Updated March 1, 2019
I’ve been using IPTV services for the past couple of years and between that time, have tried over 20. First off, anyone that is expecting 100% reliability with zero buffering might as well stick with cable. The true test for me is how these services preform during peak times and big PPV events. I don’t care for VOD as I have my favorite addons and apks for all my movies/shows.
Beast TV: Good for Canadian and US content. Extremely quick, great quality, not a bad epg, solid sports section, PPV and adult. No VOD. Good price at $15 for 2 connections.
Vader’s TV: Probably one of the best for sports with matchcenter but can face some buffering from time to time. $15 for 3 IPs / 5 connections is great.
Gears TV: Great service abut a little too costly for one connection and have to pay extra for the guide. $20
Obey Streams: APK is great. Works well but I get better stability on Beast TV. Plus it’s $5 more. You do get VOD but it’s not a huge selection. Good service but not quite there.
Area 51: For a budget IPTV, can’t beat Area 51. Has about 1400 channels and haven’t faced much buffering at all. $7 for 3 connections is tough to beat.
TPK: A little bit more at $8 for 1 connection but the players klub rarely faces any downtown and it does well for PPV and sports.
TNT: Not too bad of a price at $7 for one connection and tends to do a pretty solid job for PPV and sports.
Venom: $12 for 3 connections. Has run reasonably well for me and good quality.
Streams For Us: Can't really beat 8000 channels and 2 connections for $7. Of course when you have that many channels, a good number might be SD quality but who really cares. If you're expecting much out of a $7 service, you might as well stick to cable.
Kodi Solutions: A good service for the price, but their website is down at the moment.
Eternal: One of the best but good luck getting a subscription.
Prime Media: Don't waste your cash.
Crystal: Quality is amazing but I get quite a bit of buffering during peak times.
Stargate: Relatively new company. Good customer service, price is cheap but haven't tested it yet with PPV. Channels don’t load up too quickly and epg is ok.
Alien Streams: Ran really well but only get 1 connection at $10.
I've also tried Xstreamz, King of Streams, Pirates Corner and WPC. They were OK but just your typical re-sellers and didn't quite perform to my liking.
Hope this info helps.
i don't care that you don't care what i say, but vaders is the buffer zone dude. Heck, just look at their twitter right now, their sh*t is down yet again. I had it for 1 year, and I'll never go ba..............*buffering*