Don
Have they sacked off Q now out of interest? Is it purely just Glass and Stream?
Sky Stream - Launches *NOW* (post #1 for pricing / page #5 for pics)
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Soldato
Can still get Sky Q just not via their website. Its typically £8-10 more expensive than Stream and the picture quality isn’t as good as stream.
Don
Still dubious whether my internet can handle stream. Anyone got it on 30mb speeds?
Think I’ll stick with Q. So I have to ring up to get it? Meh
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Soldato
IIRC isn’t it 10mb per 4K stream? Also, I found you get far better deals ringing up.
Do you think I'd get a better deal if I rang up and cancelled? I'm on a 30 day contract so can do that at any point. If they offered me a much better price for an 18 month contract I would probably do that but I'm wondering if I need to threaten to leave first?
I limited the bandwidth to my Stream via my router to test this for you. I found anything less than 25Mbps would cause it to freeze now and again on a 4k stream(F1 UHD). It doesn’t give you much head room with other internet demands. Non 4k your be fine
Don
Thanks mate. I appreciate that. I’m fine sticking with Q to be fair, just need a decent deal. Frustrating you can’t do this online…
Soldato
You can use the online chat, I had them both on the phone and in chat. The chat one was approx £5 more expensive across all the options.
Soldato
Why are you canceling it?
It is quite expensive and I could do with saving some money. I really like the service but we'll see what happens.
The prices seem to be confusing across all areas of the Sky website. The prices seem mixed up across the website, this is for the 18 month contract (Which I won't be using) After looking at it in more detail the reason for the confusion is that Sky Entertainment & Netflix is £20 per month, then £26 per month, adding Sky Sports is £20 for 18 months, discounted from £26.
It then goes on to show how much I will be paying this month, £20, telling me that my monthly savings are £31, ignoring the fact that next month my monthly savings will actually only be £6.
Then of course the for UHD & Atmos, that's another £6, I guess if people are going to pay it then they can charge for it. Then UHD Netflix, it's an extra £8. Whole home, fair enough, that's multiroom for £12
£39.95 to plug it in yourself, that's something that annoys me. Has anyone managed to get Sky to remove this? I could tolerate having to pay some form of setup fee, Sky will have costs such as shipping costs and the cost of the Puck's, but given how much they are charging for the basic package.
My SkyQ contract runs until January so it is unlikely that I will be getting Sky Stream this year. When I do it will be on the 31 day rolling contract, given the current economic climate I don't want to be locked into an 18 month contract where there is a warning on every page stating that prices may change during this period.
It then goes on to show how much I will be paying this month, £20, telling me that my monthly savings are £31, ignoring the fact that next month my monthly savings will actually only be £6.
Then of course the for UHD & Atmos, that's another £6, I guess if people are going to pay it then they can charge for it. Then UHD Netflix, it's an extra £8. Whole home, fair enough, that's multiroom for £12
£39.95 to plug it in yourself, that's something that annoys me. Has anyone managed to get Sky to remove this? I could tolerate having to pay some form of setup fee, Sky will have costs such as shipping costs and the cost of the Puck's, but given how much they are charging for the basic package.
My SkyQ contract runs until January so it is unlikely that I will be getting Sky Stream this year. When I do it will be on the 31 day rolling contract, given the current economic climate I don't want to be locked into an 18 month contract where there is a warning on every page stating that prices may change during this period.
Don
Finally got them on chat. The offer provided taking out some of the packages was more expensive than what I was paying originally (when I had everything!). It never quite makes sense with Sky. Needless to say, I have asked them to leave it..
From a lightweight dig around of posts it seems Stream although the future could do with V2 hardware/updates and in the meantime SkyQ remains the best option for 4K/UHD etc if you already have it. Seem about right or should I 'OMG get off Q and onto Stream"?
I was quite keen as we have Gig FTTP now but reviews seem very mixed.
I was quite keen as we have Gig FTTP now but reviews seem very mixed.
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Soldato
I’ve had both, Sky Stream is fine. Decent £10 reduction in price compared to Q. No problems when bad weather hits, I’d go with sky stream again if I had the choice again.
Yeah isn't too bad if the broadband is included. That on 18 months ?
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Whilst not perfect, stream is a damn site better than Q ever was
Never found a single issue when I had Q. Worked great.
Soldato
Programs overrunning which weren’t recorded and Signal getting blocked by bad weather. They were the main ones for me.
Stream addresses both of those things.