Whiskyman wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:16 pm
Newmarket wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:39 pm
I just spent best part of an hour replying to this , fat fingered the wrong button and lost the fucking lot
Well, thanks for trying to explain. But, pray tell. Would having an IPTV service or VPN have helped you avoid such a catastrophe ?
I have neither, but I do sometimes suffer from fat finger fuckuppery.
I’m not a tecchie either tbh but it’s a rather keen hobby of mine now that I very rarely get to footy , get to go fishing and drinking doesn’t happen anymore .
Anyway, IPTV.
I’m sure you know it stands for Internet Protocol Television.
Thousands upon thousands of live tv channels from around the world but the services “ we” use normally come out of the UK , USA and Canada and the rest of the English speaking world + many from elsewhere.
You’ll be familiar with most of the sports channels from your live soccer tv app/website .
There are many availabile . The more “ known” they are , and by that I mean the services that are openly discussed on the internet on forums and chat rooms such as Reddit and the like , the more likely they are to get shut down by the authorities for copyright infringements etc .
There is a US based concern known as ACE ( dunno what it stands for) that trolls the internet worldwide in search of these mostly illegal services .
So when somebody wants to go down the iptv route it’s in there best interest to keep it under wraps , which is why I pm’d Jimbo above rather than plastering it on here.
The QUALITY of the service , support/help as well as reliability quite often goes hand in hand with how many paying customers they have and how overloaded their servers and sources are .
Basically the smaller less busy less well known services usually provide the better service .
The service I was with till recently got shut down at a moments notice and thousands of subscribers were left high & dry with no Tv service , they jumped on the internet searching for a good service and/or reviews .
The service Jimmy uses is one of the better known ones and , as he admits , In their greed they took on many new customers at once and their servers can’t cope with the influx.
So long standing customers like Jim are currently suffering a not-so-reliable service , buffering etc .
Those in the know can usually counter a lot of that by altering the IP address server of their chosen VPN which is fine but having to fuck about with it every time your Mrs wants to watch the telly can be frustrating followed by pissed offness
So basically, despite your little joke above , the less people know about your service the more reliable and better quality it usually is.
Oh and each service either supplies their own APK for download or provide you with a code to use a 3rd party app such as Tivi(tv)mate or IPTV Smarters.
They usually have an EPG (electronic programme guide) just like you would get from a cable/satellite service.
As I say , I currently have 2 services , one as a back up in case something goes bandy .
One is US based and one is UK based .
Both have thousands of channels available. As far as Sports channels go they both have the aforementioned channels you are familiar with and many many more .
Every Pay per view event you can think of .
Thousands of series and movies on demand and one of them even has a different dedicated app for a small extra charge with many many more options .
It may not be everybody’s cup of tea , actually it was pretty shit , but the new Halloween movie was released in the states last Thursday and my service had a 4K quality offering available on Sunday evening.
The new Bond movie is expected any day now.
The cost all-in ? I’ll break down what I shell out per month.
Two IPTV subscriptions inc VOD £15.02
Extra optional VOD service £5
VPN £5.03
Total £25.05p
Plus of course your Broadband service , you’ll need a download speed of about 25mgts to be able to watch 4K quality streams , all of this speed stuff easily googled.
You would have to do maintenance on your device once a week , clearing cache , rebooting router etc once a week to keep it running efficiently, again the exact details are usually provided by the service.
Lists posted on the support chat groups every day letting you know which channels are screening which games/matches etc and they also usually have dedicated sections for PL games , La Liga , Bundesliga etc though I tend to use the specific channels in case the main feed has a Sky commentary/coverage.
Because of your VPN your IP cannot tell what your watching so you can tell the Beeb where to stick their tv licence too even if it was legal for them to charge it.
All you have to do is sign up , wait till your old woman has got to grips with it and then tell Virgin and Sky where to stick THEIR services as well .
But quite frankly who doesn’t want to save money every month and still get a lot more for a lot less ?
Their are quite a few users on here that will almost certainly agree with me and could quite possibly add to this thread with advantages that I’ve forgotten .
Of course if somebody is happy with what they currently have that’s great , it’s not for everybody but from what I’ve seen and heard IPTV tends to be a natural progression from KODI .
Hope this has helped explain a bit more