Sky go - just dreadful

[heisthegaffer]

Hi all

Why is the sky go app on my laptop and of so effing bad. So slow at loading or responding to anything. Why can't they make it work properly??!!

Has anyone else had Sky Go problems?

[LotusMartin]

It’s a POS in my Mac - trying to watch F1 today on holiday. ended up on the iPad. very frustrating

[LHRFlightman]

It's a steaming pile of ste and always has been.

[heisthegaffer]

I can't even get anything on my PC other than a black screen.

[LHRFlightman]

heisthegaffer said:

I can't even get anything on my PC other than a black screen.

Try the app on your phone?

[heisthegaffer]

LHRFlightman said:

Try the app on your phone?

I've got it working on my lappy but forgot to plug mains in so it switched off. It was HD before but now I've restarted it's like the dodgiest snide stream and virtually unwatchable.

FFS.

[heisthegaffer]

How I can I watch this??!!

[BlueJazz]

I don't think it even streams in HD. At least Netflix can manage that and HDR.

[heisthegaffer]

BlueJazz said:

I don't think it even streams in HD. At least Netflix can manage that and HDR.

I've restarted my lappy and it's streaming perfectly in HD now.

[85Carrera]

Never had a problem with it on iPad or iPhone but obviously depends on wifi/4G signal.

Not tried it on a laptop and wouldn’t choose to watch it on a laptop over the iPad

[BlueJazz]

heisthegaffer said:

BlueJazz said:

I don't think it even streams in HD. At least Netflix can manage that and HDR.

I've restarted my lappy and it's streaming perfectly in HD now.

I think Sky go streams at just 720p, not full HD which looks a bit soft on a 4k laptop. They could stream at 1080p like their Now TV service but they won't.

[heisthegaffer]

It's working well now but not sure if 720p or 1080p. Very good. I'll check on my projector later.

[heisthegaffer]

85Carrera said:

Never had a problem with it on iPad or iPhone but obviously depends on wifi/4G signal.

Not tried it on a laptop and wouldn’t choose to watch it on a laptop over the iPad

Laptop is plugged into amp which goes into my TV.

[Skyedriver]

Good morning, bit of a thread resurrection for "Help a Numpty" day.

Brief intro: currently have NowTV to watch the odd football match, wife watching the new Tennis channel etc., cost with HD add on is about £30/month IIRC
Use it on my lap top, and can HD cable connect that to the TV if we want the bigger screen.

I've been offered the Sky Sports add on package for £20/month so we could watch everything on the big screen for £10 less but occasionally when on holiday we use NowTV and of course couldn't if we cancel it. Sky have suggested SkyGo but reading here it ain't good and anyway, when trying to instal the App on my lap top I get a pop up to advise it isn't a Microsoft approved app. and won't install.

All advice gratefully received, thanks.

[Ham_and_Jam]

Skyedriver said:

Good morning, bit of a thread resurrection for "Help a Numpty" day.

Brief intro: currently have NowTV to watch the odd football match, wife watching the new Tennis channel etc., cost with HD add on is about £30/month IIRC
Use it on my lap top, and can HD cable connect that to the TV if we want the bigger screen.

I've been offered the Sky Sports add on package for £20/month so we could watch everything on the big screen for £10 less but occasionally when on holiday we use NowTV and of course couldn't if we cancel it. Sky have suggested SkyGo but reading here it ain't good and anyway, when trying to instal the App on my lap top I get a pop up to advise it isn't a Microsoft approved app. and won't install.

All advice gratefully received, thanks.

Why not just get a streaming stick plugged into the TV and watch NowTv on your big screen. You could also log in on your laptop / mobile aswell when needed.

[Skyedriver]

It's the £10/month saving I'm thinking of unless it results in a poorer service.

[Ham_and_Jam]

Skyedriver said:

It's the £10/month saving I'm thinking of unless it results in a poorer service.

Can’t comment on Sky, never had it, probably never will.

Having said that we have NowTv and that is owned by Sky. I would have thought Sky Go and NowTv share very similar technology so can’t imagine the performance differs much.

One thing that is annoying though is the introduction of adverts with NowTv. Probably one reason we might not renew when the current offer expires.

[Frankthered]

Ham_and_Jam said:

Skyedriver said:

Good morning, bit of a thread resurrection for "Help a Numpty" day.

Brief intro: currently have NowTV to watch the odd football match, wife watching the new Tennis channel etc., cost with HD add on is about £30/month IIRC
Use it on my lap top, and can HD cable connect that to the TV if we want the bigger screen.

I've been offered the Sky Sports add on package for £20/month so we could watch everything on the big screen for £10 less but occasionally when on holiday we use NowTV and of course couldn't if we cancel it. Sky have suggested SkyGo but reading here it ain't good and anyway, when trying to instal the App on my lap top I get a pop up to advise it isn't a Microsoft approved app. and won't install.

All advice gratefully received, thanks.

Why not just get a streaming stick plugged into the TV and watch NowTv on your big screen. You could also log in on your laptop / mobile aswell when needed.

I think Skyedriver's asking because the Sky Sports package is cheaper than NowTV and SkyGo is meant to provide access to the full Sky package from laptops, etc.

@Skyedriver, I haven't used SkyGo on a Windows machine, but surely there's an option (may not be obvious) to clear the pop-up and download it anyway? I wouldn't give a crap about MS approving it!! Then you can try SkyGo for the rest of your Sky package and see what you think.

Personally, I've found SkyGo to be ok, but it needs a decent wifi signal. I haven't used it, other than upstairs at home, for several years though.

[TonyRPH]

We were watching football on Sky Go yesterday evening.

I have a decent spec PC connected to a UHD TV - with the resolution set to 1920x1080, the picture quality is appalling.

What we did find odd though, was changing to another channel (Nat Geo IIRC to watch Car SOS) the quality was perfect.

It's almost as if the picture quality for the footie was deliberately crippled...

I also have the Amazon Prime app on the same PC and picture is perfect.

[Digger]

With NowTV you have to pay an extra £6pm to get Boost which ups resolution from iirc 720p to 1080i/p. Well, for the app on my Amazon Firestick TV Max.

Occasionally there is a "Free" deal