Sky Stream has arrived in Ireland

Apple TV / Eir TV is VERY responsive. Have compared it side by side with Virgin Streaming and also Sky Q and it's way faster. Channel changes are basically instant. I think you're just spoiled with better tech in that case - the company that's doing Eir TV is Zattoo tv and they're just slick cloud tech https://thetvplatform.zattoo.com being used by a few of the Iliad companies, and the Apple hardware is way higher spec anything you'll get in a cable company / sat company puck. Zattoo was actually used by Sky's former subsidiary in Germany too.

I suspect you're just a bit spoiled by good tech.

I have eir tv and yes its super fast as regards channel changing etc, but I'm just wondering if it has anything to do with the fact that eir tv has only a fraction of the channels that Sky Stream and Virgin Stream have ?

Both of us must have received a faulty one, lol.

Yes, both of mine are laggy as flip and that's on wifi or wired internet.
It probably doesn't help though, that family members want the channel to change in a snap, like the old SKY+HD systems.
They don't wait long enough, so end up on a non-sub channel or a pin protected channel and then I have to reset it.

I just knew someone would come out with a helpful reply like this. 🙄 🙄
Not that it makes any difference, but I don't mean reset as in factory reset.

If you had any experience of these awful pucks, it's not as simple as pressing back or home.

It's the way they are, we've two at the moment and they're terribly laggy.

The boxes seem underpowered, presumably to keep costs down.

This is the major plus point of Eir TV - use your own Apple TV.

You're missing the obvious point, probably purposely, Sky Stream is an inferior product to their previous products and competitors products.

I think you're the only person who claims they're class when it's been shown to you they're simply not.

Even pirated streaming apps and platforms are quicker than Stream.

I didn't miss that point because you never actually made it.

Sky are making large losses at the moment so there's enough people out there that do care and aren't flocking to the platform despite heavy discounts.

The Sky puck is after being sent back anyway and I'm delighted to be back to my eir Apple TV+NOWtv. The Sky remote was way nicer though! 🤣

Was flicking through the Sky Stream Ireland website and listed in the available apps were ITVx and STV, I presume that's an error and also listed is the RTE Player, but no sign of Virgin Play or TG4 player ?

Ok, thanks for the info.

No, the apps and players (like channel4) are working fine but the live tv channels system is not available.
I can go on google, browse youtube, visit boards.ie fine on my laptop so it's not the internet connection.

It is the stupid pucks again.

It's very rare that I'll see an error to say my programme is loading but I find Sky Stream very reliable for live and catch up. Channels don't change instantly but the second it takes is acceptable and I cannot fault the picture or sound quality.