K Streams Review
Ok, so I have been using a service called KStreams and they have been worth note, so I figured id share for people who are looking for another service to try.
Price: 10 dollars a month--- to me this is key. You shouldn't pay through the nose for a service and at 10 bucks, its pretty darn good. 10/10
Website : 7*/10-* website is kinda busy, but overall every easy to use. All of the information is there and overall its pretty standard to other sites.
Channels : 9*/10* - This guy has a fantastic lineup. Now I will say I haven't done much with the internationals, but the US, CAN and UK lineups are solid. Even has some randoms, has all of the regional channels, might even have your local network affiliates which is pretty cool. Has west and east feeds of most channels as well which is very convenient. Sports lineup is dope. Has all the NFL games, been watching since week 1 and have been very happy. Also has these mixup ones where he has 4 going at once, kinda nice to watch that when your team isnt playing. But yeah great channel lineup. A fantastic 24/7 lineup, better than fabs was honestly. And if you request a 24/7 feed he will add it, i got him to add the nanny for the wife and he did it! and it looks fantastic.
Picture Quality : 9/10 – Ok, this is a place where he shines in my opinion. Most of the channels he has are Vue channel rips. And they are ridiculously good quality. My first thought when i got in was its like vue but only paying 10 bucks a month and getting all the HBO, SHOWTIME, etc. Now what vue doesnt have it supplemented from other sources, the norms from what it seems, but honestly the bitrate seems better. I have considerably less issues with buffering and tearing then i have with epic, vaders, and eternal. And at 10 bucks, its really a great deal.
VOD: ? I saw there is one, but haven't really played with it, looks pretty standard. Clicked on a few things just for this review and quality seemed standard, and really the quality was nice overall.
Reliability : 10*/10* – This past two months, i have never had downtime. Reminds me of ipguys but better quality. Like loads better. I have had some buffering on occasion, but im attributing it to my cache, because when i go out and back in it almost never happens again. Then again, i am fairly lenient on this because i have been around the block with providers and i have tried several so i tend to judge with a grain of salt when it comes to buffering. Just sayin. Big events played fine. Watched two major UFC fights and didn't have an issue once. Looked fantastic.
EPG : 7/10 – Overall this is pretty good, not great but by no means not the worst ive had. Sometimes is not perfect but hey most arent. Overall pretty speedy and decent.
Set-Up : 10/10 . Guy is quick. Had me up and running within 15 min. And actually had a decent tutorial included in the email, didnt need it but my mom loved it.
Support : 8/10 Now i dont know how he handles tickets honestly, but i havent really had any issues that needed a ticket. He is very active in his discord and has always been helpful there.
Overall , right now honestly he is my go to provider. quality is there, bitrate is higher than anyone else im using right now, and really nice channel lineup. Price is fantastic, at 10 bucks im really happy. They are definitely worth a shot, if your looking. They do trials, just wanted to give them a review since i hadnt seen one for them.
Good review, thanks for the information.
I decided to do a trial after reading it, and one thing I'd like to warn people about is their web security seems to be lacking, so I suggest using a different username / email / password than one you share with any other site.
I say this because I noticed the confirmation page displays your chosen password in plain text. This is big no-no from a development standpoint as it suggests they may store unhashed / unsalted passwords, meaning your password is vulnerable and potentially readable by anyone with access to their database.
Normally, passwords should never be readable once submitted, even by the people with access to the database. Best practice is to only store lengthy hashed values that can't be read or decrypted to find the original input without compromising multiple systems and gaining access to the source code on the server. These hashes are generated by 'salting' the user supplied password with additional hidden characters (to foil potential rainbow table attacks) and then applying encryption algorithms, usually repeating these salt / encrypt steps multiple times.
Any site that emails you your password if you forget it, or displays it anywhere at all in plain text, should be cause for concern. Sites that won't let you select a new password because it is 'too similar' to a previous one are concerning as well (though there are safe ways of doing this), since it means they could be storing your password incorrectly (if they can compare individual characters from old ones, then it probably wasn't hashed before saving), or they may only be using part of the password you provided and truncating the rest.
Anyway, sorry for the side tracked rant. Thanks for the review.