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Smart TV, BT Youview box and Roku Express

illingd — Mon, 29 May 2023 14:38:02 GMT

Hi. I have a Samsung Smart TV that I have connected to my BT Youview box. While the box has some apps on it (it’s about 7 years old), I’m missing some I want to access. So I bought a Roku Express stick.

I want to watch TV and stream stuff through my Roku stick, but keep the BT box so I can record programmes.

Problem has arisen that while this all seems to work, I find that the sport I am watching through SkySports on NOW (on my stick) is a bit jerky - picture doesn’t seem smooth - and I encountered a buffering issue while streaming from BBC iPlayer. Note that I have fibre broadband which is very fast.

My question is: do I need to switch off the BT box when I am streaming through Roku so I am not overloading the broadband? If so, should I just use the BT box as a recorder direct from my Smart TV? And if so, I guess I need to connect things up differently.

Any advice or pointers welcome.

Thanks

David

Re: Smart TV, BT Youview box and Roku Express

NigelB72 — Mon, 29 May 2023 15:06:51 GMT

You might be running into a bandwidth issue. What is your broadband speed?

Re: Smart TV, BT Youview box and Roku Express

illingd — Mon, 29 May 2023 15:51:56 GMT

Thanks for responding Nigel. I’m on BT Broadband Fibre 2. Advertised speed is 67-73 mbps.

Re: Smart TV, BT Youview box and Roku Express

NigelB72 — Mon, 29 May 2023 16:15:15 GMT

If you're streaming HD or higher while trying to record a couple of IPTV streams, you might run into issues especially if you have NowTV HD Boost.

Re: Smart TV, BT Youview box and Roku Express

Les-Gibson — Mon, 29 May 2023 16:15:52 GMT

How are you powering the Roku stick? if from the TVs' USB port and the TV is 7 years old then it could be that the USB port is struggling to supply the necessary power.

It's easy enough to prove or eliminate that, just power it from a 2A phone charger and see if the problem stops

Re: Smart TV, BT Youview box and Roku Express

illingd — Mon, 29 May 2023 18:06:14 GMT

Thanks both. I’ve changed the power source and will see how that goes.