lounge and bedroom pucks.
The apps launch quickly, work well with Playlist (except you can't use Disney+ with Playlist).
I very often switch through apps at mixed content watching times and busy multiple sports watching times, as well as live linear TV and the Sky Sports + feeds, using voice within the apps or within Sky Stream menus or live linear content. I never exit apps and have has a reliable experience moving through all that.
All I do is do a settings restart once a week, on each of my pucks, that gives the pucks a cache based refresh for a calm helping hand experience.
Must admit, I have been impressed also with how Sky Cinema plays out with HLG HDR and Dolby sound , but of course the Sky drama On demand much like Sky Q played out fine too, but with an uplift on Sky Stream.
Regularly use the playlist for the 'recording' bookmarking along with on demand for iPlayer, ITVx, 4 and 5, that works well with Sky Stream, but regularly also for Netflix, Paramount+, Apple TV (when I've had one of the many free offers) and Disney+
I do take advantage of the Sky Stream free offering of Netflix standard with ads and P+ free with Sky Cinema.
Have though tried Disney and P+ in Premium versions and been impressed with the pq. But, honestly feel no need to pay extra for the premium, as the hd pq is excellent and it's more the content in my view often than just watching all in a higher quality.
The main uplift for me is all the Sky Sports and recent Eurosport HDR (sadly Eurosport of course moved to TNT Sports now, that I do not sub too), that plays out so much better than it did on Sky Q. Do not get me wrong, on Sky Q on a mid to high end TV the HLG HDR played out fine, but Sky Stream does do it so much cleaner.
Plus, the Dolby sound and Atmos on Sky Stream is also a smoother play out, being what I have found with Dolby Atmos integrated in some of my high end TVs or with attached soundbars.
I used to have a decade old Samsung TV attached to the bedroom puck, recently replaced with an LG C5, the pq difference was a noticebale upgrade on that change.
TVs and their technologies slowly get slightly better with time, so that may have been a combination of Sky Stream and the LG working well together.
Also, I used to have a Roku connected only for that Samsung TV to take on Airplay use, as the Samsung TV never had it.
Thankfully the LG does Airplay as well as Chromecast use. Mainly for the Talking Pictures airplayed from an iPad for the few series or films I watch on that channel.
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