Epicstream Review from EU perspective

by cherryghost2

Heya, this is my 2nd IPTV sub after RocketIP (or something like that). Waited a month to make this so I got a full impression.

Pros:

  • Channel quality is great
  • Channel options from EU perspective is excellent. All UK and most major FR channels is great. There is now UK based server I believe (which I will discuss below)
  • Support is fantastic. Get an answer and a resolution normally within an hour or so.

Cons:

  • EPG. It's terrible. When it works, less than half the 600 channels has it. Most of UK channels does not have it. In the month I had the sub, EPG was down 3 times (its down the 3rd time as I speak right now).
  • First 2 weeks of my sub, channel service was sub par. A LOT of channels down/rebuff. Was quickly sorted, and my last 2 weeks have been mostly perfect (only the odd buffer). Running on a dedicated 360meg line and can stream off other sites (including official ones) without issue so I cannot fault my ISP.

Overall, I understand Epicstreams is moving in the right direction. I'll be going another month with these guys and making an ultimate decision then. If my last 2 weeks to go by I'd give them a solid 8.5/10. But reviewing the month as a whole and the lack of EU EPG, I'll give them 7.5/10.

fr0-z3n

Thanks for the review /u/cherryghost2. As always, I really appreciate the honest and candid feedback about Epicstream. As one of the largest powersellers of Epicstream, i promise you this feedback will reach the right folks.

I completely and wholeheartedly agree with the statements about EPG and Channel Categories here. I also promise this is something I am trying my best to get changed.

We have a really large set of channels now (close to 800) and its not easy to get EPG for that many channels. That said, it is not meant to be an excuse, but instead something that is always work in progress.

As for Categories:

The first change is going to be adding all News Channel to a new category called News. This is expected as early as end of the week - fingers crossed. I have considered way more categories, but I have gotten mixed feedback, some customers like tons of categories, on the other hand some hate that it will have so many categories.

News Category will be added really soon. Do you have other suggestions on categories?

Thank you /u/thenameDS and /u/cherryghost2 for the review here.

For anyone who is interested in trying out Epicstream, check out /r/epicstream

thenameDS

I feel the same about the EPG. Channel grouping/naming is also terrible and makes it a chore to find channels. But the quality is amazing and I don't think I've found any other service that comes close to it.

fr0-z3n

As promised a new News Category has been added. All news channels have now moved into the News category.

Thanks for the feedback folks @ /u/thenameDS /u/cherryghost2

New EPG script is being tested which will improve EPG

Maltbrew

Channel options from EU perspective is excellent. All UK and most major FR channels is great.

You do know that Europe is more than just 2 countries, right? As a Dane I watch exactly zero French channels.