VegasPhil
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Anyone here using IPTV? Seeing it “advertised” more and more. What’s the crack?
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SetH
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Registered: 15th Jul 01
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Do you mean IPTV as a technology or any particular provider you are looking at?
They all claim to be the best provider 
Had a quick nose at these two :
https://www.strongiptv.co.uk/
https://iptv.shop/
I am done with SKY, their product just feels very outdate now and I don't feel netflix is that great value for money so looking into these.
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DaveyLC
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We've binned traditional subscription TV in favour of Plex, HDHomeRun and a subscription to Netflix (farcheaper than sky/virgin)..
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IvIarkgraham
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anyone that says IPTV is better than sky is a liar.
I have sky and IPTV. I get 60% off my sky deal. when that runs out if they dont offer 60% off again i'll just leave and stick to iptv but its not as good. but it is a fraction of the cost
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SetH
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quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
anyone that says IPTV is better than sky is a liar.
I have sky and IPTV. I get 60% off my sky deal. when that runs out if they dont offer 60% off again i'll just leave and stick to iptv but its not as good. but it is a fraction of the cost
Why do you feel it is not as good? selection of channels/programs?
Only disadvantage I can think of is that it is streaming so dependent on a fast fibre connection. I guess if you are a family of 5 with many devices streaming could be an issue. Only benefit I see of Sky is that it is not sapping your bandwidth.
I moved recently and did not renew my Sky, just have Netflix (which is great but I would argue does not encompass the full suite of viewing by any means) at the moment but seriously considering IPTV solutions.
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IvIarkgraham
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picture quality is not as good on IPTV. I get download speeds of around 60meg so thats not the issue.
also the guide on sky is far superior and you can record and series link on sky
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SetH
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Ok so picture quality something to factor in. I guess they all stream in 1080p/4k (I think Sky 4k content is download only right now?) but with IPTV there may be some compression which ultimately reduces picture quality unless I am missing something?
What about sky's audio stream though? it never even compares to the sound quality I get from Blurays, again I expect compression. For that reason I stopped watching movies on sky and just used it for regular TV and sky atlantic/fox , also gave up on music channels and just use itunes and apple music subscription through my Sonos. Been a Sky Customer for 10 years but they have lost me a bit recently if I'm honest it feels dated.
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