Website : 8/10 - I found their website to be easy to navigate. Their setup guides are all grouped together, and the channel list was easy enough to find. The only real complaint I have is the clarity on the two packages. I don’t want much sports -- and I have Smooth Streams as my secondary service, so, ya -- so I didn’t think I needed the ‘FULL’ package, but unable to quickly determine the difference between the entertainment channels and the full list, I went with full. Now having used the service for a few weeks, I realize the entertainment package is all I require. Now, I’m stuck with cancelling my package before its renewal, creating a new one, then, and reconfiguring Kodi for the new username/password which will then cause me to re-create my channel groupings in Kodi. Not necessarily a big deal, but still, easily avoided had I been more informed at the time of purchase.

Channels : 10/10 - I’m more than happy with the channel line-up. My review is from a very US-centric perspective, so take that for what you will. I have all the US channels I could want. What I found nice was that a lot are doubled up with either the Canadian or UK version as well. So my wife, who loves to binge on TLC, is able to almost always find a Say Yes to the Dress on due to multiple instances of the same channel.

Picture Quality : 8/10 - With Fab being a consortium of sources, this is hit and miss. CBS suffers a desaturated look as they source SS, and for whatever reason, SS’ CBS looks like it went through a shitty instagram filter. Some channels look very much 720, and others not-so-much. Overall, though, no complaints. I’m paying $12/mo for a shit-ton of channels, if some aren’t pure uncompressed 720 quality, I accept that as I’m not paying Time Warner $120/mo.

Reliability : 8/10 - This echos the above. Smooth Streams sourced, perfect. Others? Ehhh.. hit and miss. I removed a few of the investigation channels as more times than not they were MIA. You’ll see a lot of their non-SS sourced channels have watermarks -- or logos? - placed in the upper left corner. I’m trying to pay more attention to which ones are more reliable -- the E or the panda? -- to determine which provider they’re using sucks more than the others. I’ve found a lot of their UK channels are very reliable -- and usually high quality. However, again, I’ve seen a random Sky channel down or some weird direct tv message informing me I don’t receive that program. I’ve never changed the channel to find another one down, though. Meaning let’s say SKY Action is down, SKY Drama will still be up.

EPG : 7/10 - There ARE a few problems. AMC for example, one of the three possible channels of AMC has no data at all. There were a few other channels I found when setting it up that were flat wrong. Cartoon Network US has the UK’s data. Switching my channel out to the UK insures accurate EPG data, but again, I’m a Yank watching the UK version solely because I demand accurate EPGs. Also, and one of the biggest problems, is ALL the HBOs were wrong. Initially I even debated not doing a real sub (noticed during my 24 hour initial testing), but then realized, I fucking have HBO Now, so what do I need HBO for? Although that's definitely a major knock for a lot of people.

Set-Up : 10/10 . I’ve tried a handful of sources. I’ve been a cord cutter for 6 years now, so even modifying Kodi addons at a python level doesn’t intimidate me. That said, I’ve never been so impressed with the configuration of an addon as I was fabiptv’s. Running primarily on a Shield-TV with no keyboard attached, typing in long URLs can get tedious (I usually defer to Yatse on my phone). With randomly generated username/password combinations with mix case, this can be cumbersome. One small error and you have a problem. Not only does Fab’s website offer auto tinyurl creation to streamline the process, but the FabIPTV addon will AUTOMATICALLY configure Simple IPTV for you! Wanting Live TV integration in Kodi, I was thrilled at that feature. After having the add-on auto-configure Simple IPTV, I disabled the FabIPTV addon and went on with life with a working EPG built-in to Kodi.

Payment Methods : 10/10 . I’ve yet to renew a billing cycle, but it appears as if it’ll auto-renew. Even if that’s not the case, I’m glad to use Paypal rather than bitcoin. I’m not someone who uses bitcoin beyond my iptv world, so I don’t keep it on hand. I’d much rather link my credit card to my payal and quickly be done with it. In fact, these days I won’t even try a provider that doesn’t offer credit cards as I’m not going to spend an hour waiting on Circle to fucking send me my coins.

Support : N/A - I’ve yet to require any support. I’ve seen they have a forum, but it very much demands you set your username as the same as your FabIPTV username or risk being murdered in your sleep. Not knowing whether it’s my FabIPTV login -- my e-mail -- or my cryptic stream username, I’ve never bothered creating an account as I don’t want the world to know my e-mail address and I don’t want to look up the damn cryptic username. Along with that, and using SS exclusively for a year, I’m doubtful of how much channel support I could receive. With SS I’ve reported something on IRC, seen guy respond, and then watched the direct tv receiver change the channel instantly. Literally within 2 minutes of being told on IRC my channel was fixed. With FabIPTV using a variety of sources, I don’t know if I can expect that same kind of instant service, but it may be there. Again, I’ve never attempted to receive support so I can't give a truthful review of its ability to fix issues.

Overall , I’d give Fab a solid 9/10 . For what I’m getting, I’m perfectly fine with what I’m spending. Perhaps there is a better provider out there, but I’m not going to bother trying to find it, because, why? Their service could only possibly be marginally better and there’s no way their EPG and set-up is as streamlined. I could, and admittedly do, go with a top tier provider as back-up, but then I’m limited to ONLY that provider’s channels. <3 SmoothStreams, but ya.

If you’re dipping your toes in the world of IPTV and want a family friendly interface that can please the whole family -- wife (shitty reality shows), kids (Every Disney/Nickelodeon on the planet), and dad (sports++), FabIPTV will certainly meet your criteria.

**update a few weeks later **

Now, I would definitely lower some scores. Reliability has went down significantly. It's much more common for me to switch to a channel that doesn't work. And since they use multiple providers they just have to turn around and report on some other forum and wait. EPG is still hit and miss. They'll quickly make changes you report, but due to their revolving door of inconsistent providers, who knows long it'll be accurate. It's selection of channels can't be beaten, but as someone with a sub to every legal streaming service and newshosting, I think I'm beginning to value reliability more than 3 international copies of the same programming.