Discussion topic: Sky streaming - poor quality
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Message posted on 16 Apr 2026 08:03 PM
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Sky streaming - poor quality
Is the picture quality on sky streaming always so bad??
Every evening I'm going through the processes trying to make it watchable. The picture is unclear, stops and starts and is generally awful!
I'm asking if this is normal?
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Message posted on 16 Apr 2026 09:31 PM
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Re: Sky streaming - poor quality
Hi @MG35
What broadband speed do you have and what speed is your glass getting? You can check this in Netflix. (Profile pic > get help? > Connectivity check).
It sounds like poor connection. I've got 2 Glass TVs and 4 pucks working flawlessly.
MikeAlanR
55" Gen 2 Sky Glass atlantic blue, 65” Sky Glass ocean blue, Sky Live, 4 streaming pucks and EE FTTP Busiest Home (circa 1.6 Gbps download). Sky SoundBox. Former Sky Q, Sky+ HD and Sky+ customer. Sky Mobile Customer.
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Message posted on 18 Apr 2026 05:28 PM
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After reading all the problems with streaming, ThenSky Q box is a state of the art product
Unable to watch BBC News and others without finding the IPlayer app,, Q box 101 BBC1 News old fashioned magic !
Also predictably streaming pictures , lost Q programs when you switch
it would seam it's No Brainer , sick with Q box as long as possible !
Message posted on 18 Apr 2026 08:23 PM
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Hi, I have Gigafast broadband, Download speed current 124 mpps; I don't have Sky Glass but a Samsung 4k TV; I've now submitted a complaint to Sky as connection is awful and the service is not fit for use.
Message posted on 19 Apr 2026 08:44 AM - last edited: 19 Apr 2026 08:47 AM
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Re: Sky streaming - poor quality
@MG35 wrote:Is the picture quality on sky streaming always so bad??
Every evening I'm going through the processes trying to make it watchable. The picture is unclear, stops and starts and is generally awful!
I'm asking if this is normal?
If you are unable to get a satisfactory service from the Stream service, I suggest you explore your exit strategy. If you are within the contract cooling off period of 31 days, I would use that.
For the time I had Stream, I had no issues with picture quality, it was very good. Having said this I left Stream for Now TV because of price and while the Now UI is not as good as Stream, I can live with an inferior UI because of the price I currently pay viz. £31 pm.
Now TV Sports + Entertainment + Cinema + Ultra Boost @ £31 pm (till October 2026)
Freesat 4K recorder
1000/115 FTTP (Aquiss) to Zyxel DX3301
3 x Asus XT9s + + RT-AC58U V3 for WiFi (AP mode)
65" Samsung S92C OLED TV
C430 Samsung soundbar with subwoofer
6 other streaming TVs
43+ network connected devices
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