Fed up with IPTV

shah1

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Probably been said before but kinda fed up of the constant freezing, buffering when trying to watch content using IPTV! Not sure if there any decent servers out there as most if not all seem to be using the same source which if you ask me, is a load of crock!

So is there anyone out there willing to prove me wrong... Do these glitch free servers exist?? Because I'm beginning to think they don't!
 
Which box are you using?
How is it connected to the router?
Do you often reset your router turn it off completely?
Broadband speed?
How many users on internet at once etc?

To mention a few.
 
Which box are you using?
How is it connected to the router?
Do you often reset your router turn it off completely?
Broadband speed?
How many users on internet at once etc?

To mention a few.

Well its virgin fibre 50megs
Use a smart tv with the Smart STB app
Don't switch the router off and only reset when I need to.

Don't think this would have a massive impact, it's mainly down to the crap that is being sold on here, too many resellers claiming to have their own servers.
 
Occasionally mate you have to unplug or pull power lead out of the router, I know a few people recently who have had problems with Virgin internet. Don't always blame the provider.
 
I have tried loads of iptv providers and it is always constant freezes if the channel even comes on. You say you are on virgin why not get a enigma 2 cable box and try a virgin cline on that or bite the bullet and just get a sky or virgin package.
 
I have tried loads of iptv providers and it is always constant freezes if the channel even comes on. You say you are on virgin why not get a enigma 2 cable box and try a virgin cline on that or bite the bullet and just get a sky or virgin package.

Did think about that but thought I'd give IPTV a go first. Cable will no doubt have the same fate as Sly in near future so kinda reluctant to invest in enigma 2 box.
 
Then just buy the real thing then
If iptv isn’t working for you and cable is already finished for you

Who up and see if you can get a deal
 
Did think about that but thought I'd give IPTV a go first. Cable will no doubt have the same fate as Sly in near future so kinda reluctant to invest in enigma 2 box.


try a different box. mag322 decent provider sorted . Or Formuler z7 +
It's not always the provider occasionally it could be box issue.connection problem. I thought iptv would be like c/share. I got a rude awakening. But iptv has got better.
Don't give up..
 
Hi shah1
Good guys on here giving good advice,
Do the research, test an hr /week / mth plenty of big providers
It's quite eze may last eternal(y)
Keep at it
Regards
 
Much of this sort of thing is about how much you are willing to put into it in terms of time and effort, and most of that particular effort will be to do with your LAN, Router and ISP.
Basic rules to observe are to stay away from the big-6 ISP's
Never ever ever use any appliance supplied by an ISP for any reason
Never ever use an ISP's DNS resolver
Basically, take ownership of your network and make it work for you
Make no mistake about it, the main-stream ISP's don't want you doing what you are doing and will do their best to frustrate you and censor you - sure they will call it something like 'safety' or 'protection' of something of the sort, but at the end of the day it amounts to censorship pure and simple.

Having done that, you will then have half a chance of optimising your equipment for the service that you are using

There are some very good IPTV provider's out there, and frankly in my experience most of the very good ones are re-sellers. Naming any of them here in public posts is against the house rules and rightly so IMHO
I guess what I am saying is, if you want this to work, you need to be prepared to do your bit if you want to get the value from it.
 
The secret is finding them, you will probaly try about 50 before you get the decent one, heh, heh, but as stuss says it is getting better , i dont use it myself, but if cable ever goes pear shaped, then i will have to try and get one of the few good providers, just hope its not for a good while yet.
 
shah1
Your inbox should be getting some abuse by now with offers. .
My advise is keep looking . Or now world cup is upon us..look for offers .
 
@shah1 I was in the same position and I had a whole thread on it.....fed up with IPTV and I was giving up.

Taking into account the cost of broadband/phone etc, I now have Sky Q for entertainment, HD and kids.

Terrarium for Movies and Box Sets and IPTV for sport only.

The cost of sky and IPTV is less than the average IPTV for me now.

Sky/Broadband/Phone is now £45 p/m for me....without sky TV I was paying £38 p/m for phone/broadband, so sky is £7 a month for me.

£40 a year IPTV, so all my TV is less than £11 a month.

Yes IPTV is getting better but it's not always the cheapest and best way.....just a thought for you. I got all that from ringing sky for a deal.
 
Much of this sort of thing is about how much you are willing to put into it in terms of time and effort, and most of that particular effort will be to do with your LAN, Router and ISP.
Basic rules to observe are to stay away from the big-6 ISP's
Never ever ever use any appliance supplied by an ISP for any reason
Never ever use an ISP's DNS resolver
Basically, take ownership of your network and make it work for you
Make no mistake about it, the main-stream ISP's don't want you doing what you are doing and will do their best to frustrate you and censor you - sure they will call it something like 'safety' or 'protection' of something of the sort, but at the end of the day it amounts to censorship pure and simple.

Having done that, you will then have half a chance of optimising your equipment for the service that you are using

There are some very good IPTV provider's out there, and frankly in my experience most of the very good ones are re-sellers. Naming any of them here in public posts is against the house rules and rightly so IMHO
I guess what I am saying is, if you want this to work, you need to be prepared to do your bit if you want to get the value from it.

Xero50 thanks for your input but I haven't a f....... clue what all the top bit is about! Please explain.

@stuss do you know what the difference is between the Formuler Z7+ and Formuler Zx?
 
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Well its virgin fibre 50megs
Use a smart tv with the Smart STB app
Don't switch the router off and only reset when I need to.

Don't think this would have a massive impact, it's mainly down to the crap that is being sold on here, too many resellers claiming to have their own servers.

To be fair you are correct in what you say, there are loads of resellers on here selling the same old rubbish. However, the Smart TV app could be your problem.

The supplier i use now told me not to use my Smart TV as it's just not powerful enough, I ignored him and the service on the TV was awful. I switched to a FireStick and it was spot on. So it could just be that. Same supplier, different device.

On the other hand, I have used plenty of suppliers and had bad service using every device you can think of, it's one of those things, you have to keep on searching.

As I said earlier though, I only use it for sport, if you are using IPTV for all of your TV viewing then you are going to get annoyed with it.
 
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