Sky TV over the internet
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 1:03 pm
Hi, just thought I would post a quick message about my recent experience with trying to get TV over the internet.
Our internet is provided by DVBLab in Benijofar. Very happy with their service and internet speed.
From phone or laptop you can watch programmes from youtube or easyview.eu. You tube is limited on TV content and easyview seems unreliable and has a lot of adverts.
Back in the UK we have a Sky subscription and have only just discovered SkyGo (mainly because our internet in the UK is terrible). By installing the SkyGo app on your phone or laptop you can watch Sky live on the channels you subscribe to. It works well, but I didn't really want to watch Sky on a phone or laptop so was trying to connect it up to a TV.
I brought a cable that connected my iphone to the HDMI port on the TV. This allows you to see your phone screen on your TV so its great for watching youtube, reading emails, or internet. But the SkyGo app wont let you play through this cable.
With the laptop you can connect VGA or HDMI cable to TV and watch SkyGo with no problems but a bit of a pain having laptop and cables hanging around by the TV.
I then read you could connect a games console (XBOX, PS) to SkyGo and watch through the console. We had an old XBOX 360 which we took over and hooked up. After more reading, and trial and error, I found that you actually needed SkyGo Extra to get Sky working on a games console which was £5 a month extra on your Sky subscription.
But now its all hooked up and working well, for an extra £5 a month on our Sky we have the full Sky package available in Spain.
Our internet is provided by DVBLab in Benijofar. Very happy with their service and internet speed.
From phone or laptop you can watch programmes from youtube or easyview.eu. You tube is limited on TV content and easyview seems unreliable and has a lot of adverts.
Back in the UK we have a Sky subscription and have only just discovered SkyGo (mainly because our internet in the UK is terrible). By installing the SkyGo app on your phone or laptop you can watch Sky live on the channels you subscribe to. It works well, but I didn't really want to watch Sky on a phone or laptop so was trying to connect it up to a TV.
I brought a cable that connected my iphone to the HDMI port on the TV. This allows you to see your phone screen on your TV so its great for watching youtube, reading emails, or internet. But the SkyGo app wont let you play through this cable.
With the laptop you can connect VGA or HDMI cable to TV and watch SkyGo with no problems but a bit of a pain having laptop and cables hanging around by the TV.
I then read you could connect a games console (XBOX, PS) to SkyGo and watch through the console. We had an old XBOX 360 which we took over and hooked up. After more reading, and trial and error, I found that you actually needed SkyGo Extra to get Sky working on a games console which was £5 a month extra on your Sky subscription.
But now its all hooked up and working well, for an extra £5 a month on our Sky we have the full Sky package available in Spain.