So I will still sing the praises of Proton TV all day long and recommend it to everyone because it's the best and most stable service I've found, but recently Proton Hosting started reselling for Optimus as well so I bought a month package and here is my honest take on it.

Week one, when he originally advertised it to his current subscribers (I think mid December some time), it was awesome. No buffering, 60fps, lots of UK content, Canada/US was nowhere near Proton levels but still passable given I was more interested in the sports and live events. UFC event was flawless, didn't buffer a single time. There was a big boxing PPV on around that time too...not a boxing guy but I checked it out, 60fps stream, no buffering...and there were two events on at one time, so they had a split screen up on a separate feed which I've never seen anyone do before. Had a Santa Tracker up for Christmas. Little stuff like that...was really great.

Around week three, things started to go off the rails a bit. EPG all messed up, channel zapping slowed way down for anything other than soccer/football content and UK, sports still 60fps and solid so I'm happy but the rest of the service added a LOT of content maybe too fast.

This week, things are settling down, seem a bit more stable, and "Professor Proton" as we call him, has warned us Optimus is a new service and to expect some issues here and there until they settle in.

So I saw a review for them on here, and it seems to be from around the time I first tried it...in which case, good assessment. It's changed a bit since then and if you go in understanding what to expect, the sports content is insane and has the best feeds I've seen outside of actual cable. However, Proton is starting to get some 60fps feeds too it seems so I'm going to stick with them.

Both have VOD, Proton has more. Neither has catchup but if you know how to stream, who cares? Optimus comes with 2 m3u connections, no IP lock. Proton has up to 3 connections, IP locked (you can buy 1, 2, or 3 connections, 1 connection has no lock on it). Both support MAC, friend of mine tried both on his MAG device, both worked well on it.

Bottom line, if you're from the UK you'll love Optimus. US and Canada there's work to be done but supposedly improvements this week. In any event, you can get both Proton and Optimus from Proton Hosting, email him at proton.television@gmail.com

For all the hype some of these other services get on here, I don't understand how people aren't raving about these Proton guys because it's so dependable, EPG is the best there is, picture quality is great, I get no buffering, admin knows what he's doing, Proton gives honest to god the best service, which is unfortunately something some providers don't put any time into. You get treated like a valued customer with this guy, just do yourself a favor and try him. Been using him for 6 months now, posted on here about him maybe 3 or 4 months ago and nothing has changed, except the stream quality has gotten even better. I think he's still giving out free trials but don't hold me to that...bottom line, can't say enough, it will be my go to service until they cease to exist.

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OPTIMUS: Try, don't commit long term, if improvements are what they're expected to be, could be something to invest in a bit longer term but personally, I would stick with month to month.

PROTON: Buy, I signed up for a year, no regrets. Not suggesting you do that, but buy with 100% confidence and you'll be happy.

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Should mention he also sells OK3 I guess. Haven't tried it but he's got it, so there you go.

Anyway, thought it might be useful to hear if it's still as good as my original review a few months ago for Proton, and it is, if not better. And since Optimus was being talked about on here, figured an updated assessment was needed since it changed a bit from the time that review looks to have been posted.

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Hope this was helpful to someone.