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#2371994 10-Dec-2019 20:08

I would like some replays as well. But I got the $39 for 4 months. I also have access to sky go. But prefer the atv interface to chromecast

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#2371996 10-Dec-2019 20:15

davidcole: I would like some replays as well. But I got the $39 for 4 months. I also have access to sky go. But prefer the atv interface to chromecast

I agree, ATV does rock, its all there, you can ditch the outdoor aerial for NZ content. The pace of change with Sky sinceBennett took over has been impressive. And he has nit been there long. Im still hoping that a full Sky app will be there for all platforms, especially ATV4. Bye MySky. Just need true OD and its there

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#2372005 10-Dec-2019 20:56

tdgeek:

davidcole: I would like some replays as well. But I got the $39 for 4 months. I also have access to sky go. But prefer the atv interface to chromecast

I agree, ATV does rock, its all there, you can ditch the outdoor aerial for NZ content. The pace of change with Sky sinceBennett took over has been impressive. And he has nit been there long. Im still hoping that a full Sky app will be there for all platforms, especially ATV4. Bye MySky. Just need true OD and its there

yeah I don’t know why they don’t expand neon, or roll out sky go for Apple TV. Though one is choose content, the other is linear.

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#2372116 10-Dec-2019 21:57

I've made a video comparing Sky Go and SSN side-by-side. Make sure to select one of the 60fps options to see the difference.

https://youtu.be/s5sXHkM8ge4

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#2372120 10-Dec-2019 22:18

Has anyone done a comparison of SSN and sky via Vodafone tv? I checked snooker and golf tonight on SSN and could see what was meant by the quality ... the golf was the worst.

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#2372201 11-Dec-2019 09:48

StNick:

I've made a video comparing Sky Go and SSN side-by-side. Make sure to select one of the 60fps options to see the difference.

https://youtu.be/s5sXHkM8ge4

To me, the right side was better. But thats on pc. Will try on 4k Oled tonight. Which way were they?

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#2372203 11-Dec-2019 09:53

wazzageek:

Has anyone done a comparison of SSN and sky via Vodafone tv? I checked snooker and golf tonight on SSN and could see what was meant by the quality ... the golf was the worst.

I'd be keen to know this too. The President's Cup is on this weekend and Sky are offering a 4 day pass for $9.99 for SSN. Not bad value but if the framerate is the same as it was when I was using Fanpass then I'll give it a miss. Golf is unwatchable at 25FPS.

If the VTV provides broadcast quality then I'll just sign up for a month of Sky Sports. Unfortunately with the President's Cup on FTA channel 9 in Oz I won't get it on Kayo so have to find an alternative. I tried using the Nine Go streamining app over a VPN yesterday but it looked like 480p 25FPS!

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#2372206 11-Dec-2019 09:56

Quinny:

StNick:

I've made a video comparing Sky Go and SSN side-by-side. Make sure to select one of the 60fps options to see the difference.

https://youtu.be/s5sXHkM8ge4

To me, the right side was better. But thats on pc. Will try on 4k Oled tonight. Which way were they?

I concur. Seemed smoother. Resolution on both looked great, though that may be an artefact of the images being downsized too. Left side was noticeably jerky to me.

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#2372219 11-Dec-2019 09:59

Quinny:

StNick:

I've made a video comparing Sky Go and SSN side-by-side. Make sure to select one of the 60fps options to see the difference.

https://youtu.be/s5sXHkM8ge4

To me, the right side was better. But thats on pc. Will try on 4k Oled tonight. Which way were they?

Yeah I thought the right side looked better.... I was just looking mainly at the cue ball movement.

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#2372224 11-Dec-2019 10:03

StNick:

I've made a video comparing Sky Go and SSN side-by-side. Make sure to select one of the 60fps options to see the difference.

https://youtu.be/s5sXHkM8ge4

Was it Sky go on the left and SSN on the right?

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#2372234 11-Dec-2019 10:15

Sky Sport Now on the left.

Sky Go on the right.

I find that aside from the ball movement, the "judder" on the SSN stream is quite evident when Mark Selby bends down to take the shot at the 1:00 mark. The background movement is a lot smoother on the right.

Keep in mind that there is some frame skipping even on the Sky Go stream because this is a 60fps desktop capture of a 50fps stream.

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#2372317 11-Dec-2019 11:21

Interesting. When I contacted them a couple of weeks ago regarding this for Apple TV I was told....

For your Apple4k the settings are set to auto, you’ll get the best framerate available depending on your internet speed. 8000kbps (which is the equivalent of 1080p at 50fps) is not available on all devices as it's not needed for the smaller screens; e.g. iPhone is 720p - 4.5Mbps at 50fps or an iPad can range (depending on the model) 1080p - 8Mpbs at 50fps or 720p - 8Mbps at 50fps.

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#2372321 11-Dec-2019 11:28

Using Matt Huisman's Kodi add-on which basically detects all available streams, one can see that Sky Sport Now definitely offers 720p50 @ 4.5mbps and 1080p50 @ 8mbps. However, it seems that even if the stream *is* encoded at 50fps, the content itself is not.

Watching on Chrome and choosing 1080p as the quality option then inspecting the network traffic, one can also see that the 8,000kbps stream is being used. It's simply not 50fps content.

I find it bizarre that Sky is seemingly maintaining multiple streams for the same channels. Why not just use the same stream for both services ? Both are Widevine encrypted and hosted on the Akamai CDN.

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#2374312 12-Dec-2019 15:42

I've noticed that the quality when Chromecasting to my TV is better than if I use the PS4 app.

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#2374373 12-Dec-2019 17:40

I'll assume that Sky are not looking to introduce a SSN app for Android TV?

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