Why is my Sky Stream 24 Seconds behind my friend in Cambridge

[Mike176]

I live in Colchester and on my Sky Stream I'm 24 Seconds behind her Sky ?

[MarkGoldsmith]

 Certainly can happen. The speed and quality of your internet connection will have an affect on the streaming lag.

[Mike176]

It's not very good then if I'm entering competitions etc

[MarkGoldsmith]

It's the same for all streaming platforms and isnt unique to Sky due to the way the internet works. For example if you are watching a live stream on youtube and have the chat up its possible to notice people commenting on things you may not have seen yet due to your lag causing you to be several seconds behind.

[Mike176]

Several seconds I can except. 

Half a minute , I can't 

[MarkGoldsmith]

---

@Mike176 wrote:

I live in Colchester and on my Sky Stream I'm 24 Seconds behind her Sky ?

---

As I said that's the nature of streaming - I've seen people a minute or two behind a live stream before.

[Chrisee]

@Mike176 the main issue with the delay between Stream and Sky Q for most people is with live sport. Sky are currently testing reducing the delay by 20 seconds on their live Sports channels. There are two test feeds of the Sky Sports Main Event channel which will in due course replace the channel on 401 but in the meantime you can watch them on 921 and 922 for the UHD and HD versions. In due course all of the Sky Sports channels will switch to this low latency version.

[Mike176]

So how can I get Tv that is on the correct time

[Exiled-in-HH]

Currently you can't with Streaming TV ... research in reducing delay is ongoing ... Streaming TV isn't live😉

Use DTT tv if you require minimal delay ... DSat tv is next best🤔

[TimmyBGood]

@Mike176 

No digital service is 'on the correct time'.

The closest to real life is 'live' FM radio (a 90 year old technology) : everything else involves processing, typically in multiple places, and so lags behind reality.  That's just an inescapable feature of modern life.

See this article on the implications of streaming for sport consumption (but ignore the over-optimistic timescale ; )

https://www.mediakind.com/blog/2022-the-year-live-sports-streaming-kicks-latency-issues-into-touch/