Sky Wireless Connector now £9.99

chocolatepennyfarthing

Anyone know what will be the difference on the newer version please?

Totality

chocolatepennyfarthing wrote: »

Anyone know what will be the difference on the newer version please?

Potentially faster downloads from Sky for anytime.

Bigger plus with the 'n' version is better streaming between devices connected to it in your house.

Plus you're future proofing.

angelzanna786

h3rbert wrote: »

Forgive the confusion but am I right in thinking that this is for those who don't have the ability to connect their existing sky box directly to a router in order to access online content? I'm hooked in with an ethernet cable into the back of my HD box from my router, so i'm thinking I don't actually need this.

Hiya - yes we have the cable too so don't need it although might be tidier depending on how long the cable stretches for etc.

albionrovers

I have an old SKY 60G HD box - will this work?

jap200

Be aware that if the router is a long way from the sky box then you might be better off with powerline adaptors. These are more expensive but thought I would mention it in case it saves anyone 'wasting' £9.99 or more.

Our router is at one end of our house and the sky box at the other end with 3 brick walls in between. The pick up of the wifi signal from the router was so poor with the sky wireless adaptor (which we bought at the earlier vastly inflated price) that we bought powerline adaptors instead which gives us super internet connection on the sky box and smart TV.

Also, to watch live streaming, make sure that your download speeds are fast enough. The BBC website claims that you need at least 1 Mbps, but in practice you really need a bit more than that to avoid buffering.