Sky Stream has arrived in Ireland

They’re a good bit bigger than the pucks, closer to the Q than the Sky Stream pucks I’d say.

I just got mine installed over the last few days, I’ve had Sky Q before but first time having multi room. It seems like it works on its own mesh network. It can record, watch recordings, on demand, and basically most things the main box can do but it relies on the main Q box to get anything done.

I’ve been having a bit of trouble getting mine to play nice with my Eero set up. I’ve resigned myself to moving one of my Eeros to the sitting room and connecting with Ethernet to get it to stop dropping the connection to both the internet and the mini until I figure it out.

Yes the Sky Q main box, minis and, if you have Sky Broadband the modem, create an 80MHz wide mesh network across all four WiFi channels 36, 40, 44 and 48 and distribute video from the main Sky Q boxes through it.

Make sure your own WiFi system is configured not to use any of those channels and you should be plain sailing.

Also from past experience, either wire all of the Sky Q boxes and disable their on box wifi or leave them all to use their own WiFi mesh. Don't mix and match ethernet and WiFi with each of the boxes.

Great to know that Sky is protecting the family from dangerous content, like eh, The Simpsons.

The full multi room UHD pack I priced for sky Q was €110 per month compared to €80 per month on sky stream

Maybe it was the Michael Jackson episode?

I know one of the main benefits of Stream vs Q is being able to move the Puck around your house and plug into different TVs.

Has anybody used their puck in a different location altogether? Guy from Sky said he thought it may be linked to I.P address.

I've got Sky Stream now and I'm more impressed than I thought I'd be - so far anything I've added to my playlist is available to watch - primarily programmes on BBC, Channel4, National Geo, Sky channels, RTE

One gripe is RTE programmes on the playlist - it takes you to the RTE Player (yuk) and is not as seamless as the playing back other content

Can I get this whole multi room UHD pack set up and cancel after a week if it's not suitable?

Can I ask if anyone has gone from NowTV to Sky Stream what they think of the difference, is it worth the extra? Primarily I'd be interested in better picture during sport broadcasts.

Anecdotally I think the picture does look better on sports. For example premier sports appears a lot sharper. I’m not doing a like for like comparison though as I’ve switched BB to Sky also…

One thing that has improved hugely is the delay between watching on Sky Stream compared to Now. You can actually still have your phone in your hand without worrying about seeing updates on scores etc.

So far we seem to be getting on well with it. I was worried about the recording but herself hasn’t complained too much yet… One thing that seems to happen is that it takes a few hours (maybe even the next day) before a recording can be watched without ads. Bit annoying if you are trying to watch something an hour after it finishes. Not sure if this is all stations but was happening with Virgin anyway.

Yes I just find picture quality with NowTV with Boost poor compared to other providers like SSport for watching a live sport event. I am watching via a Firestick but if I am watching say a boxset of Sopranos the quality is great so it's not the connection or the stick where the issue is.

Thanks, comprehensive review, I think I will stick to Now for the moment.

Anyone have issues with their controller regularly disconnecting? Feels like almost every day when I turn it on now the remote has to be reconnected and even that can take several attempts

I use my Netflix through the app on the tv so I won't be changing anything over. I'll take the free basic Netflix with the sky stream but I won't be connecting my own 4k account to it. I'm not risking losing my cheap Netflix!