iSky HD?

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haydenmarsh

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#133750 1-Nov-2013 09:15

Do we know if iSky will become 720p HD anytime soon? I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd love to have it.

mikebails

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#925379 1-Nov-2013 09:21

Given their current low-res video has trouble streaming sometimes I doubt we'll see HD iSky anytime soon!

haydenmarsh

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#925381 1-Nov-2013 09:23

mikebails: Given their current low-res video has trouble streaming sometimes I doubt we'll see HD iSky anytime soon!

I have never had any problems with iSky and I frequently use it also.. hmmm

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#925394 1-Nov-2013 09:25

Why would they produce HD online, when a lot of their subscribers are still seeing SD through composite & RF connections?

I guess they could say only with the HD ticket & MySky.

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#925395 1-Nov-2013 09:25

haydenmarsh: I have never had any problems with iSky and I frequently use it also.. hmmm

Have you tried to use it to watch a major sport even like an All Blacks test? Very hit and miss...

haydenmarsh

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#925399 1-Nov-2013 09:27

mikebails:
haydenmarsh: I have never had any problems with iSky and I frequently use it also.. hmmm

Have you tried to use it to watch a major sport even like an All Blacks test? Very hit and miss...

Yes. I always watch the All Blacks on iSky. I have never had any problems.

haydenmarsh

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#925411 1-Nov-2013 09:28

JonnyCam: Why would they produce HD online, when a lot of their subscribers are still seeing SD through composite & RF connections?

I guess they could say only with the HD ticket & MySky.

Exactly. I have the HD Access Ticket and I am frequently away from my decoder.

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#925416 1-Nov-2013 09:32

haydenmarsh: Yes. I always watch the All Blacks on iSky. I have never had any problems.

I envy you! I get maybe a 20% hit rate with being able to watch an entire game without it falling over. The iSky Facebook page is always filled with comments about people experiencing the same thing. Unfortunately, with iSky there are 3 main factors:
1. iSky CDN
2. Your ISP
3. Your actual internet connection

If just one of those isn't up to snuff (potentially my ISP!) then iSky isn't a reliable service... Well not for me at least.

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#925449 1-Nov-2013 10:03

Sky's next goal is iSky on mobile devices.
Maybe then they will work on reliability.
Then we might see HD content after that. Or they will skip the reliability part and we'll watch a HD slideshow during any significant programming.

Talkiet

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#925450 1-Nov-2013 10:05

mikebails:
haydenmarsh: I have never had any problems with iSky and I frequently use it also.. hmmm

Have you tried to use it to watch a major sport even like an All Blacks test? Very hit and miss...

They have fixed this. If you are still having issues it's likely to be your ISP. Yes, it used to be catastrophically bad, with any popular event killing the channel it was on.

Huge changes were made. Give it another go before slagging it off... It's no longer likely to be a Sky problem if you have issues.

The platform could actually handle HD quite easily now, but what's the point in offering that for Sky? It's not like they get any extra revenue out of it - and they are pretty keen on nickel and diming people on HD.

Cheers - N

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#925487 1-Nov-2013 10:30

I watched the Breakers game last nite. Still tons of macroblocking . The netball before that was even worse..

Regards,

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