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That was an exceptionally good run through of the Sky stream box. I’ve signed up for one with their broadband on the back of this review. Thanks for taking the time 👍

The reality of the age of streaming is this exact fragmentation, I think it's going to be extremely rare that you find a system as well integrated as what you're asking for. The streaming service providers have all the leverage and don't want to put all this development time into other people's products. They would also never trust another company like Sky to tinker with their applications.

Great in-depth review, Cameron. I ordered Stream off the back of watching this. Been streaming all my content for the past 5 years, so this was a bit of a change for me. Tried it for a week, but ultimately decided to return it and cancel the service. Strikes me as a ‘nearly’ product, but I’m informed the software will evolve over time so maybe I’ll revisit it in a year or two.

Excellent review.great work.there’s a lot of bad quality reviews of sky stream on KZfaq.this is the best one I’ve found.thanks

Really appreciate this video from an opinion I respect. Answers pretty much all the questions I had as I’ve been pretty interested in moving to this for a while.

Thanks for this video. Does it show what episodes you've already watched on the series link/play list? what happens when a new show comes out? will it be at the top?

I've just noticed this as an option on Sky's web site and have been looking into it. Thanks for the detailed review. Oh I looked into that Antenna input and found this: "The built-in Freeview (digital terrestrial) receiver isn't activated for UK use on Stream pucks: it's available as a fallback on Glass television sets." 🖖👍

great video.ordered my sky stream today.thanks very much.

Brilliant review, thank you explains a lot of my concerns I had.

Does it have the same accessibility options as Sky Q on live TV like audio description?

Thanks for this review. My Sky Q contract is coming to an end, and I was debating switching over. This was very informative.

Is there an app that you can use to add shows to the tvs playlist like what you can do with a sky+ box via the sky+ app?

I suspect the aerial / DVB-T tuner will be key in Italy where there are a number of local channels on terrestrial - in fact the Sky Q box over there has a DVB-T tuner too which has always been interesting.

Great review thanks. Detailed and articulated brilliantly.

Got my late last week. So far pleased with it though a couple of niggles. The video and sound were out of synch so I had to switch Audio from PCM to Auto which resolved the issue. However the other issue is that none of my viewed content is 'remembered' so every time I return to a TV I have to remember what episode I have got to. It remembers that session but as soon as turn it off and back on it loses all of the viewing history. I have checked the settings about allowing content details to be shared and it still makes no difference. Apparently this is quite a common issue but since launch it does not appear to have been addressed which is shame. Hoping they resolve this unless anyone else knows how to fix this...?

For anyone who doesn't know about it, the simplest way to get Sky channels that doesn't even involve buying a single piece of hardware from Sky, is NOW TV or just NOW as they rebranded to recently. It's just Sky's take on a streaming service like any other and has access to all their channels live. The app is available on Samsung, Sony & LG Smart TVs, Amazon Fire Sticks & Rokus, along with the givens like mobile and desktop. If the overlap with other streaming apps on the Stream is annoying you then this is the way to avoid that, because the only programmes that are going to show in the NOW TV app are they programmes actually available on Sky.

Is their any lag between the channels on sky stream. For example the sky q box is 2 minutes ahead of sky go. If sky stream has no delay then that’s a game changer

Really detailed video. Despite it almost being midnight, you explained everything thoroughly. Not even the opening of the box was rushed 😉 My only criticism is the placement of your Dyson fan! It is very distracting. And now you've read this, you're going to move it because you can't not notice it while watching the telly 😂I've just found your channel and subscribed. Look forward to going through the backlog and for your future videos!

Great video. Would I be right in thinking that it is not possible to skip adverts when using STV, or any other channel with adverts? Great thing about having a recorder is the ability to circumvent the ads.

When it comes to multi-room/multi-screen (whatever they call it), Sky Stream is slightly cheaper per month than Sky Q, and there is the added bonus of not having to have the main box on in order for the additional boxes to function (with Sky Q, rather than having a connection to the dish for each additional box, the additional boxes connect to the main box), and plus, the cost of the additional boxes is cheaper than Sky Q Also, with Sky Stream, you can have 3 Sky Glass TVs, and 6 Sky Stream Pucks per account/address (if you have multi-room/multi-screen), whereas Sky Q only allows you to have it on up to 4 or 5 TVs total (can’t remember the exact number)

Hi, great video. Had a quick question please. I’m considering purchasing this however I have access to a UHD Netflix account so I don’t need to pay the £8 extra with sky. Is it possible to sign into Netflix on Sky Stream with a different account than what is linked to your Sky Account without the bills merging? Thanks in advance.

I have a smark 4k ultra HD OLED tv when I ordered mine I asked for the added extra to get a better picture but he said I don't need it the picture will be good enough he didn't ask if I had a HD tv or anything like that ,so is the picture quality good

Hi, Dose Sky stream have a sub- title facility for the hard of hearing? Thank you

Thanks! I watched your video and decided to get Sky Stream. I've had it for a couple of days and am very happy with it. I find the user interface better than using the NowTV dongle.

Really helpful thank you so much! My Sky Q contract is about to expire and I'm looking at options. On my existing Sky Q service I can skip 5 minutes of ads in just a few seconds on recorded programmes by pressing the Fast Fwd button followed by 5 quick presses on the right arrow key. Is this feature available on Sky Stream?

Reference local news on BBC and itv...then app players don't give you local news ...so...can you add local news to play lists? I get home at 8pm and missed 6pm Yorkshire news..how do I catch up on it?

Hi Cameron. Any thing to add after long term use?

How to use the remote!? To setup my remots not working

When watching live tv on this box, do you know if they have a slight live delay? I currently use iplayer/itv hub for watching the World Cup and the games are slightly behind what sky/virgin would have. I can tell by looking on twitter whilst watching. Hope this makes sense. Thank you.

Does this work on normal digital to? Or only on sky glass?

The main mistake people made with sky glass is to go for the biggest TV when it's not a top spec TV. It's still pretty decent as it supports Dolby Atmos and Vision and is a decent VA panel when you manually sort the brightness. In short the 43 inch is awesome TV for the kitchen or bedroom as no need for a separate soundbar. You can also power a 4K Amazon stick via the back USB C port. I've got the pucks linked to better TVs and the sky glass is mint on the kitchen wall for an all in one option. My main annoyance with sky pucks is the removal of the optical out (same with most modern technology including consoles).

Great review mate! Is there a away to speed up the transition between live channels? It looks like about 5 seconds delya before the picture show up. Thanks

the bit with the live TV is just what I needed to know :)

Great review, thank you for doing this.

Does this has HDR as some of the new Sky Q boxes have?

Appreciate your videos mate. I'm changing over to sky stream and ditching sky q as i need 4k sky mini boxes in 3 rooms and sky's mini boxes are only HD, only the main box is 4k. My only concern is that I need a way of being able to record on the sky stream puck, do you know of a workaround? Like using a DVR. I know you can add programs to a playlist but some don't stay available indefinitely. Cheers!

This is very much what Apple were trying to do with Apple TV and has the same issues! Greedy companies unwilling to play together for a better experience for the end users.

This is the second time I've been looking into something and you release a video the day after lol, great as always, such a shame it's so fragmented but I guess that's the way of the world.

One thing I find annoying was seeing a program on sky news I wanted to “record” and watch later like I would have on Sky Q but it added the program as a playlist but the specific program episode was nowhere to be found!

Thanks for such an in depth review. I've just read somewhere that there is no way of switching between HDMI ports on the remote, is this correct? My son currently switches ports when he wants to use his Play Station. Is this still possible? Thank you.

If I have uhd TV what picture setting should I set sky stream? Sometimes on Apple TV or Netflix there is a slight judder.

Does it work on any 'host' internet provider or is it only 'certain providers' that can stream through? The building I am moving to is new but and is not wired up to the 'main providers....they only installed 'Hyperoptic' in the building so will this be compatible?

I like it but the remote has known issues like not responding and keeps telling you the batteries are needing replaced when you have put new ones in

In the US Comcast Cable's Xfinity X1 does the same thing with teasing things I can't access, it tries to take me to Netflix or Disney+ which I don't want to have or use. I wish I could do the same and tell it to not show anything relating to them

Hey Cameron have you found any way at all of controlling the Sky Stream over the network? It used to be doable with SkyQ boxes.

Do you need an antenna for the unit to work correctly? For the live TV ? I don’t have an antenna at my house

How is the M-A Bronze C150 centre channnel working for you? What config do you have and which are your other speakers? Great video, thanx!

Interesting review, what Internet speed are you running on, as heard system needs 15mgs

Can't see this working for Ireland for playlist as we are not allowed access to BBC iPlayer App and The Irish RTE player plays at least four adverts before each program.

Hi Cameron Can i use it too on The Netherlands?? The sky stream box!!!

Great video. Thank you. Quick question: Let’s say I’ve missed the first 10 minutes of live football match, can I start from the beginning without going into that channel? I’d hate to see the scoreline whilst doing it

Is this used in replacement of the sky q box or is it just for multi room and wrong sky q box does 1080p or 2160p

Great video. Do you know if you can jump straight to the TV Guide all channels with one button press? For us, it takes like 4 to 6 button presses!

Very good well explained video. It could be i missed something, but can you set the tv channels in order, or as a favourite list rather than scrawl through tons of channels to get the channel i want,..Also I would never remember the channel number i was looking for... Hope this makes sense. Thanks Danny

I take it you can unplug the box and move it to another room and plug back in and steam sky in different rooms ?

Great overview. I had Sky glass in May 22 and sent it back and re-installed Sky Q. I never thought the TV picture quality was particularly good and I hated the playlists. Especially for channels like ITV. If you added something like Coronation Street, it would be hard to find the latest show or shows fro that week as they were numbered and they would add every bloody episode going back years. Yawn!! Paying for skipping adverts was a joke as well after the first year. Completely taking the piss. So having just a puck that can stream sky is interesting but would have to deal with playlists again. Is the amount of pucks you have limited ? I still think it’s early days for sky software and they need to come up with a better playlists or recording mechanism before I’m go back.

Pretty much as soon as i saw this on the sky website, i subscribed to it (i decided to add on the multi-room service as well, I haven’t added on UHD or any of the additional channel packs though), one box connected to the main TV (which is a 1080P TV), and a second one is in one of the bedrooms

I think Sky missed a trick by not including a hard drive, even if it was a 100gb so you cloud delete programmes. With regards to sport, how do you restart the match without first selecting the broadcast and thereby avoid seeing the current score, leaderboard etc? Can you re-watch a sports broadcast that's finished?

This was so helpful….thank you so much

Really great review thanks

so every program is catch up, no recording to be made, I'm ok with that but how do you skip through the adverts?

Are the channels the same as now ? Was thinking of swapping now to stream puck but won't bother if it's the same. I have entertainment and movie subscriptions of now

Thank you for your review, I’ll stick with SkyQ, since I can record my own programmes

I just got it a few days later as you say , no instructions in the box and batteries were flat. In the controller . However+. Worked out well

Just a heads up there is a common bug with the remotes going flat fast.

Can you access sky store content? I have a few films via my sky q box which I can access.

Does the remote work prior to connecting it? Just thinking, how did you get it connected to WiFi or ethernet before pairing?

Notice Stv player can you get itv x as I hate stv also bbc Scotland do have add post code when stalling or can you use a English post code so get BBC South channels. As current Sky Q can add channels to your TV get via Google for frequency?

Does the judder reduction option in the AV settings allow the Sky Stream to output 1080p24/2160p24 stuff at 24fps to avoid frame rate judder.?

If you want sky tv on multiple rooms how much extra do uou have to pay?

I just love instructional videos where there's a remote being waved around and just do this like that where you can't see what he's done. Thanks a lot.

22:37, we have Sky Q and it does do the 'play from beginning' popup so it's not unique to Sky Stream

Can you sideload other APK apps on the sky stream box?

Do you need an account to have this I am with virgin, could I still get this to work or is it just for sky customers

Are the channels available on Sky Stream identical to SkyQ? I think Sky Glass has fewer channels that Q.

This is a great fair review, I have just moved to the steam service, I have a large property with a 2TB SkyQ main box and 3 mini's - I don't have Sky BB as its poor so I moved to Virgin 350m which is great! Skey engineers came last week as boxes keep disconnecting and we have one in the annex next door (In laws) and said the only way is to hard wire all the boxes (I don't want cables everywhere and neither does the wife), so I moved to Stream and bar some subtitle issues it's been fine, picture is better, we shall see how it performs over the coming weeks....

if you dont use subscription channels like netflix amazon do you have to pay anything to sky at all?And how much does it cost to buy i dont subscribe to any tv at the moment.

First time viewer. Thanks Cameron for a thorough review of Sky Stream! Think I am going to get this. Wonder if they will do a Black Friday deal? I am pretty useless with Tech - do you know if it is possible to get the remote to turn on and control a sound bar as well? Thanks 👍

apart from the recording issue - the other thing is not all programmes appear on catch up

Thanks. Very Informative.

Hey does this upscale the 1080p channels to 4k no ?

Would love to know if you can move the box somewhere. Like we have a holiday home in then UK can I take the box with me there? Some posts suggest it's geolocated to your address on account some how.

Great video: I have been with sky for 9 years and had Sky Q since it was launched. We recently renovated the living room and wanted the TV on the other side of the room but was restricted by the satellite cables. Bought cable extensions and ran them round the room but it looked awful so rang Sky last week and ditched Sky Q for Sky Stream. Had it almost a week and me and my wife love it. We rarely used the record function as pretty much everything is available on demand now. I had 2 Sky Q boxes which ended up corrupted and lost all of my recordings. Everyone will have their preferences. If the internet goes down then do the old fashioned thing called talking to each other. In the 9 years with Sky my internet went down once. Even the agent on the phone said that satellite dishes are so 1990s and said streaming is the way forward. Each to their own and I respect everyone’s choices but this solved the issue of not having cables trawling around my room and just looks neat and tidy.

Would be nice to have the antenna input working, so you can have all your channels in a single place. The My SKY/SKY Q box has this feature and it's useful, both if you have an older TV without a DVB-T2 tuner (in my country they will switch off the first generation DVB at the end of this year) and also to control everything with a single remote without having to switch input on the TV. Unfortunately where I live you can't get all channels on satellite (and thus I also think in streaming), especially sports events are usually only visible with DVB and not with satellite.

What did you connect exactly at the back of box man should have showed us how you connect and where it goes??

seeing those old sky boxes took me back lol

Sky Q has everything shown in this video. In my opinion the interface on Sky Q is better (not my favourite but better). Also Sky Q works much faster, so if you're going from Q to streaming you'll probably be slightly annoyed. As I was watching, it literally felt like an eternity for the speed in which the channels changed, but I suppose it's personal preference & it isn't the end of the world. Cool that the remote lights up though, Q doesn't do that & I can see that being quite useful so long as it isn't blinding whilst using it, because I'd imagine you're only going to need that feature in a dark room & from experience white lights in your face (unless dim) is very uncomfortable even if it's in the corner of your eye whilst looking at something else, which most of the time is how you'd use a remote. In my opinion Sky+HD is the best version of Sky. - Superior remote design (I really hate the 'new' button mapping & I rarely if ever use the voice/microphone button which could of been added to the old remote, just like they did when they added a pause/play, fast forward/rewind button. Which were in my opinion better placed in the middle of the remote & not right at the top. What were they thinking? - The interface was clean & simple to use. The new interface in my opinion is a complete mess & too full. I'd recommend to anyone new to Sky to just get the Sky+HD version if you can still get it & buy 4K Fire TV Stick (or a different streaming hub) for your Netflix, Prime, Disney, KZfaq, etcetera... Atleast until Sky cleans up Q & the streaming versions. : )

Without WebTV as the world’s first thin Internet client, none of this would have been possible. The idea TVs and set top boxes could deliver content was a new one. From that world, emerged smart TVs, the Roku Ultra, DirecTV Stream and in the UK, Sky Stream. They’re still thin Internet clients but instead of bringing the World Wide Web into the home, they now deliver entertainment.

Can’t you get all that service on the internet anyway through apps on your smart tv ?

Is it compulsory to have sky broadband in addition to sky stream like with Virgin Media and their stream box?

Adding to playlist Test match cricket from another country with time difference is hopeless, e.g. 5am start for recent England versus Pakistan, starts at the beginning fine when I get up say at 10am, but it will stop when the live recording stops around 12-12.30...ie it will only give me the first 2+ hours.

No matter how good the streaming, until it can record, either to a hard disk or The Cloud, it will remain a non-starter for me, and I dare say, for millions of others.

One of the best things about my current Sky HD box (it's not Sky Q) is that the catch up is completely independent of the normal catch up streaming services (BBC iPlayer, My5 etc.). I have no idea why they have chosen a weird, hybrid integration with these services for Sky Stream. It is a huge backwards step.

Will last longer than BSB?

Looks ok, was worried live TV would be an issue but the guide and playback appears to be just like my current skyq. As for your issues with app content with playlist I feel you're exaggerating the problem, if it isn't live cant you just use voice search either for the programme directly or for the app? Why worry about adding it to playlist? As for guide showing content you don't have Sky stb's have always done that.

Just ordered mine today

Superb review matey , trees are messing with my dish , so I need an alternative… I like Skys interface and use Zen broadband, so it’s a good option..👍🏼👍🏼

thank you for your video after watching it, i ordered sky stream for the house