I'll try to keep this short for any other F1 fans looking into a high quality IPTV provider for the rest of the season. I tried Necro since they're one of the few that has Sky F1 listed as 1080p. Can't find any with 50 FPS, even at 720p. Sounds good, so I tested a trial, then got a month based on that.
The trial got 1080p for qualify and the race, but reverted back to 720p for everything else, and even swapped a few times during the 1080p sessions. Despite that I figured it'd consistently get the 1080p for races, even if there were a few drops to 720p here and there.
A few weeks into my month and things are quite different. I haven't seen the 1080p channel hit 1080p. It has it in the name, but nope it's 720p. I've had multiple tickets replied to with basically we're aware, then instantly closed. On top of that the stream gets stuck in a loop every hour or so. It'll repeat the same 10-20 second clip, go to encoding artifacts, repeat, then fully drop. It's usually back in 1-2 minutes, but in real time F1 that's a massive amount of time.
One good thing is it's within about 20-30 seconds of live most of the time, but some others I trialed were even closer so I'll probably give them a go and report back, good or bad. I've still got a bit left on Necro so it'll stick as a backup, but at this rate I won't be renewing.
Welcome to IPTV, enjoy your stay. All providers promise the world and deliver nothing close. I got into IPTV a few months ago but I'm ready to tap out. Every single providers I've tried lets me down whenever loads get high during sporting events for example. I'm using Fab right now and Sky F1 has been all over the place all weekend. Very disappointing.