It has been a shitty year for some IPTV services, what with DDOS attacks and just general poor customer service. I have been reluctant to try anything recently because my Kodi box is a bit dated, and I wanted something with more ram to assist the buffering that was almost non stop with the services I've tried already.

I checked Reddit regularly, and Facebook, until I was 100% sure of the IPTV service I was going with. Frontrunners were Hero, Ace, and Dreamstreams. I had decided Flawless, Fab and Prime were a no go. This was down to price, compatibility, the ability to add multiroom, and of course, reliability.

ACE TV

First thing I noticed is they have a smooth purchase for a 24hr trial subscription, which is an autobuy using credit/debit card. Others require sending an email.... waiting a day for a reply... etc etc. Not here. I had my account up in two minutes, had my Kodi add-on installing and set up, and Smart TV settings all done within 10 minutes.

The Kodi add-on is easy to configure, and ran perfectly. No dead links. Placeholders for upcoming events. Well laid out links to my required UK and USA stuff, and of course sports. I checked sports out first because this weekend is the start of the EPL (English Premier League)! All required channels were HD and zero buffering. Latency on these streams are superb.

The Smart TV side was equally as easy, set up using Smart IPTV . Kids have been watching Disney Junior non stop, and there hasn't been as much as a slight flutter in the stream. The EPG is accurate and complete.

Other notes...

Upgrading packages is easy.

The VOD is limited but irrelevant considering I have Kodi

Reseller credits can be purchased in the cpanel.

The knowledgebase is great. I never heard of a few of the streaming options until I read about them in there tbh

All your info is emailed, making it easy to get m3u's rigged up via copy/paste. Sounds trivial, but I was on my tablet, so it was helpful having everything copy paste...

I'm struggling to find a negative, so far, and the Mrs has always had some issue with streaming. However, everyone is happy, and all for a tenner a month. £4 cheaper than the rivals who have less features, in fact. After a successful month of TV, no drops on EPL games, and McGregor/Mayweather, our fibre TV sub will be gone.

All in all, 10 out of 10. ACE managed to exceed my expectations. I'll report back if I get any issues during EPL and Box Office stuff. I can't see it happening though 😊

EDIT: ACE offer a free trial through the week (MON-FRI) apparently. Worth mentioning!

ACE TV £2/24hr Trial or £10/mth : https://ace-tv.co.uk/afflink (thanks!)

Non aff link: https://ace-tv.co.uk