Sky Sports Now - poor quality stream

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bri375

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#298917 27-Jul-2022 15:04

Now that Sky Sports have the Premier League rights in NZ I signed up for a Sky Sports Now account. I am finding the quality of the stream to be very poor. I have very fast broadband and have a pin sharp picture using other streaming services such as Spark Sport, Amazon of Netflix. I have tested on multiple devices including PC, Apple TV, Iphone and Samsung TV. On the PC I can set the streaming quality to 1080 on Sky Sport Now but is very inferior to Spark Sport when also set to 1080. I'd be interesed to hear what others have experienced when comparing Sky Sports Now to other streams.

Spyware

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#2946966 27-Jul-2022 15:17

Comparison shows that the SSN streams are of poor quality.

Spark Max Fibre using Mikrotik CCR1009-8G-1S-1S+, CRS125-24G-1S, Unifi UAP, U6-Pro, UAP-AC-M-Pro, Apple TV 4K (2022), Apple TV 4K (2017), iPad Air 1st gen, iPad Air 4th gen, iPhone 13, SkyNZ3151 (the white box). If it doesn't move then it's data cabled.

bri375

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#2946972 27-Jul-2022 15:28

Interesting. I wonder if anyone can compare Sky Go to Sky Sports Now.

Kim587

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#2946975 27-Jul-2022 15:40

If you pop over to the Sky section of these forums, there is quite an extensive discussion comparing the two.

In short, Sky Go works off a different platform and is way better quality (I would say it is on par with the satellite feed). Sky Sports Now looks rubbish in comparison.

Sky had advertised a platform upgrade to Sky Sports Now earlier this month which many here were hopeful would bring some improvement, but the upgrade never happened and has been quietly removed from their website...

EDIT: Not saying the upgrade will never happen but it was really strange how they did quite a big comms push to let subscribers know it was happening, and then the date came and went with no upgrade and no explanation.

bri375

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#2946988 27-Jul-2022 16:02

Thanks. I suspect they don’t want to upgrade Sky Sports Now as they would rather people switch to the more expensive Satellite service / Sky Go. This is terrible for consumers. I just want to watch the Premier League and am forced to pay more for a very inferior service. Optus Sports own the EPL rights in Australia and I tested their streaming service and it is excellent just like Spark Sports. NZ consumers lose again.

huxtable

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#2950756 4-Aug-2022 19:03

I (touch wood) generally find Sky Go pretty good when casting to my TV (particularly my Mi Box). Compared to the flaky issues I previously had with Sky Sport Now.