I'm probably not going to give the most in depth IPTV review ever, but I haven't seen anything on this subreddit pertaining to this service. I saw someone post about it on Facebook of all places, saying they had 500+ channels for $5 a month. Now, that is met with immediate skepticism from me, considering I had a trial of SETVNOW, which had about the same number of channels for $20 a month. I went to the website, saw indeed it was $5 a month, and I liked their channel lineup. I'm a huge sports/motorsports fan, so seeing their lineup have all the major sporting outlets, including PPV, MLB Extra Innings, NHL Center Ice, and NFL games (haven't tested yet because, no NFL obviously) I was definitely intrigued. They needed literally no personal information from me except for an email address. They accepted Paypal as a payment method which was equally as nice. I subbed up for a month and downloaded their apk from the play store. I received my login info via email almost immediately after signing up, and signed right into the app. Clicking on a couple random channels, they were in HD, quality was pretty average. Maybe a little bit better than what you would expect for $5. A channel I really wanted was MAVTV, as I said I'm a motorsports fan. This channel was not in HD, but for the price didn't bug me all that bad considering I had no other way to get it. So far so good.
On Area 51's site they allow you to download an M3U playlist of your channels so you can use an IPTV player or just VLC on a computer. I can't tell you how much that comes in handy. Their customer support is pretty top notch as well. I've had to submit a few tickets when it comes to questions concerning the channel lineup and the one time MAVTV went down. (It was back up within a day, and in HD so WOOHOO!) They respond quickly and have helpful answers.
Now as far as cons go, the $5 a month is for one connection at a time. Each additional connection is another $5, which still beats some competitors prices (SETVNOW gives 3 for $20). Some channels are not in HD. The few I found were MAVTV, Nicktoons, and a couple other off channels. I haven't really gone to any of the foreign channels as I'm primarily concerned with the US based networks, however, curiosity had me clicking and every channel I clicked on worked from Canada, India, and some Spanish channels.
Overall I'd say the experience for me has been quite excellent. If you're looking for something cheap, and pretty good in the quality department, I'd check em out. I'm not sure if I can post links here so if I can I'll edit my review but until then, just google area 51 hosting, and check em out for yourselves. I'm not sure if they offer a trial, but I assume they might considering in the account settings it says my account is not a trial lol.
Any other questions I'd be happy to reply if I have the experience and knowledge. Happy viewing!
Feel free to join up and try out this amazing service here.
4/22 UPDATE - Reloaded has been posting that they are going ahead and removing the TV catchup feature, which drastically alters my overall stated recommendation on this review. Without TV Catchup it's now clearly less of a value then just going with GearsTV (same exact channels) + the amazing Mayfair APK, and an obviously deal breaker if you want/needed that catchup feature.
BACKROUND
This review is based solely on the use of US and sports channels only over a one month period. That's all I watch or personally care about, and didn't bother either using or testing any of the UK/CA content that is offered. So as always, anything below is a direct reflection on that specific experience.
Reloaded was run solely on Kodi 17.6, on a fresh install with no backround addons other then Ares Wizard used to auto set my advanced settings. Internet speeds generally tested out at 75mbps+ with IPVanish running in the backround, and on a wired connection through my 2017 Nvidia Shield or Gen 2 Firetv. While I don't consider myself Mr. Tech or anything, I am confident in my researching/tinkering ability enough that any trouble shooting done was both accurate and with every possibility exhausted to best isolate any non-Reloaded issue.
My viewing times/habits are as follows: Wed - Sat I'd watch maybe an hour or 2 of ESPNs/FOXSPORTSs/MLB/WWE/NESN/NBA/NFL channels in the afternoon before work, then another 3 hours afterwards (usually 11pm est on) with some movie surfing mixed in. Sun - Tues I have completely off, so Reloaded would be used or running in the backround most of those days. Red Sox/Celtics games and UFC/WWE PPV's are also my specifically targeted sports interests. All in all I'd estimate that this review is based on roughly 100 hours of use as my primary IPTV source (with some Vader Streams and a random cheaper service test sprinkled in here and there when I wasn't using Reloaded).
SETUP/CUSTOMER SERVICE
Setup is standard as far as a Kodi install goes, from their own add source repo and with an auto configuration for your video playback settings. Which on that note, and outside a recently added option to use Reloaded on your iphone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY8Llwlwd4M&t=176s), is the only platform it's available on. Some would view this aspect as an overall con, but I don't in this particular instance. Not given the manner in which they implanted the EPG (more on that below), and the simple fact that while stuff like Perfect Player are nice in general "I want options' theory...a clean Kodi install is still the most stable player out there for the android boxes this service is aimed at. So in all reality, and coming out of a provider that caters more then most to the less then tech savy crowd, I'm actually going to score them keep it simple points here on steering people away from the unknowingly self inflicted wounds that tend to come with using subpar player options.
I'd rate customer service as average for a more established provider, with both a facebook group page and their own Discord chat. While having that Discord chat would suggest better then that on paper, i wasn't terribly impressed with it in comparison to what I see going on in some of the other ones I frequent. I mean you will find your basic install help in there, but it's not terrible active and lots of times I see people jump in without any live reps around to answer their questions. In those instance you might get a response back a couple hours latter, or more often not at all.
EPG
Unlike every other m3u provider Reloaded doesn't utilize Kodi's base simple client EPG. Instead it has Mayfair's Pro EPG built in, which is it's own click in program addon and as far as I'm concerned the reigning best IPTV EPG out there right now. Loads fast, scrolls smooth, looks pretty, and can be fully customized. Want the option to easily filter out channels you don't watch? Check. Want the option to completely reorder your channel listings and put your most watched favorites on top? Check. Best of all I only had to do those last 2 things one time total, and it's stayed that way regardless of the load updates ever since. Which actually scored huge points with my girlfriend, and after I had previously gave up on such channel customization with other providers when those changes were just routinely getting reset the next day.
Sporting events are found in it's separate video addon that gets installed with it, and which also houses the straight channel icons if you don't care about having an EPG. There is also a direct link to the mayfair EPG on top if you want to use it from here. I again find it to be both nice looking and different in a good way in both cases. Lot of regular channels are listed with 2 different feeds broken into 720 and 1080 listings (although a lot of times I wouldn't find an actual difference between the two), with a standard what's on next listing underneath and the time left until it starts. The Sports listing layout is my favorite I've seen out of any provider to date, which again breaks them down into 2 separate 720 and 1080 listings. Current clock times and the score are also included, that in itself is obviously a sweet UI perk that stands out.
Unfortunately the video addon section also comes with a very noteworthy bug, in that it has a regular tendency to want to open itself back up when you try to close it. Forcing you to spam the back button a bunch of times to get that back out to stick. It's an annoying bug, and it's been present for a while now (extending far before this review). To note, the Mayfair guide on the other hand never has this issue.
CHANNELS/QUALITY/RELIABILITY
Reloaded's channel offering is pretty much exclusive to US content, and in this respect I'd rate it as top notch and at worst equal to anything else I've come across (granted outside the really random stuff everybody offers the more commonly watched stuff nowadays). While they do offer some CA/UK channel listings they also go out of their way to note that neither is supported on their end (with a stated warning that they'll ban you for pestering them in regards to any CA or UK channel related issues).
Picture quality certainly isn't at the top of the IPTV food chain, but is generally no worse as a whole then a lot of the other HD providers out there, and which of course can always vary by what specific channel you are making the provider vs provider comparison on. That said you won't find the selective peak picture quality potential with some channels that you might find with a provider elsewhere. For example, Reloaded doesn't offers any 60fps channels that you'll find on something like Vader Streams (which I'm actually guessing is by design, since cell phone compatibility seems to be a growing angle in Gears/Reloaded's sales pitch). Most feeds are still in HD though, although like pretty much every other provider you will at times run into your SD quality on a less then super popular channel.
What Reloaded does lack in peak picture quality it does make up for in stability imo. Server crashes/downtime are almost non-existent from what I've gathered while keeping tabs over the last half a year, and I never saw one during my one month sub. Overall channel stability as a whole and over an extended period of time (i've subbed in the past with both Gears/Reloaded, who share the same channels) is also probably the best I've ever experienced outside of what Vader used to be 4+ months ago (before it got super popular). None of which is to obviously say that you still won't run into your random drop or buffering of course, or that their ESPN or USA is better then this provider's but yeah...day in/day out consistency counts for a lot in my book, and for my own channel needs I was mostly satisfied with that overall consistency. Reloaded's ability to be relatively stable and remain relatively stable definitely sticks out imo among a lot of other popular great one month and terrible the next providers out there.
I only tested 2 PPV's during my sub: UFC 223 and Wrestlemania this past weekend. Both performed flawlessly in HD under the 1080 listing, with the single exception of one drop during Wrestlemania that was quickly remedied with a simple click back in.
The above nods on stability noted..there are some cons. While I didn't have any real issues with their Celtic game coverage, MLB Extra Innings on the other hand has been roll of the dice bust so far this season. Definitely have gotten mostly super choppy Red Sox game feeds, with a lot of other people in their Discord chat chiming in to state a similar experience. If you care about baseball and are looking to buy Gears/Reloaded for their MLB pay channel coverage in particular...don't.
Secondly and to a much less damning extent, I have at times run into the random situations where a feed's video playback will start getting choppy. Which is fixed immediately by logging in and out of the channel. Not quite sure why this happens but others have confirmed it as well. Going into your settings, then Addons-My Addons-Videoplayer InputStream and turning both those options on made a big difference in making those instances rare though. Haven't seen it in a few days now fwtw.
As far as fixing channels that go down goes, there also seems to be a differing priority depending on on the channel. For instance while I do have the utmost confidence that they aren't going to let their ESPN linger in a bad state (I've seen the owner himself state it as a "good" channel" in his youtube videos), something fairly obscure like NESN can be a completely different story. Which went down the first week I subbed, and still isn't back up to this day. Most outside of Boston fans would probably care less, but for me that sucks and is worthy of general note.
FEATURES/VALUE
CATCHUP - As far as additional features go Reloaded's offering starts and ends here. But in the event catchup is a huge priority on your feature list...THIS is the best and most reliable catchup you are going to find of any provider out there, and nobody else is even remotely close atm.
Unlike everybody else who essentially get more caught up in the paper advertisement value/aspect of their catchup, and ultimately always end up shoving it to the bottom of their priority list when it inevitably breaks due to the pita maintenance that goes into keeping such overextended attempts up/working, Reloaded took a completely different approach to their catchup implantation. They not only made it a priority, but they centered that effort around something that is actually going to work from a the more realistic and user friendly level. Which amounts to a trimmed down and much more easily maintained on a daily basis 24 hour log, that most importantly of all works EVERY SINGLE TIME. Straight up, in all the times I've checked in on Reloaded and through out my entire sub I've never found it not working. Not once. If you want catchup that you can bank is going to work today, tomorrow, or 3 weeks from now...THIS is the only provider option I know of out there that can make the supporting track record claim of offering it atm/imo. Period.
The above said, it's also worthy of note that sporting events that don't air on standard channels aren't included in their catchup. How much having their 5 star catchup is worth to you is also going to factor heavily into their value appeal as well, since at $18.50/mo Reloaded is a fairly expensive one stream per account service. That isn't offering any additional extras or discounted bundle plans worthy of note either.
Some might note the lack of VOD as a con here, but honestly for a provider that is already forcing the most basic of Kodi familiarity on you there is really no reason anybody shouldn't be going that route for those needs imo. Skip what essentially amounts to the middle man, go straight to the source by installing an addon like Incursion/Neptune Rising (or Gaia if you want torrents and/or that highest quality 4k stuff), and never look back. Buying a cheap $4/mo Real Debrid account on top of that removes all limitations and absolutely smokes any possible VOD section somebody can offer anyway.
CONCLUSSION
Quick story. Last week I go over to my friend's house to show him Reloaded's catchup firsthand, who also happens to be a serial IPTV buyer who is constantly chasing down anything advertising a high bitrate. So afterwards we start watching a basketball game while Reloaded was still on the TV, which plays flawlessly for an hour at a pretty solid 720p. After that a commercial comes on, and he wants to switch and show me his current provider of choice. Which indeed was showing the show at a higher bitrate then Reloaded was, but was also buffering for a couple seconds like clockwork every 1 or 2 minutes. Nothing terrible, but enough that it was still annoying me. After about 30minutes of this I ask him to switch it back so we can watch the ending buffer free, and he doesn't want to because the buffering doesn't bother him if it means being able to watch something with a slightly less pixelated picture. Moral to that story - different strokes for different folks I guess.
Anyway, I'm going to start by giving Reloaded and the Gears team some props here for being different, and taking more of a specialization approach then most providers do. Even if it means they won't potentially appeal to a broader customer base, which a lot of providers seem to care more about then actually keeping their service as a whole easier maintained and more stable in the long term. Their dev team is also top of the food chain imo, at least in terms of putting out stuff that simply works and appeals more to actual everyday use on the user end. Especially for the less tech savy crowd. If something is crap (like say the EPG everybody else is throwing in their APK nowadays for the sake of claiming it has one) they either put something better out with a lot of extra polish on it, or just don't put it out period. I respect that.
So on that note and taking into account Reloaded's fairly high price tag, I'm ultimately split on what my recommendation here actually is. There is a lot appeal here for those that insist on only buying/using one provider, especially if you want/need the catchup aspect. In those instances, or if you are say looking for a set and forget option for your parents, it's a BUY. Again and as noted earlier, at least on the condition that you don't give a crap about baseball.
If total pricetag cost is a consideration, and/or you don't have an issue running 2 or 3 different providers, it's more of a YMMV. Personally I don't mind running running a bunch of different providers or switching around to each's own channel when one goes bad, and with some pretty decent $5/mo stuff popping up lately you are looking at the potential alternative of spending that $18.50 on 2 services instead of one. Plus in my specific case, the crappy MLB coverage basically cancels out the otherwise strong desire to keep the catchup. I just watch too much baseball to not stay better covered. But...my girlfriend can't seem to live without catchup, so for her and my own desire not to hear about it not working while using something else I'll probably end up going ahead with the resub. Unless somebody wants to make and regularly update a kodi addon for soaps, in which case you'll earn my undying gratitude.
Official purchase site - https://hostingbrosreloaded.com/acc/cart.php
Reseller I used who takes Paypal (who also raised his price to $20/mo since then) - https://srmronline.com/whmcs/
Discord - https://discord.gg/Gw3FFfZ
As a refugee of Ace, like many, I was forced to do research again across multiple subreddits in a short amount of time. This time I would like to share my experience on Ultrabox (Epicstream)
The timing of my research coincided with the big PPV event today that allowed me to evaluate the response times of resellers and streaming experience. Overall there was plenty of information available between the two options, channel lists, and reviews included. I hope mine will help you address the same questions I’ve had and save you some time.
Both Ultrabox and Ace were comparable in price point, with the initial difference you’ll notice is the channel list and both are comparable for what I was after across UK/US channels. Ace had a slight edge here with 24/7 and larger range of VOD. My next criteria was to look at the range of SD/HD/FHD channels. Don’t get caught out here - if you are on lower bandwidth or have the need to conserve data or are mostly accessing channels on the go, having SD and HD options isn’t a bad idea. With more HD channels, Ultrabox seems to be ahead if are not constrained by bandwidth or data caps.
In terms of availability of information from resellers, those who are newer and less familiar with configuration of the service, I found Epic resellers had a more human touch in elaborating the configuration process better and making it seem less daunting to new users. As this was not my first time, I navigated this without any problems. Your needs will likely vary in terms of the device and method you would be using to watch. Overall, if you are already familiar with the setup, do not dismiss the lack of information to support newer users, as transparency is often a criteria that is considered when evaluating providers. There was a higher level of activity on Ultrabox, with a dedicated forum of community users. If you ever get stuck or encounter issues, this would a good place to start with a fair amount of user activity at time of this post.
As for the experience, I applied the same thought process against the providers and the reviews mentioned in search engines, reddit, along with my uncertainty level based on the amount of information available by resellers or the public posts. Again, don’t completely discard negative reviews on Epic resellers or forum posts like Ultrabox as you would normally see a healthy range of comments. I found Ultrabox to be the closest to Ace TV, with the same process in the ordering/provisioning, configuration, similar policies on multiple connections, configurable channel lists (with/without adult channels), and overall support. The knowledge base available was useful and reminiscent of Ace and I recalled how useful that was this was a great value coupled with a support forum.
Access was provided manually with Ultrabox, however it was not too much of a wait, so don't panic after your order is completed. The account management is detailed and flexible with the same interface that you might come across from Ace. I will try next to do a mid-term change with support and report on the experience back. Overall, there is a dashboard that helps you navigate the account management screen and every menu item on screen has a purpose and marked clearly.
Operational aspects - Video quality is amazing as others might report similarly. The selection of HD and FHD channels are higher although the number of overall channels are not to what you would have seen in Ace. The experience that bothered me somewhat is the grouping of channels, although logical, is not as what I was familiar with - for example, Movie Networks are combined across regions. While this behaviour can be address manually by editing the playlist, I am open to try this new grouping. The stand out here above everything else, is all channels (including sports) begin streaming immediately as I tried my very best to find a stream that was either down or would buffer - and was unsuccessful in the process (It is worth mentioning I’ve not tried non English channels and that I am on a fast 1000/500 fiber connection). No such luck in my attempts to find faults in the streams, and I’ll update this as the weeks go. So far it has been impressive.
Pros:
Reliable channels and streaming experience. There is nothing worse than finding out the channel you are interested is not able to stream or buffers - I could not fault them so far on this.
Great for newer users (not just Ace), with knowledgeable how-to start off
Prompt service in consideration of manual provisioning
Transparency of information and discussion, when compared to alternatives. The forum ultrabox.site will be useful in gauging the quality and responsiveness of the service
Dedicated discussion forum with a community of users who are willing to help out
KODI add-ons available to quickly get started along with specific instructions to set up on Enigma2, MyIPTV Player, PerfectPlayer, iOS / Android, or your Smart TV (m3u8 for SmartIPTV)
Similar browser access (unsecure and not officially documented) handy for remote situations or devices that are used temporarily to watch streams. Only use on VPN or trusted network. Needs Videolan plugin.
Areas of opportunity or improvement:
VOD selection is good and with room to grow
24/7 channels not available (yet)
Trial period not available from Ultrabox
Given I was comfortable with what I observed and rely on my past experiences, I just went ahead without concern after stepping through the above thought process, confident with my choice. You may wish to evaluate your needs based on the above information first.
As per my reviews, If you found this useful in your search for your next provider especially after Ace, please use my link https://www.ultraboxhost.com/aff.php?aff=159 which I would sincerely appreciate, otherwise without regrets, the standard page is https://www.ultraboxhost.com/
BACKROUND
For starters and as noted in the title, this review is based solely on the use of US and sports channels only. That's all I watch or personally care about, and didn't bother testing outside that. So anything below is a direct reflection on that specific experience.
This sub was aimed primarily to be a backup to Vader Streams, although it also got a lot of primary time due to my desire to adequately test it and Vader's mid month melt down. TNT was run exclusively on either Kodi 17.6 (fresh install) or their APK, on wired 100mbps internet (which usually tested out in the 60-90mbps range with IPVanish running in the backround), and through my 2017 Nvidia Shield. While I don't consider myself Mr. Tech or anything, I am confident in my researching/tinkering ability enough that any trouble shooting done was both accurate and with every possibility exhausted to best isolate any non-TNT issue.
My viewing times/habits are as follows: Wed - Sat I'd watch maybe an hour or 2 of ESPNs/FOXSPORTSs/MLB/WWE channels in the afternoon before work, then another 3 hours afterwards (usually 11pm est on) with random movie channel surfing mixed in. Sun - Tues I have completely off, so TNT or Vader would be used or running in the backround most of those days. I watch all the UFC and WWE PPVs, plus Red Sox ST games that air on NESN. All in all I'd estimate that this review is based on roughly 75+ hours of testing.
SETUP/CUSTOMER SERVICE
Set up was pretty standard IPTV stuff, and aided by an extremely active Discord help chat. If you aren't the type that needs your hand held through the entire process all the info you need is readily available through a fairly extensive automated bot command with links system. Various device install walkthroughs, a M3U/EPG generator tool, direct links to supporting APKs, ect. That said there always seemed to be somebody live in there on a shift like schedule ready to help beyond that though.
Also to note while their website didn't offer the option to pay with paypal, I was given it there as well. Which then got activated in a matter of minutes.
EPG
APK - Mostly full and accurate US listings, but it's based on the same platform that all the other bigger IPTV providers (with the exception of GearsTV) are using in their apk. Which means like those others it is there as an added option, but something that is not very scroll friendly since it tends to jump all over the timeline. Leaving you constant scrolling just to get back to the current listing on the next channel down. YMMV, but I honestly didn't even bother with it much, nor do I ever use Vader's for the same reason.
Kodi - Point blank and outside it's fine population factor, I found the simple client setup to be very lacking. TNT doesn't offer an automated setup for it, or the option to customize the channel groups out that you don't want. Helping make the load time terrible too, which even on my Nvidia Shield would routinely get stuck on the VOD and take a good 1+ minute to finish.
That said, similar to Vader they do offer and seemed more centered around pushing their own Program Guide EPG. Which for those of you familiar with Vader is basically a direct copy of their version but with more polish put into it. It's actually pretty sweet looking, and wish I had tinkered around with it sooner then I had which was at the tail end of my sub. Seemed to work pretty well with what little time i got to spend with it though: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/382807866639253515/422399780732272640/Screenshot_329.png
Here is also a feature update tweak that was done to it today: http://teamnutz.info/guide/demo/Untitled.mp4
CHANNELS/QUALITY/RELIABILITY
Pretty standard to what everybody else if offering as far as US channels go nowadays. Everything I wanted with the seemingly rare across the board exception of NESN Plus was included. Most feeds were HD quality, although at times I did run into some very random SD feeds mixed in.
As far as overall channel stability as a whole goes, and after a rough first 2 days, I was pleasantly surprised given my previous experiences with notable cheaper services. Especially in their APK and once I made the base player switch to a free MX Player Pro install (night and day difference from using their default one btw). Buffering issues were minimal, and I actually ran in to less of them overall then I have with other more deemed "premium" providers here (like Fab for instance). Their ESPN feed in particular, which for me is basically my #1 watched channel and first in the testing line, was pretty on par to what I get through Vader. The 2 times I did run into any notable issues (once with ESPN and once with USA) I posted it in the Discord chat and it was fixed very shortly after too. No long wait, or a day going by before somebody even sees a ticket I put in with other providers.
Movie channels were a little more hit or miss then sporting channels were, but in the grander scheme of things that is more a universal issue with IPTV then anything else imo, and don't want it to come across as a "con" since for the most part I found them working adequately enough. If there is actually a provider out there who doesn't a stumble at least somewhat when it comes their stolen HBO/Cinemax/Showtime movie feeds, whether it be a wrong EPG listing or random buffering...I've yet to see or experience it.
As far as PPVs go I used TNT once for UFC 221, where it offered 4 different feeds. While I did need to cycle through all 4 of them at some point or another (4 total times), overall I gave it a passing grade. Links were all HD, and between the quick switches I wasn't really seeing any buffering and found it to be a more then adequate experience.
From a reliability standpoint I never never found TNT's service down once during the times I went to use it. In a month that also saw my main provider Vader go down at least..maybe 15 times total on a rough estimate I guess, I'm left scoring them some major points on that as well. TNT definitely had it's chances to step up to the plate this month and did so every time, with the exception of one movie I had been watching on Random_Showtime_X that wasn't fairing any better after the switch.
VALUE
While TNT does lack certain features various others bring to the table, such as catchup or free trials, I can't bring myself to penalize them at the $5/mo price point. Which is an excellent value considering I found their live TV to outperform some of the more popular options here that cost at least twice that. They also score additional value points for offering an additional stream at only $3.50 extra (although up from $2.50 when I bought mine), or $12/mo for 3 total.
Can't and won't comment on their VOD selection, since I never see the need for it in my IPTV services with easy access to everything through Kodi, but for those that are interested their list can be found here: http://teamnutz.info/TTV/vod_list.php
CONCLUSION
I'll start off here by stressing that your setup/player choice matters. If you are installing this on a "jailboken" Amazon firestick Kodi filled with god knows what, or are insisting on using subpar and fairly dated software like Perfect Player to watch your IPTV, a reset/switch to something more stable should always be trouble shooting step #2 (after doing an internet speed test, of course). Also, every individual user experience is always going to be subject to variables a review like this one can't adequately sum up. For instance I watch ESPN 30+ hours a month but don't ever watch Walking Dead live on AMC on Sunday night. Where as you might be the exact opposite, and thus subject to a concern I didn't test or could care less about. Generalized reviews and recommendations are helpful, but there ultimately is no substitute for firsthand experience with the details.
That said, at the $5/mo price point I'm going to put this down as a BUY. Especially if you are in the market for a more value oriented backup service, and which if you are using Vader as a primary like I am is pretty much a must nowadays. I do wish it had better simple client integration in Kodi, but that isn't necessarily a deal breaker for me either. Since unlike a lot of other APKs out there their's is fairly stable (again, with the switch to MX Player Pro). Plus I already have Vader eating up the simple client spot anyway, and simply installing them both on the same setup while then putting my most watched TNT channels in the favorites tab still makes everything fairly convenient.
I was asked to post it here, originally from /r/iptv
Some background: I subscribed on December 2017 and the first weeks it ran all ok. Some minor issues like advertised FHD streams were just HD or a broken stream here and then.
Things got worse pretty quickly in January. Sometimes a Bundesliga stream was not in sync with audio or the complete stream was down during the Bundesliga Konferenz (five games simultaneously, one, two or three streams then were dead). Many german channels are just not working like expected.
I gave feedback very often about broken streams in the forum - they don't care. A broken stream? We don't care. Thing is, I was in that shout box (a chat) today and wrote something like:
me: "Sky Sport Bundesliga stream yesterday was crappy, as always. Maybe today will be better."
GenIPTV-support: replied something like "that's not true! Our capacities are high"
me: "Don't fucking lie, I complain every weekend among others that the Sky streams are shitty."
GenIPTV-supoort: "Give me your secret line" (he obviously meant the URL to my personalized .m3u)
Gave it to him without the password, because I naively thought he would look into it. I know, foul speak...
Let's see, I asked for refund. My guess is that I will never hear from them again. ;-)
Many complaints in their forum here: https://geniptv.net/threads/complaints-about-geniptv-servers.1551/page-154
Ban: https://imgur.com/a/ewfJO
Edit: two persons asked in that shout box about trial subs when I raged. Mmmmmaybe they don't want them to read that their services are crap...
Edit 2, 13.3., 20.15h CET
so here's the chat log from Sunday, 11.3., 12.11pm CET. I can provide screenshots as well.. https://nopaste.xyz/?5c0674f0ac13ad01#GpdZInYvIs42FF+aG9wCHzdnbMwsmgrKAIhojFLu6aU=
tl;dr: stay away from GenIPTV.
This provider offer tv channels from United States, Canada United Kingdom and also from scandinavia. The channels are very stable. I have tested many iptv providers. I have not found anyone as stable as NTV. They show off all the games in the English Premier League Championship League in a live broadcast. They also show most of the Matches in La Liga. They show off most of all live sport event events in the world. I first started using Kodi addon from them. Then I started using Mag 254 box which is a real luxury. it is also possible to use app for android called matrix player as very good. They also have a good VOD with a multitude of good movies. Cons They are not the cheapest. You get what you pay for. Customer service is very good they always answers very quickly. They offer a 3-day trial subscription https://www.ntv.mx
