Have any of you guys tried the Sky Stream Puck?

That’s really good I didn’t even know that was a thing… I will definitely be speaking to them, great informative video as always…

First visit to your channel. Happy to have subscribed. It’s hard to see what else I need after Netflix Prime Disney etc but this was an excellent run through of the product. All the best Sir.

Brilliant presentation my friend. Just subscribed. Good luck growing your channel. I'll tell my friends about it 👍👍

Great video and timing Steve. Got my 3 pucks today. Only annoying thing was having to link my iPlayer, Amazon on each box separately shame it can’t sync in some way. For me not being locked into a long sky contract is a big plus.

Thanks for the video

Great video Steve! Really keen to switch to Sky Stream from Sky Q, currently in contract and don’t mind switching to a new term. I tested Sky Glass with my sis having it and seeing this was the same interface that blow me away, so much better than Sky Q for sure! I’ve tested Now TV through BT TV and if I must say from the comments you pay for the service you get. Now TV still shows as 720p for Sky Cinema films and appear very dark, and picture isn’t as good as Sky Q and the Dolby Surround is limited and not as full range as Sky Q either. With Sky Glass and similar with Sky Stream you’ve got in the sound settings ‘Passthrough’ this is highly recommended if you have Dolby surround sound bar or Surround sound system as this will allow the puck to send to your amp or sound bar the source of the movie bitstream as it provides without the puck doing any compression: i.e Dolby Atmos or Dolby Digital 5.1. From seeing and using my sisters Sky Glass it’s incredible and wow! Plus you will notice the BBC are using Sky Glass and Sky Stream and Virgin Media for the first time, regional HD broadcasting in your area; i.e BBC One West Midlands HD!! No more red screen to switch to 101 for Standard Definition as the BBC are using the internet or (IPTV) to do local HD broadcasting instead of Satellite.

Thanks for the info I've just bought one much better then the HD box and dish and enjoyed your video

Yeah I got the device at the end of September & have had it over a month - I like it plus it’s small & saved me money too - I also have another box. Fully internet tv person now as have firecube for other stuff

Thank for this, it was helpful. We looked at Sky Glass and like the idea of it but reading more about it I found that the TV itself isn't that good of an OLED screen and seeing as we'll need to replace our old Pany screen soon I'd rather get a decent OLED separately. I look forward to seeing your full review of it to see how it actually works.

I just odered one changing sky q to stream as my contract expred months ago, The dish in bad weather in northeast loses channels with sparklies so looking forward to recieving it on monday

Been using it for 3 days find it great

Hi Steve, I have gone back to sky a from stream, picture quality just as good in my opinion. On a Panasonic Oleg excellent with. Virgin Media top class. I missed the record option Sky good very helpful.😂

Nice video thanks. I just called Sky and compared my current Q tv package with the Stream equivalent offer, I would save £10 per month if I changed (not much saving on a big TV bill). However I'm still in contract on the Q so they can only move you over using an equivalent 18 month Q contract. If you want to take advantage of the new Stream Subscription model (rolling monthly), you need to wait until your current one ends. This is what I was told. Also worth nothing for mad Sports fans out there who watch Live events a lot... Stream will show the Live events of course, but there is a considerable streaming delay compared to Live Satellite/Freeview images being broadcast.. You could be behind mates viewing the same event in the Pub for example. Worth a mention. Sky were upfront with this too.

It better be good I had Sky Q but changed over because my contract ended and I got the packages cheaper this way to save money. During a cost of living I'm saving £20 a month from the previous contract.

I’ve got mine because where I live, there’s no communal area so that’s why I got it but the stuff I wanna watch she’s okay

Great video thanks. I got mine yesterday and have been pleased with it so far. I was curious as to how the puck knew my name within the setup. Makes me wonder if each puck is uniquely coded to each customer? I also initially found the sound and picture were out of sync which was annoying and distracting. Went into the Pucks settings and under audio i noted it was sent to PCM. I switched to Auto and this resolved the issue. Anyway still getting use to it but so far so good.

Nice review, I’m interested in the puck but we do use the recording function on sky q quite a bit. I know you can kind of record and it’s played from the cloud but I heard you have to pay extra to fast forward the adverts?

Hi , can you give me advice on my puck remote , when I hit the stand bye button on remote it’s only knock the puck off and not my TV how can I have it so it knocks them both off please

Hi Steve. Great review as always. Do you know whether you can still have SKY Go with Stream? I currently watch SKY Go on my Apple TV and on my Mac Desktop and hair SKY + boxes in a multi room setup for TV's

I do wish more of the ‘watch from start’ was built into the standard UI. channel 4/BBC for instance launch off into their app for playback. Not ideal but not a big issue. I do wish the playlist was better at prioritising the upcoming shows about to broadcast (or the most recently recorded ones) - the order seems almost random sometimes

You can also hide the puck completely as the remote control connects via a 'Bluetooth' connection (completely automatically - no 'pairing required). The remote does have an IR transmitter on the front but that is only for telly control (on / off / volume / mute ). I was a little disappointed that you can in-fact only pair one remote to any one puck (but that isn't. a disaster). A couple of other things I found - There is no way of mixing Sky Q and Sky Stream on the same account, in the house - it's one or the other. Sky do give you a full 31 days though of using the product to decide if you want to stick with it or go back to Sky Q (their standard policy), and will send you packaging after 31 days to send back the Sky Q box, unless you tell them you want to revert to Sky Q. You can have up to six Sky Pucks around the house for multi-room (£12 month regardless of how many extras you have). For us the fully integrated platform across all services works extremely well and is preferred to the way Sky Q operated. The Playlist feature we also found to be every bit as convenient as 'Record' - I expect Sky couldn't really call it record given that it doesn't store anything locally on the puck, but it does work very well. The voice assistant works great to take you to exactly where you want to go - press and hold the button and just say 'Playlist', 'Channel 4', 'Bake Off', etc, etc and It'll take you right there. (This seemed to not work properly for the first hour or so but for some reason then became reliable - no idea why, but it now works great)

I ve got full virgin package. Which includes 2 v6 boxes full tv films and sports. 1gb Internet phone line and Netflix all for 48£ a month this also includes new virgin 360 TV.

This would be o use to me. No record function for starters. Also, I watch a lot of movies, but they are seldom the ones being shown on Sky Channels, at the time i want to watch a movie. They are usually movies i have recorded here and there or movies i download from Sky Cinema selection

I've used NowTV which has the advantage of being available on other streaming devices and can be considerably cheaper if it's just sports that you want. I can see the attraction of the streaming box if you have no working TV aerial or are unable to have satellite installed. NowTV gives you most of the programming and the flexibility. Its a shame that NowTV doesn't currently have the option for UHD 4k streams on the sports channels.

Ordered it last week with Whole Home, and got it delivered the next day. Installed it on the weekend replaced my Sky Q setup and really impressed with the picture and sound quality along with a better User Interface experience. *** Top recommendation if you have a sound bar, I've found the sound setting for 'Passthrough' to be best setting for bringing clear and original sound from the source of the programme and film. I've a Bose Sound Bar 700 and using 'Passthrough' throws the sound around the room when on this setting it's incredible! The only niggle which is happening across the board with the Sky Stream and Sky Glass remotes (basically the same remote) is that it becomes unresponsive and Sky are replacing them if you have a fault or you can use your Sky Q remote for now, but really frustrating that the moment you finishing using it or put it down and pick it back up it doesn't respond or light up. This has happened on both remotes in the Lounge and the Bedroom. Waiting for Sky to fix in the long term as their support team are aware of the fault with the Sky Stream/Glass remotes. Link to Sky Forum with the issue and feedback from the engineers;- helpforum.sky.com/t5/Glass-Stream/Stream-remote-completely-unresponsive/td-p/4128756

I can’t be doing without being able to record …. And also I archive sky programs from my sky q to my dvd recorder , the quality isn’t great but I wouldn’t do without it

Great video Stephen. I’d be curious to know the difference between the sky puck and the skygo app on Apple TV. Could you use the Apple TV app and it provide the same viewing experience? Thanks. Luke

Hi Steve, I’ve also got sky Q with pretty much everything on it except kids. Is really worth switching over

To record you need a HDMI digital converter to aerial box to broadcast the sky programme to a HD digital signal for your DVD Recorder and TV pick up on a digital signal. This over comes the puck downfall of lack of record facilities.

Great vid,I've just got stream to. The picture quality is superb.

Think i will stick with Now TV Paying £15 a month atm that includes Entertainment/Cinema and Boost (1080P and allows in 3 rooms at same time) Just priced up stream, with same (stream+cinema+multiroom) Total £53 😲😲 Ok I got my package on a promo atm, but there is that many offers via nowtv, you rarely end up paying full price anyway. Plus nowtv has the main live channels, so stream having aload of live tv channels you most likely don`t have time to watch, is a hard pill to swallow for nearly 3 times the price.

Can you give the recording/playlist feature a good going over. With most entertainment and movies being available in the cloud, the recording of sports and being able to watch behind as its recording would be a necessary feature for me.

It looks good but I don't have any need for Sky. Always wondered why they didn't do this before.

I have a friend whose gone to what appears to be the BT version of this, you have to have BT Broadband, but she's paying £6/month* for what seems to be similar functionality (without any extra channels obvs) but with ability to record. * On top of the BT broadband cost.

Hi Steve... Off this subject a bit... I'm still waiting to upgrade on Spotify... I know that by doing this, the adverts will go... BUT.... Do I get a higher quality sound? The current sound I'm getting is pretty dreadful. not sure why? Thanks ... Frank... Bristol

Great video! Do you know if you unsubscribe from sky the puck would still work with apps such as Netflix and if the Freeview channels will still work?

Great Review Question what happens to all the Films I’ve bought over the years ?

Is this 4k uhd like sky q and if so can you have sky q in one room and this in another so you have 4k in different rooms

The only question I want to know is the lag on it as its Internet just like the glass dose it work well

I’ve a couple of questions, I use sky+ at home , I take the box & card away with me & use it in my caravan in the uk & France . I’ve done that for yrs . Could I do the same with the puck & use my 4g phone as a hotspot to stream from?

Hi iv got the puck it seem grate I’m on sky firber internet now I find it hard to bleave u have fiber to ur house as all it only bones to the green box down road as it cost to much to put it in unless u got new house n street

As I understand you just press plus button on remote and all future programmes you want to record get uploaded to sky servers so no onboard storage correct but channels can be set to view anytime at later stage

Also an other reason why Sky Glass isn't selling in great numbers is you can't record programs on it

Hi so I have sky Q can you buy the puck separately and login to it with your sky ID and then use the puck at a different address? Cheers

What tv do you have is it an LG G series

Watching Sky Sports 1 on the Sky Stream the picture quality is far superior to watching Sky Sports 1 on a Virgin Box, both signals come through broad band, I would definitely go for the Sky Stream.

I got now tv so not sure if to buy one but my aerial reception dont work at times so if all set out plus can get normal tv if need to may be good. It not work out loads more . Whats aerial plug on box for ?

Surely there is a version with a hard drive on the way. Why does it follow, that if you don't have a dish, then you don't require recording? They should have at least offered up a USB port so you could add a stick or hard drive yourself. I would have really gone for this because the I'd really like 4K in each room, which Sky Q doesn't offer, but I love recording just too much.

FYI: I lost internet for a few days, and my Sky Q Box was USELESS!! It’s amazing how much the Q Box relies on the internet. That removes one of the issues with Sky Stream.

Looks interesting, Does this support Sky Sports UHD HDR?

Very interesting, does it work for new customers?

But wouldn’t you need Sky Glass to use it?

You can add shows into a playlist to watch just like a recording, pretty big feature you.missed

I have now with basic sky channels and movie I was thinking of getting the puck is their a difference between the channels ? Do you get more channels ? I know you can get Internet with it too I pay £ 46 for ee broadband just the broadband would it be worth to swap ?

I have both sky stream and virgin stream... Sky is more expensive but much better hd quality. Although its not really a 30 day contract as if you stop subscribing it stops working where as virgins still works as freeview box with apps etc... Virgins prices are like half what sky are charging but the picture quality isnt as good as skys

Can this work on a non-smart TV?

They just added ads in between catch up on demand tv shows on sky glass/stream hardly premium you don’t even get that on now tv with boost

Like you I have sky Q but we're charged 37.50 for initial set up as an existing customer. Piss take.

Thought you would watch loose man lol

Question im still in contract with sky, do you know if im able to get out that contract with them to get sky stream?

New dish based contracts will be stopping next year and all new customers will be getting these, roumer in the company is that all dish services will be closed when skys current broadcasting license expires.

Has anyone noticed the new interface updates recently?

So Sky Stream is in effect Sky Glass but without the big stupid looking telly then?

Hi Rate my tech nice stuff only not for Netherlands!! Or i am wrong? otherwise its was a good one box for use it! how can i buy it can i use it on Netherlands?? Waiting on your answer back!!

I'll stick with my fire tv cube and iptv that cost £60 a yr

Great video I make tech videos too, trying to grow my channel 😊

Reduce it more your bill get an iptv and cinema HD.

Just got a fire tv Silk you can get free apps on and it 29.99

Hi Steve , with all the streaming and other kit you got you must be paying a lot per month , you must have well paid work 🤔🤔

No absolutely not. Ditched Sky over 8 years ago no regrets, saved a fortune. Had been with them since they started & refused me a discount whilst churning them out to new customers, will never get another penny from me. Kodi & IPTV all the way 👍

It's horrendous

Shame you did not review playlists which are the replacement for recording. Is the main reason people are not switching apart from the poor quality of sky glass. I had sky glass for four weeks and gave it back. Playlists are shocking and sky really did not think about the user experience at all!! They should have designed the playlist system with cloud storage. Then you could record to your cloud storage and stream at your convenience. As you said, sky stream is just a sky puck you get when you buy sky glass. We had lots of problems with the pucks. They would crash. They wouldn’t switch on or wake up. And the remotes would not work. I think I’ll wait for the next major software update and see if sky address the massive design issues in their software.

Who’s paying for Sky tv these days? You don’t need them to view most content anymore.