Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 5:38pm
There's a lot of nonsense talk on this thread.
Yes, there are poor IPTV suppliers, too many. However, there are some good companies out there - you just need to not be looking on Facebook and more looking towards companies established locally, who don't just have a mobile phone number - but do have recommendations on forums / local forums.
My job has been to test hardware and services for over 5 years & i've seen plenty ;-) Rule of thumb, you can only go so cheap. The problem is you get into the realms of multiple re-shared services and too many clients on servers - which you simply can't do that cheaply. Hosting costs - so cheap, is cheap for a reason - but good services do exist.
Whilst I am not a fan of Informir - the manufacturer of the MAG boxes (they are idiots when it comes to updating software), they are in a different league to Amazon Firesticks.
People are under the illusion that Amazon Firesticks are these 'easy to use' devices. They are, as long as you don't do anything other than use Amazon Prime or the content Amazon wants you to use.
Those selling IPTV on Firesticks are selling 'hacked' versions, which they side-load Kodi and then you are in the realms of the same as Android boxes (Firestick is a skinned middling Android stick), as you've removed the Amazon software and now reliant on the most unreliable TV system available - Kodi. Why unreliable - as no one owns the streams, you don't know how many people on them - empty promises. Junk.
Ideally for IPTV a MAG box, newer Ministra model and a supplier that will give you a test - most will if you ask. Otherwise, you'll keep buying half working apps and cheap services which rarely deliver or for long at all.