End of Sky dish installations coming soon ?

Supercell

What's the quality on this likely to be like? We had Virgin cable originally before going to Satellite and the difference in picture quality was very noticeable.

Any IPTV such as RTE Player for example is also very noticeably worse quality than Satellite/ Terrestrial Aerial that i've seen. IMO this will be a boon for illegal IPTV providers if their product is perceived to be the same quality as Sky streaming.

JDxtra

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120579343#Comment_120579343

In general, free IPTV (RTE & Virgin players) can be poor compared to paid IPTV (Now TV etc.). I've watched live soccer matches on Sky/BT Sport via Now TV on a large screen and there are no issues at all. Someone with Sky Glass may be able to give you some general feedback - or you can visit the Sky show rooms in various shopping centres and see how it looks.

Supercell

Thanks @JDxtra , thats a good idea. to be honest I'll probably stick with Satellite and Aerial for now anyhow, just interested in what direction this is all headed. If official IPTV can get as good as Satellite i'd be willing to pay for it - getting too old now to fart about on the roof realigning/replacing my dish/aerial these days, plus my elderly neighbour gives me the evil eye every time she spots me on the roof, i think she reckons i'm spying on her!

Gusser09

To be fair the "alternative" IPTV providers can do a decent enough job with quality without the type of infrastructure that sky would have for example. No reason in areas where decent broadband is available that they shouldn't end dish installs.

EdmondShiels3

I hope it does not happen as there is less problems with the dish and you get full recording. The BBC catch that is on the hd box is better than nothing but it does not replace being able to record the channels

roarlad

Spoke to someone in the Sky Store in Dundrum and was told Sky Stream was due in Ireland in June, more likely July because of delays..

perrosno

So it worked with a Portuguese ip address?

greasepalm

Blank screen if your internet goes down ,Freesat and Saorview will still work and will have to await my YouTube return.

baz9375

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121063937#Comment_121063937

Used this in Madeira - didn’t work with WiFi (Portuguese IP address) in the property but worked on hotspot from my phone (Irish IP address)

JDxtra

Streaming is the growth area for several reasons. Because of this, consumption of traditional broadcast services will naturally decline.

From the perspective of Sky, it's also attractive to have more customers on an IP based service. No engineer installs, cheaper equipment and no service calls to deal with. From an advertising perspective, I would expect that having access to viewing data and targeted advertising options is a huge bonus for them.

There is a monthly infrastructure cost per user however in terms of delivering the service.

Will dish installs stop soon - no. Will IP services be dominant and made more attractive to consumers - yes.

waywill1966

They will have greater control on the channels that aren’t licensed for outside the UK. It won’t be manually possible to add the itv and ch5 channels like you can do on a satellite receiver!

icdg

That’s exactly the case, there’s no satellite tuner in either Glass or Stream, though Glass (not Stream, obviously) does have a terrestrial tuner that’s intended as a backup only when internet is down.