Should I upgrade to sky Q or stream from Sky + SD?

[Liren642]

I've been a sky customer since 2008. I have been using the same box Amstrad Drx 550 box, its going well for me.

Then recently I have got a letter from sky saying that if i dont upgrade soon to sky q theyll cancel my channels, not just sky but the other channels such as sports and movie channels.

I actually was considering upgrading box in 2022 but put that off since it was still working and i didnt need much more from it.

But now a few years passed and now i need to upgrade. Should i upgrade to sky q for no extra cost or get stream? cost isnt really an issue for me, if sky stream is better.

I've looked online and saw that stream is basically sky q give or take a few  channels without the dish, everything is streamed via broadband. 

I should also say that my broadband is relatively slow as well, about 7 mb/s to 19 mb/s. I  havent really upgraded in a few years since it was working alright for me, albeit had to use everything in lite mode. 

My concern is that if i get sky stream it may not be that good if my wifi is slow. I could just get sky q for no extra cost, and that runs on the same satellite as my 2008 box so all i need to do is swap cables. 

Anyway i just wanted to ask what you think, if stream is better than q i might also get sky broadband, was about time to upgrade the old dsl to fibre recently came to my area.

[Liren642]

Actually one of my friends, he has moved from stream to q, since stream was quite inconsistent especially in streaming channels, watching from start etc. He says it does make a delay when you switch channels and even going to the home screen it says "please wait" for a long time and he doesnt get those issues on sky q. and unlike on q internet access is mandatory u cant even watch ur saved shows or movies whereas on q you can watch live tv and recorded shows without internet and without satellite watch internet streamed shows.

I think stream is like q just stripped the functionality and benefits of having a sattelite

Beside the engineer will just have to swap cables from box to box, since theyre both sky sattelites.

[Mark39]

Sky Q is much closer in operation to Sky+ than Sky Stream is. I believe Sky now recommend broadband speed of at least 25Mbps for Sky Stream, so it might not be an option for you with your current broadband service.

[TimmyBGood]

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@Liren642 wrote:

I should also say that my broadband is relatively slow as well, about 7 mb/s to 19 mb/s.

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Stream is absolutely not viable on those kinds of speeds.  If that's an ADSL connection you'd need to move to FTTC as a minimum before even considering Stream.

[oj01]

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@Liren642 wrote:

Actually one of my friends, he has moved from stream to q, since stream was quite inconsistent especially in streaming channels, watching from start etc. He says it does make a delay when you switch channels and even going to the home screen it says "please wait" for a long time and he doesnt get those issues on sky q. and unlike on q internet access is mandatory u cant even watch ur saved shows or movies whereas on q you can watch live tv and recorded shows without internet and without satellite watch internet streamed shows.

I think stream is like q just stripped the functionality and benefits of having a sattelite

Beside the engineer will just have to swap cables from box to box, since theyre both sky sattelites.

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The engineer will also need to swap the LNB on the dish when switching to Sky Q. 

[Ray61]

Your Box is quite old, I say get at least sky+ hd so you can keep watching channels

[Exiled-in-HH]

@Liren642 There is no need to switch to Q or Stream🤔

Get a second-hand Sky+ HD DRX890, easily available online. If you've got only one sat feed you can run it in single feed mode😉