I'm one of the many people who was recently affected by the shutdown of vaderstreams. Over the last couple of days I've tried quite a few different IPTV services, so I figured I would leave a review of a few that I thought we're Worthy.

I will say right up front, that I am not an IPTV expert. I'm also not a user that expects a hundred frames per second or full HD picture. as long as the picture is clear and stable I'm good to go.

Gears actually was not even on my radar. I had landed on a different site for an IPTV reseller and noticed that there was a live chat function. I explained what had happened with Vader's and asked if the service for that site had the features I was looking for.

at that point he suggested that I tried gears, which I did. He had me all set up and watching TV in about 25 minutes or so.

##Disclaimer:

I was not solicited nor paid to leave this review. You can view my post history to verify my account. Also take anything I say with a grain of salt, because this review is based off my personal taste. In the end try as many providers as you want before purchasing a sub.
 
 
 

#Beast IPTV Three Month Review
 

##EPG

Literally yesterday night, they posted they're finally working on their EPG, but this was the biggest con of the service. Majority of the channels had "no information" as the description. With premium channels they were often mislabeled as well. I hope this is fixed with the new epg they're rolling out.
 
This was annoying, but I ended up using xtream-editor to use their EPG sources. While it took forever to manually fix all the EPG sources to match Xtream-editor, it was worth it. Now I have program information for 95% of the channels, still some mislabeled stuff though.
 
 

##Lineup
I only really watch UK & US channels, as well as local channels. I made the switch to Beast IPTV because they have a crap ton of local channels, including ones for my location. This so far, is what sets them apart from the rest that I've tried. No other provider had all or my local affiliates. All I wanted was my local channels again, as I live too far away from the signals coming from the stations. Tried so many different antennas and just couldn't grab my local news stations.

 
I tried various other IPTV providers, and non of them had my local channels to the scale Beast IPTV has. Downside of local channels, even with an epg editor, is no EPG guide information for them.
 

They have a huge collection of channels in general, I just had to fix the EPG as mentioned earlier for the channels I really watch.
 

I don't like when providers label the channel with the prefix of "US:" or "UK:" as I like to combine all my favorites to one list in alphabetical order. Again, more time spent editing the EPG/Playlist names to fix this. Once it was fixed, I have the perfect lineup with a pretty solid EPG and channel logo setup.
 

They have a ton of channels, for a lot of countries, but I really can't say much about that as I only stick to two regions.
 

I absolutely hate that by default they include XXX crap. I have that disabled, but it's just crappy having that display on the screen when you're browsing from the start. In my opinion if you want XXX shit, go to pornhub.
 
 

##24/7 Channels

Massive collection of 24/7 streams. Hands down, the biggest collection I've encountered. Again, I spent a solid hour attaching EPG logos to each 24/7 I wanted, and removed the rest from my playlist.
 

I'd say 85% reliability overall for working 24/7 channels. A couple channels are out of sync, or audio is muted for certain episodes. Overall great 24/7 section, after I modified it to my liking in xtreme editor.
 
 

##Buffering
This and the local channels is why I switched to Beast IPTV. I have a shield, and 400Mbs connection. More than enough to handle any stream. I'll get the occasional buffer, but nothing like I experienced with other providers.
 

For MMA fights they add a crap ton of extra sources as well to spread the strain on the server, and prevent buffering.
 

The only real negative I experienced related to buffering, was the premiere of GOT on HBO, but Beast IPTV and my backup provider both experienced buffering for the premiere. So I don't blame them for that.
 
 

##Customer Service
I'm not going to provide the name of my re-seller, but they have excellent response times. I hate that I cannot change my login password, but it's not the end of the world.
 

The main/official Beast IPTV chat has some very defensive admins, but overall they respond to questions quickly.
 
 

##APK
Standard APK and personally dislike the APK, it's the standard layout of a majority of providers. It's clean enough to use, but again I'm picky and hate when the use prefixes for regional channels, so I always edit then to remove "US:" "UK:" so I can sort alphabetically. To be fair, this is standard for every provider I've used, so if you're like me find an epg editor service you like, and take the time to edit and filter your playlists. I probably put two hours in to fixing logos and epg sources for the channels I prefer, and it was definitely worth it.
 

I just use TIVIMATE, but the only downside is TIVIMATE doesn't store your playlist/epg settings in a cloud, even with premium. So I still haven't taken the time to move my customized stuff to another box in the house. TIVIMATE has a solid clean layout, and I personally prefer it over PP.
 
 
##NO VOD
Which should be the damn standard. If you want to watch shows or movies, get another APK like cinema, or TVzion, or any other of the hundreds of APKs. Vader got shut down because they thought their service needed VOD. It was their downfall.
 
 
 

#Overall 8.5/10
Beast IPTV is a solid service, that still needs many tweaks. Nothing TIVIMATE/PP cannot fix though (as well as an epg editor, and a couple hours of free time perfecting it).
 

I hope they make a proprietary APK in the future, but until then I'll stick to TIVIMATE.
 

They are finally addressing their EPG source, but as of this morning it's a shit show with 99% of the channels showing "no information" while they roll out the EPG update. (Again invest your time and work with an EPG editor platform)
 

Tons of my favorite channels, minimal buffering or channel issues, and for main events, they come prepared by having extra channels added the day of.
 

I suggest always having a backup though, because no service is completely immune to downtime and buffering.
 

This is just my opinion of course, for my personal wants from a provider. They have a customer for life, or as long as they stay open.
 

Hope this helps people. You can Google Beast IPTV and find a re-seller that provides a trial, I was sold after the trial and tested out a 3 month package, and I was not disappointed.
 
 

###Update:   

I typed this originally on my phone, cleaned it up on my laptop with proper formatting.
 

###Clarification:   
/u/Allrounder1234
When I mentioned 24/7 Channels and using Xtreme-Editor for the EPG, I can understand how this created some confusion. I simply used Xtreme-Editor to add Show/Movie Posters to the channels. No other information could be added. Overall though, adding the posters just makes the playlist look cleaner in TIVIMATE.
 
Here are some example pictures, I just go in my custom 24/7 playlist and set it to movies. Then I just copy and pasted the Poster URL & IMDB ID. It took a while, but the results are pretty kickass:

I guess this’ll be my review of Eternal IPTV since I see there’s a lot of hype around it. I have it, and I recently told my mate to sign up and of course there’s no more subs in stock. But apparently he went to their telegram group and was lynched in a second by some Kathy girl. Anyways;

For anyone wondering or dying to get a sub from eternal, I would say look elsewhere as all the providers are basically the same thing. It buffers at times and the selection is short. The only upside I would say is the price and the amount of connections you’d get. But that’s basically it.

Again I’m not really trying to bad mouth a service that’s basically pirating others (as all iptvs are), I’m just saying you could probably do better and prob pay a dollar or two more for someone who actually cares for the money their making. I’m entitled to my opinion though.

Guess I’ll open this thread to anyone who wants to suggest something similar for anyone searching.

(P.s. not new, just got locked out my old account for buying reps )