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rugrat
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  #2135970 28-Nov-2018 13:58
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tdgeek:

I follow you now, the wireless adapter. I believe that Sky OD is not true OD, in that it records to the HDD and you watch off the HDD, basically fancy and better buffering. So any dodgy wifi if that was the case, should not matter. Ill test OD tonight


Ive always maintained that SkyGo, Neon and OD are Sky's entry into that tech, for when the day comes to use it hardcore. They all had issues, they all seem to work ok, so not too hard to tidy them up for more widespread use. As it is, its a cost to Sky for no return, so little point in going bigtime money wise into what will be a future path



Yep records to hard drive, but I’’d still call it on demand as it only takes up space when want to watch it, and you have entire catalog, just where with recordings only available what recorded in past.

Wifi downloads work fine, when working. It doesn’t drop while using. It’s usually once decoder is put into standby, or a day or two later it just won’t connect to router, until Sky Box is reset.

Hopefully new CEO will sort these issues.
Otherwise I’m better just doing digital rental, $19 a decoder (Get free recording because of past deal done with Sky), as it’s seems in another thread the Freeview Panasonic recorder is having it’s own issues, and Sky one does Freeview perfect (Except Duke which is SD on Sky Box, but get Prime in HD which is SD on Freeview box.)



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  #2135973 28-Nov-2018 14:02
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rugrat: as it’s seems in another thread the Freeview Panasonic recorder is having it’s own issues, and Sky one does Freeview perfect (Except Duke which is SD on Sky Box, but get Prime in HD which is SD on Freeview box.)

 

That is just crazy


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  #2135982 28-Nov-2018 14:24
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rugrat: as it’s seems in another thread the Freeview Panasonic recorder is having it’s own issues, and Sky one does Freeview perfect (Except Duke which is SD on Sky Box, but get Prime in HD which is SD on Freeview box.)


That is just crazy



How to do without going off topic?
Sky will not boardcast Prime on Freeview in HD, I’m guessing Kordia will charge higher cost for an HD stream and Sky won’t pay.

In last year or so Maori TV and Duke have gone HD, Sky has not provided this HD on their platform.
I guess Sky has tight bandwidth issues on Satellite.



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  #2136030 28-Nov-2018 15:25
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rugrat:
tdgeek:

 

rugrat: as it’s seems in another thread the Freeview Panasonic recorder is having it’s own issues, and Sky one does Freeview perfect (Except Duke which is SD on Sky Box, but get Prime in HD which is SD on Freeview box.)

 

That is just crazy

 



How to do without going off topic?
Sky will not boardcast Prime on Freeview in HD, I’m guessing Kordia will charge higher cost for an HD stream and Sky won’t pay.

In last year or so Maori TV and Duke have gone HD, Sky has not provided this HD on their platform.
I guess Sky has tight bandwidth issues on Satellite.

 

As I posted earlier, Sky's problems are not only delivery or pricing - they provide poor customer service relative to the competition. Yet another example here.


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  #2136059 28-Nov-2018 15:44
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This was why I left Sky in the end - the low resolution of their products on what was supposedly a HD platform (MySky HD). The worst was paying $10 a month for SoHo only for it to look like YouTube over a cellphone connection.

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  #2136401 29-Nov-2018 08:37
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evilengineer:

 

My kids watch Netflix at lot as well.

 

Thing is, at $15 a month I will just pay it to keep the kids happy regardless of whether there happens to be any new for me to watch at any given time.

 

A Sky subscription?....Not so much  

 

 

Gotta ask - why not Lightbox (as its free for Spark subscribers)?  Or TVNZ (ad-funded)?  Shame that Heiehei is not castable.  Kids usually find something that they can watch within the "viewing universe" and are usually less discernible than adults.

 

 

I'm not a Spark subscriber. So no "free" Lightbox for me.

 

Plus I'm using an Amazon FireTV box to watch on my dumb TV. Can't be bothered mucking about with side loaded apps that may or may not work as intended. It's got to just work with an 8 year old driving the remote.


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  #2136808 29-Nov-2018 19:06
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quickymart:

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12166262

 

Some interesting points raised.

 

 

Saw that the other day. Its true. Was yakking to my neigh our today, he said its all good, but when the same content we have now, gets spread across 5 services, its useless. People complain about Skys prices but 5 services to see what you see now is silly.  


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  #2136870 29-Nov-2018 21:38
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quickymart:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12166262


Some interesting points raised.



FFS - like the proverbial goldfish in the bowl, you’ve gone full circle. That link was in the opening post days ago and is the basis of the whole thread.




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  #2137261 30-Nov-2018 14:09
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eracode:
quickymart:

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12166262

 

 

 

Some interesting points raised.

 



FFS - like the proverbial goldfish in the bowl, you’ve gone full circle. That link was in the opening post days ago and is the basis of the whole thread.

 

 

 

Ha ha ha...how did you NOT expect this to happen...we can't talk about Sky without going completely off topic, then completing the circle by beginning again where we started.

 

 

 

 

 

Every Damn Time.





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quickymart:

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12166262

 

 

 

Some interesting points raised.

 



FFS - like the proverbial goldfish in the bowl, you’ve gone full circle. That link was in the opening post days ago and is the basis of the whole thread.

 

I didn't see that. Very sorry.


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  #2137400 30-Nov-2018 17:41
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tdgeek:

 

quickymart:

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12166262

 

Some interesting points raised.

 

 

Saw that the other day. Its true. Was yakking to my neigh our today, he said its all good, but when the same content we have now, gets spread across 5 services, its useless. People complain about Skys prices but 5 services to see what you see now is silly.  

 

 

Oh Sparks #1.

 

 

 

Yep, my work is done. now how to throw that horrid machine out...





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  #2137427 30-Nov-2018 19:14
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tdgeek:


quickymart:


https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12166262


Some interesting points raised.



Saw that the other day. Its true. Was yakking to my neigh our today, he said its all good, but when the same content we have now, gets spread across 5 services, its useless. People complain about Skys prices but 5 services to see what you see now is silly.  



Oh Sparks #1.


 


Yep, my work is done. now how to throw that horrid machine out...



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  #2137504 30-Nov-2018 20:15
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eracode:
quickymart:

 

 

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12166262

 

 

 

Some interesting points raised.

 

 

 



FFS - like the proverbial goldfish in the bowl, you’ve gone full circle. That link was in the opening post days ago and is the basis of the whole thread.

 

 

 

Ha ha ha...how did you NOT expect this to happen...we can't talk about Sky without going completely off topic, then completing the circle by beginning again where we started.

 

 

 

Every Damn Time.

 



Yes - it’s quite pathetic and some of the so-called ‘Trusted’ gz-ers are amongst the worst offenders. They should know better.

As OP I was asking a genuine and specific question but it went OT within just few posts.





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