Bit of advice sought, we live in a very old property with thick stone walls and the WIFI signal in our bedroom is problematic e.g. strangely iPhones and laptops pick up the signal no bother (3 or 4 constant bars) but Amazon, Roku and NOW TV sticks just don't work very well at all - whether they are just not powerful enough I'm not sure.
My wife basically wants our Sky channels on the bedroom TV if at all possible, but I'd rather not pay for multiroom or any of these NOW TV type subs as obviously already paying for Sky and we have Sky Go that so far isn't being utilised.
Can anyone recommend a device or set up (we have a LAN that can be rewired into there quite easily from my home office) for using Sky Go that is going to be easy to use? I / we don't want to resort to laptops and what not if possibe.
My wife basically wants our Sky channels on the bedroom TV if at all possible, but I'd rather not pay for multiroom or any of these NOW TV type subs as obviously already paying for Sky and we have Sky Go that so far isn't being utilised.
Can anyone recommend a device or set up (we have a LAN that can be rewired into there quite easily from my home office) for using Sky Go that is going to be easy to use? I / we don't want to resort to laptops and what not if possibe.
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sorted bySky go on my Xbox doesn't allow me to watch my recordings but I can watch live TV on it & watch all of the box sets which is more than enough.
Thats what i was telling the op, just incase his wife wanted to watch recordings
Thanks all for the replies, picked up a WIFI extender (also has a LAN out) and Android TV box on the cheap from Amazon Warehouse thanks to @merb0786 bringing the 20% off sale to my attention, just to try out really. I'll see how the Chromecast works too once I have the WIFI extender. Had a lot of bad luck with the existing WIFI trying to sort this TV situation out to reluctant to spend too much money on this. Not entirely sure Sky Go will function with the Android box or Chromecast but think we'll be fine if we can get Netflix, Apple TV and iPlayer working properly.
I have both PS5 / Series S consoles but they are in the lounge, debating whether to get a a refurb Xbox One etc just for the bedroom.
Seems like the only options are on Xbox or via a PC or tablet (edited)
You could probably pick up a Xbox one s for pretty cheap now but I'd still recommend a WiFi extender for your internet. I recently had to set one up for my brother, he lives in the countryside in an old house, thick walls, shares WiFi with 4 others etc so he could barely get a signal so I used a Netgear ex2700 extender & he hasn't had a problem since, I also tested it in my shed about 40 metres from my router & it worked fine.
Two wee plugs, basically. The sender sits beside the router, connected via Ethernet. The receiver sits in the bedroom, and the two communicate - somehow, magically - over the internal electrics.
The receiver broadcasts WiFi upstairs, and has one or two Ethernet ports, too.
Edit: When I say “sits,” I mean they’re plugged into the wall (edited)
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Although the homeplugs worked, i was not getting the speeds i was after. This mesh system is decently priced and easily controlled via an app. Loving all the features too (edited)
Desktop P.C/Laptop (a cheap mini p.c may be in my future) - I think almost everything works on Windows - there’s nothing that won’t work, that some of the boxes can’t play windows can. There’s always one or two apps that don’t work per device (chromecast doesn’t have apple movies yet, fire stick didn’t used to do now tv but I think it does now but it doesn’t natively support sky go, roku doesn’t do Twitch and a few others etc and some of the smart TV’s have been known to lose apps over the years, firetv if I remember correctly also doesn’t allow you to access the sky movies store where you purchase digital films through sky) windows p.c you can connect to a tv.
Xbox One & PS4 - both use Sky Go and I assume the PS5 does, the Series S/X does
Most Tablets allow Sky Go to watch portable but if you try using a hdmi out from tablet Sky have blocked it off with some encryption or at least they did a few years ago. Again unlike a p.c/laptop though hdmi out and Sky Go works.
Nvidias Shield/Roku/Firestick/Chromecast do not have support for Sky Go, some people claim to get Sky Go sideloaded on these (not Roku) but your mileage may very and even if they work by side loading it appears the app fails after a month or two, it’s as if Sky update their encryption or something every few months (probably to stop sports etc)
I have no experience with a raspberry Pi and whether you could get Sky Go on there or not. Because I don’t know if they support a cut down version of windows or not.
You can get it cheaper than that, but to be fair I understand your point about additional cost.
However, I firmly believe its the best, most seamless, easiest route to take. Horses for courses
Bought one of these - amazon.co.uk/gp/…c=1 and problem solved. No buffering and hits 1080p within a few seconds of starting to stream.
I'd assume you'd be able to buy a similar device for your existing boxes/sticks, I don't have Sky so not sure what devices it's available on.
Nevermind just read that you don't want now tv so best I can recommend is using a console for sky if you have one(imo the xbone runs sky go a lot better than the PS4) & a really long ethernet cable. If you're using a firestick then amazon have an add on that allows you to connect an ethernet cable to the stick but you'll probably need a wifi extender to go with it (edited)
Hmmm thanks for this, I do have a Chomecast (in use for Stadia elsewhere in house) so may look at using that combined with one of these devices - that's if you can output Sky go to it?
EDIT - Just checked, don't think Sky Go is supported on a Chromecast.
This is by far the best way.
You have to pay for multi-room
At least £13 per month and £50 for the 2nd box