[London Lite]

I’m not sure if it’s the same in the UK but in Ireland discount codes for Now are ten a plenty, there’s very little reason for anyone to be paying full price for it. As long as that continues there’s little reason to go back to Sky in my book - I miss being able to record, particularly overnight NFL, but that is really the only downside.

It's very easy to get retention deals for NOW in the UK as well. While I have Stream, I've kept NOW for Sky Cinema which I pay £3.99pm for instead of £9.99 and the Boost Membership (3 simultaneous streams, 1080p HD and 5.1) for £2 instead of £6.

For the monthly add ons on Sky, such as the Sports, Cinema, HD (Q only), UHD or ad removal for Sky Stream, you can go into My Sky, cancel them and there are also discounts to be had.

Incidentally Stream does seem to have the best PQ, even for the SD channels. It's surreal being able to watch True Crime Xtra for example in decent quality SD rather than blurry vision on Freeview.

It appears HD is 1080p/50fps and SD 720x576/50fps across the board. Compared to NOW with boost, 50fps is only avaliable on Sky Sports linear channels and across VOD.

You also don't get the rectangle DOG in the bottom right hand corner on Sky Sports channels that I can get on the base pack which is Racing, Mix and News. Sky Go on the other hand uses them for non Sky channels, even for the likes of GB News!