Using the latest generation of Roku box (not the older platform used for the Now TV Box), live TV beats the 544x576 SD streams used on Freeview and some satellite channels.
Definitely. I'd be surprised if they're really only using 360p. I have Now TV through a Roku 3 box at 1080p and the quality of the live streams, whilst not HD, looks much better than 360p.
Definitely. I'd be surprised if they're really only using 360p. I have Now TV through a Roku 3 box at 1080p and the quality of the live streams, whilst not HD, looks much better than 360p.
Well NowTV doesn't have its own streams of channels so where do you think the channels come from?
And why do you think it is that when NowTV goes down, so does SkyGo and vice-versa!
Live TV is supposed to be 720p through Apple TV only. Has anyone here trialled it through Apple TV?
I watch Now Tv through an Apple TV and the picture is excellent. I have just recently used a £10 weeks sports pass and watched all four days of the golf, F1, and football and the picture quality was superb throughout with no buffering issues.
On the entertainment side I never watch live tv because everything I want to watch is on demand and again the picture quality is excellent.
Well NowTV doesn't have its own streams of channels so where do you think the channels come from?
And why do you think it is that when NowTV goes down, so does SkyGo and vice-versa!
Sorry to bump this thread, but I can now confirm (from checking router logs when using Now TV and Sky Go) that they use completely different streams depending on the service and device. The streams are all hosted by Akamai but otherwise are completely separate. Sky Go on a mobile does not connect to the same stream as Now TV on a Roku box, for example. The bitrates also vary.
Sorry to bump this thread, but I can now confirm (from checking router logs when using Now TV and Sky Go) that they use completely different streams depending on the service and device. The streams are all hosted by Akamai but otherwise are completely separate. Sky Go on a mobile does not connect to the same stream as Now TV on a Roku box, for example. The bitrates also vary.
While they might look better than a traditional SD broadcast channel because of over compression and shabby res, 360p still is pretty poor when you consider how much Sky goes on about HD and coupled with the fact BBC, BT ect have been offering 720p video streams for a while, both live and OnDemand.
I will eat my shorts and hat the day Sky starts offering 720p & 1080p online streams.
Ah yes, that old chestnut of face-to-face with the telly, i still do that sometimes (He admits, shamefully )
I don't think it's full HD yet, but the new black Now TV box has the capability to show full HD, so many are hoping that this will be utilised in the future.
I only use NowTV for sports (ie not entertainment) and I reckon the picture quality's very good (far better than SD, and better than Eurosport player)). I'm using Now TV's app on a 40"LG, so if the PQ's poor via the web or various sticks/boxes, I wonder why the difference?
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Definitely. I'd be surprised if they're really only using 360p. I have Now TV through a Roku 3 box at 1080p and the quality of the live streams, whilst not HD, looks much better than 360p.
Well NowTV doesn't have its own streams of channels so where do you think the channels come from?
And why do you think it is that when NowTV goes down, so does SkyGo and vice-versa!
I watch Now Tv through an Apple TV and the picture is excellent. I have just recently used a £10 weeks sports pass and watched all four days of the golf, F1, and football and the picture quality was superb throughout with no buffering issues.
On the entertainment side I never watch live tv because everything I want to watch is on demand and again the picture quality is excellent.
Sorry to bump this thread, but I can now confirm (from checking router logs when using Now TV and Sky Go) that they use completely different streams depending on the service and device. The streams are all hosted by Akamai but otherwise are completely separate. Sky Go on a mobile does not connect to the same stream as Now TV on a Roku box, for example. The bitrates also vary.
Hm, thats interesting indeed. Thanks
I don't think it's full HD yet, but the new black Now TV box has the capability to show full HD, so many are hoping that this will be utilised in the future.
http://help.nowtv.com/article/Streaming-Quality
EDIT just seen this from Mickey's post above! http://help.nowtv.com/article/Streaming-Quality
It's nothing like Sky HD but you can always have Freesat HD and Freeview HD for main channels like BBC1.