IPTV for Sports (AU/US/UK)
I've been going through the free trials, but have a kid that is sick now and am not able to spend enough time to really get a useful trial in (wife is yelling now too...lol).
First, what I am after: NRL and AFL in Australia, NFL/MLS in US and as much UK football (soccer) as possible. Mainly I will use it for NRL as i'm an Aussie and sick of Kayo pricing and reduction in service. The main channels I tested were AU Fox Sports 502 and Fox Sports 504 (NRL and AFL).
Next: What I've been looking for in my trials -
- Picture quality
- Delay
- Buffering (this one is tough as need to spend more time and could use community help)
Trial outcomes (and please update me on these if you have same/different experiences). Note that I've stuck to services that other posters have mentioned have Aussie sports channels that actually work (so no strong 8k, etc..).
- Crystal -
- Seems to have the best picture quality.
- The worst Delays ( 90+ seconds).
- Only minor buffering/pausing and wasn't an issue there.
- Eagle 4K -
- Picture quality was a comparable to Crystal but more 720 than 1080 for the aussie sports.
- Delay was much better, maybe 20~30 seconds.
- Didn't suffer any real buffering issues, maybe just one short blip.
- Dino -
- Picture quality was okay mostly in 720.
- Delay was similar to Eagle 4K (30 seconds).
- There was a lot of buffering.
- MegaOTT -
- Probably the worst picture quality.
- Delay seemed to depend on day (sometimes 20 seconds sometimes 60 seconds).
- Buffering was a more noticeable but not horrible.
- Dino -
- Picture quality was good, same like Crystal and Eagle 4k.
- Delay was around 30 seconds.
- There was a lot of buffering.
I still need to try B1G and Dream 4K (these coming later today or tomorrow).
I'd appreciate anyone's insights and thoughts on this. Especially for the US/UK channels as I've only had time to get the Aussie ones done.