Sky Pod Multiroom Still portable?

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Theman843

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#317928 28-Nov-2024 07:02

I am trying to work out if I get multiroom with a skypod, will it still be portable? Or is it tied to your home IP address in that case?

Basically my parents bought a batch and it doesn’t have a sky dish installed and I thought this might be a convenient work around without going through the hassle of getting another dish installed 😄

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#3313695 28-Nov-2024 09:45

Looking at the Sky site, they advertise the Sky Pod as being portable.

That suggests that they are OK with you taking the pod to another location like a holiday home.

If you're paying for multiroom, that's better than sharing the Sky Go login with family, I suppose - it's actually paying to play, so I can't imagine they'd be that upset about it.

I know it's not strictly how it's supposed to work, but that whole area seems to be fairly ambiguous.

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#3313703 28-Nov-2024 10:06

Yea, I ended up ringing them and asking about it and they said ‘as long as you have stable internet connection, sky pod will work’. So Im assuming it will be fine.

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#3313710 28-Nov-2024 10:20

Hijack: does the Pod still not carry Freeview channels like TV1,2,3?

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#3313722 28-Nov-2024 10:27

I think you still have to use tvnz+ app from what ive read.

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#3313725 28-Nov-2024 10:37

kiwifidget:

Hijack: does the Pod still not carry Freeview channels like TV1,2,3?

There's nothing on their website other than the apps for TVNZ+ and 3Now, so it appears that this is your only option on the Pod, unless something has changed recently.

EDIT: Buried in the FAQ -

Will I still be able to access Live TV through Sky Pod?

Yes, you will be able to watch Live TV through Sky Pod. Note that TVNZ channels, including TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2 and Duke, can be found on the TVNZ+ app, but not on the Sky Pod TV Guide.

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#3313747 28-Nov-2024 10:57

I have the pod. You still have to use the TVNZ+ app for 1,2 and Duke (something to do with the rights for streaming their channels over internet I think) but TV3 is available without having to use the ThreeNow app. Never bothered me as very rare we'd be watching anything live on TVNZ.

It's fully portable and only needs an internet connection, not connected to any address. I've taken it away on holiday and used it in various accommodation (obviously remember to unplug it and pack it when you leave!). I've also taken it away to my parents' house to use in the spare room - they have their own separate Sky account with a dish and this was fine and didn't conflict with anything. Same with multiroom. Earlier this year my Dad moved into care and my Mum ordered multiroom with the pod for him to take with rather than set up a whole new account and this worked (although internet was dodgy at the care home but that's another story). It only lasted a few weeks sadly as he got more ill and passed away. But you should be fine to order multiroom with the pod and take the pod to the bach, as long as the bach has a decent internet connection.

Another cheaper option for the bach rather than multiroom could just be a chromecast and you cast Sky Go from your phone to it.

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#3313777 28-Nov-2024 12:13

Sweet. I was thinking of getting the basic 50mbps fibre that sky offers for the bach, I know sky recommends 100mbps for the pod, But I have to imagine 50 would be fine for a bach with only one tv and light mobile web usage?

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#3313804 28-Nov-2024 13:48

The words batch & fibre don’t usually go together….if you know what I mean.

are you sure there’s fibre at the gate of said “batch”?

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#3313805 28-Nov-2024 14:00

Yes, cooks beach, I’m 100% certain. Have checked broadband map.

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#3313849 28-Nov-2024 16:08

Theman843: Yes, cooks beach, I’m 100% certain. Have checked broadband map.

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#3313854 28-Nov-2024 16:23

Ahah doesn’t quite look like that 😜

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#3313885 28-Nov-2024 17:33

thx for the sky pod FTA clarification

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#3314032 28-Nov-2024 23:30

Goosey:

The words batch & fibre don’t usually go together….if you know what I mean.

are you sure there’s fibre at the gate of said “batch”?

There are a number of beaches with fibre now - our nearest beach at Himatangi has had fibre for several years.

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#3314349 30-Nov-2024 10:22

invisibleman18:
I have the pod. You still have to use the TVNZ+ app for 1,2 and Duke (something to do with the rights for streaming their channels over internet I think) but TV3 is available without having to use the ThreeNow app. Never bothered me as very rare we'd be watching anything live on TVNZ.

It's fully portable and only needs an internet connection, not connected to any address. I've taken it away on holiday and used it in various accommodation (obviously remember to unplug it and pack it when you leave!). I've also taken it away to my parents' house to use in the spare room - they have their own separate Sky account with a dish and this was fine and didn't conflict with anything. Same with multiroom. Earlier this year my Dad moved into care and my Mum ordered multiroom with the pod for him to take with rather than set up a whole new account and this worked (although internet was dodgy at the care home but that's another story). It only lasted a few weeks sadly as he got more ill and passed away. But you should be fine to order multiroom with the pod and take the pod to the bach, as long as the bach has a decent internet connection.

Another cheaper option for the bach rather than multiroom could just be a chromecast and you cast Sky Go from your phone to it.

Does streaming on the pod effectively use the sky go stream? Ie you can not have the pod streaming and sky go streaming the same channel at the same time?

I always assumed the pod was just sky go in disguise…

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#3315061 2-Dec-2024 10:41

You can use Sky Go on another device at the same time as the pod.