Epicstream IPTV Customer Review with Video

by acaoacao

Epicstream IPTV with Video

For whatever reason, Epicstream does not come up as a recommended IPTV provider on r/IPTV. Rather, I hear other IPTV providers being suggested time and time again. Well, we should change that conversation. Epicstream should come to mind when new users are looking for high quality and stable streams for US/CA/UK/French/Arabic channels. I put an emphasis on high quality and you see that pointed out throughout this review.

As for price, Epicstream is not be at the top list of the sub $10 IPTV providers thread. So I contacted /u/fr0-z3n who is the resident reseller of the Epicstream. I tried to have him lower his price to get up the list but he refused saying he is not competing on price but rather the quality of his service. I give him credit for standing firm and I agree with him. If there was list for IPTV Providers with picture quality, Epicstream would be near the top of the list. The quality is that good. For full disclosure, he did drop his price by 1 penny to get it to $9.99 so he shows up on the list. He will throw in a free month if you buy 12 months.

As to my general feelings for Epicstream, the quality and stability is great. Video quality is great. Once you get the stream going, you can definitely see the quality in HD. There were times where I forgot I was watching IPTV

NOTE: Epicstream IPTV is not epicstream.com The IPTV provider chose the unfortunately name that is used by the website and may lead to some confusion

Channel List/VOD List

  • Channel List/VOD List http://pastebin.com/g5pj5waG Epicstream has about ~700 channels (430 CA/UK/US channels, 150 Arabic channels, 24 UK Indian and 124 French Channels) and about 107 video on demand titles. The channel variety is great for anyone who is looking for English, Arabic or French channels. Again when looking for IPTV providers, if you find one with 3000+ channels, their attention may be spread over all the channels they have to maintain. This amount provided by EpicStream is right at the sweet spot. It is a good level of variety and it appears they focused on quality. Additionally with the smaller amount of VOD compared to others it allows them to focus on quality.

Quality

Might I be able to say HD or near HD quality? Is it 720p? I am not sure but it is darn close. The quality of the HD channels is eye catching. The images on the channel list seems more alive and vibrant. When I was watching this there was no buffering or delays. Changing of channels was really quick on my Comcast 75Mpbs. There was no delay going from one channel to another. When watching football I noticed the ball was moving very smoothly. I can tell you all about it but really you will need to get a trial to check this out. The VOD list are all 1080p and again the quality is eye popping. Watch the streams from Epicstream makes you forget you are watching IPTV.

NOTE: Comcast has a 1TB bandwidth limit. Higher quality translate to more data usage. Keep this in mind.

Movie Networks

All the movie networks included. The usual suspect are there… Cinemax, Showtime, Starz, HBO, SKY and OSN.

Adult

Currently there are no adult channels but from what I am hearing, they are going to get added AS A OPTIONAL ADDON . I am not really a big fan of that on IPTV but I guess other people may want it. My reasoning is that this service is for the middle of the living room and if you have guest over they may ask about that.

Sports

Hundreds of channels of all kinds here. All the sports are lumped into one section. All the major networks are there (BEIN, ESPN, SportsNet, Eurosports, Sky Sports, BT, NBC Extra Time) Quality for the sports is of high quality. Also there is NBA, NFL, NBA live channels so you can see all the games.

Group

One thing I really like about this group is that the first group that shows up is UK/US/CA centric. It goes from ABC/NBC/CBS and the goes to News in 20s.. It feels like cable TV in the first channel group. Channel groups are **English, Movie Networks, Sports, UK, Arabic, Sport Pass, French, New Releases (VOD), Kids, and Indian

Streaming Options

As with any IPTV provider, you can use this on Kodi, Smartbox, Tablet, Perfect Player, MAG or STB, STB emulator. You can try this on practically anything you want.

Support

Support is provided by /u/fr0-z3n or email: iptvepic@gmail.com and at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ultrabox/

Trial

To start up a trial contact /u/fr0-z3n or email: iptvepic@gmail.com

Summary There are many options out there. Epicstreams is one you should seriously consider even if it is a bit more expensive than the others. Their premise is quality and stability and from what I have experienced, it definitely is true. Don't take my word for it and get a trial. It is a bit more per month but you may be pleasantly surprised.

Video https://youtu.be/m3HmsMiwk3A

rogueadmin

Does epicstream support multi room connections? I'm looking to stream content on multiple Kodi devices all from same IP address.

rayuki

Yep, been using iptv services for years and this is up there with the first service I've used that has made me think about buying a dedicated mag box just for iptv since the quality is that good. Many others claim to have high quality streams but its a fine line between high quality /bitrate and buffering issues. Not a single issue there with epicstreams all the HD channels i watched buffer quick and then play flawlessly, this makes channel switching fast and easy.

Zaximus20

I signed up for service after a great trial yesterday but finding today that there isn't much EPG data loading in, hardly any channels showing what is playing. Anyone else having this issue? I have tested in KODI and perfect player.

ntmyrealacct

I started a subscription recently. Good price for good quality and a good amount of channels. I really don't see point of having 3000 channels (half of which could be crap) which a lot of providers offer. Rather a smaller # of high quality channels is preferable to me.

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fr0-z3n

wow! thank you /u/acaoacao for a detailed review!

The service continues to improve every week. New channels and timeshift are upcoming as well!

iama_newredditor

Thanks for the review. I have a couple of questions:

EPG: the EPG in the video was mostly empty. Is this the way it is normally? Also, is that one of the built-in Kodi PVR Clients or is it a custom EPG in the addon?

What types of payments are accepted? Bitcoin only? Paypal or credit card?

And are adult channels definitely going to be added? I find it very difficult to find IPTV providers without adult channels, so this was looking really great to me until I read that part of your post.

I must say, the quality on the video does look great, but I'm one of those people who need at least a mostly full EPG to consider a service.

danquitlam

Here's a newbie question.

I have a dreamlink T1, but no IPTV service yet. Does Epicstreams offer CatchUp TV or some other form of PVR service or is that a dreamlink specific function?

fr0-z3n

Well looks like my Facebook account just got blocked (no idea why). In the mean time, please send all inquiries via email: iptvepic@gmail.com

jawgee

/u/acaoacao - are you the one who did the YouTube video review? If so, how does Epicstream compare with FabIPTV? Thanks!

Spurs4life22

Does this work on kodi on a Amazon firestick? Can someone get at me with a trial or some set up instructions please guys? Nice one chaps

Edit: typo city

Spurs4life22

Sweet chaps! That was quick!

jawgee

Who's the source streamer for Epic or are they their own provider?

2bcrunchie

I had a kwik peek at the chnnl list, and was wondering if the- Starz/Encore Western Channel is available? lol no sense wasting a free trial, we have someone here who is addicted like crak to it-lmao!

shirowi

How I can sing up??

NickOReigh

Is the service still active/working??