Well, for those that haven't read my Epic review, I'll give a minor breakdown of my experience. I got into this hobby at the end of February. I briefly toyed with Kodi for IPTV, but quickly learned that a dedicated box was the way to go. I bought my Dreamlink T1 in early March and haven't looked back. Since then, I have tested 6 different services for at least 30 days and I am reviewing them one at time. Here's the link to my Epicstreams review:

https://www.reddit.com/r/IPTVReviews/comments/642g8w/manos_epicstreams_review/

Today I'm going to talk about CrownTV.

Crown was one of the first services I tried and when I first started with it I was very excited because I noticed that the network stations (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox) were from Detroit, which is local for me in southwestern Ontario. They also had the standard New York networks as well. The only problem was the video quality on the Detroit channels was far from HD, but still exciting.

As for overall channel selection, anybody would be hard pressed to find a service that offers a better selection of channels. If you can think of it, Crown probably has it. Aside from all of the standard English and international channels, they also carry a significant number of 24/7 channels. These have different movies and TV series in a 24/7 loop. If your a fan of Big Bang Theory, for example, there is a channel that just plays episodes of that channel in a loop. If you like the Batman movies, you can watch them all in sequence over and over again. Pretty cool feature.

Video quality is a bit of a mixed bag on Crown. Like I said, the network stations were lower quality...New York versions were better than the Detroit versions. Movie channels and many other entertainment channels were high quality feeds. All the PPV/24/7 channels seemed to be in HD or close to it. Buffering was not a significant issue although it wasn't non-existent either. Of the services I tried, it was less stable than Express, but more stable than some of the smaller services.

Next, the EPG. As you know from my last review, the EPG is a big deal for me. With a wife and kid who are annoyed easily and, therefore annoy me when things don't work seemlessly, an accurate and well populated EPG is very important to me. Crown is certainly not great in this department. Maybe its because there are SO many channels? Once again, I spent the time to go through all the English channels and record a favourites list with just the channels that populated information on the EPG. I got about 240 channels, but that included all the 24/7 channels which don't actually show what's on at any given time, just that its the "Big Bang Theory Channel" on the left of the EPG. All total, there was probably about 180-190 english channels with info. Not bad, but not great for a service this big.

Overall, when I first subbed with Crown it was a favourite. I enjoyed the stability and the local stations. I really liked the PPV movies and 24/7 channels. However, as I tried more and more services, Crown fell down the list. Better picture quality and more fully populated EPGs can be had with other services, like Epic, Flawless and Fab, that offer close to the same stability.

Would I recommend Crown? Absolutely, for the right person. For someone looking for lots of international content, VOD, movie channels, etc, its an excellent service, especially if the EPG isn't that important to you.

Feel free to ask any questions if I didn't cover something of interest to someone. I'll try to respond within a day or so.