Jarvis: I took 6 months with Jarvis after a short trial, which as a mistake, it was consistently buffering at peak times and was unstable.

One reason buffering is bad is that they send all streams through a Los Angles based IP that's from a CDN and I'm on the east cost of the US.

EPG was okay typically.

One month they basically stopped working entirely for weeks, zero locals worked for multiple months. A poor experience overall. Not recommended if you're not on the west coast.

Lesson learned: never buy more than a month at a time.

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Thunder / Hero TV:

These services are okay, buffering isn't too bad on major channels, but they occasionally have broken channels / channels without sound. Expect buffering on obscure / UK channels.

They have catchup on a few channels, which works decently.

EPG is okay, they create groups for events like NCAA Mens basketball which is appreciated but wish they'd include the ones on local US channels in this list too.

The lack of UK Sports channels is frustrating, e.g. they lack BT Sports 2.

They're good enough to keep as a backup but I need to find a better main.

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If anyone has recommendations for trials or private services to try, I'm all ears. I'm motorsports (MotoGP, Motocross, Supercross, F1), and college sports focused, and would love a service with good catchup.