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Discussion topic: Why does Sky Stream drop out regularly, when NOW Tv remains stable.

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This message was authored by Fevs1210 This message was authored by: Fevs1210

Why does Sky Stream drop out regularly, when NOW Tv remains stable.

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And yes I've done all the resets, restarts and my Internet is bang on.

 


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This message was authored by Mister_Dalek This message was authored by: Mister_Dalek Answer

Re: Why does Sky Stream drop out regularly, when NOW Tv remains stable.

Sky Stream is entirely server based - the puck needs a constant fast and stable connection to Sky's servers, otherwise it can easily glitch. 
NOW is an app based service whereby the app itself is stored locally on your smart TV or streaming device. Such devices have a small amount of in built memory in order to cache the date received from the streaming server. This prevents the glitches you get with a Sky Stream puck which has no built in memory and no caching capability. 

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This message was authored by Jason+Golding This message was authored by: Jason+Golding

Re: Why does Sky Stream drop out regularly, when NOW Tv remains stable.

Different system of delivery. I think you will find that Now Tv use a much larger buffering system. Meaning that the delay is greater for live transmissions. I stand to be corrected 

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This message was authored by Mister_Dalek This message was authored by: Mister_Dalek Answer

Re: Why does Sky Stream drop out regularly, when NOW Tv remains stable.

Sky Stream is entirely server based - the puck needs a constant fast and stable connection to Sky's servers, otherwise it can easily glitch. 
NOW is an app based service whereby the app itself is stored locally on your smart TV or streaming device. Such devices have a small amount of in built memory in order to cache the date received from the streaming server. This prevents the glitches you get with a Sky Stream puck which has no built in memory and no caching capability. 

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This message was authored by Fevs1210 This message was authored by: Fevs1210

Re: Why does Sky Stream drop out regularly, when NOW Tv remains stable.

Well to be fair that answered that question.  Thank you.

 

So I'm assuming, complete reset on everything and just wait and watch NOW till it sorts itself out?

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