Hello all

used to have Time Fibre and Astro IPTV for the past years and now moving into an area where there is no TIME coverage unfortunately. So have to change broadband provider (either TM or Maxis). Astro wants to enslave me with another 24 months subscription (!!) even though I have been a loyal customer so long - so I am thinking to finally cut the cord on them, but I need alternatives. Only reasons for Astro for me was Live Sports (Bundesliga on Fox, Premier League, Olympics and this year Football WorldCup is coming up!). Movies / TV series I do not need Astro for I am willing to change to a paid subscription for streaming (Netflix, Amazon).

My questions:

1. Does anyone have Astro IPTV together with TM Unifi? Or is this not possible (as Unifi comes with HyppTV) and I have to use Maxis? I was lookign to get at least 50MBit/s download.
2. What is a recommended solution for streaming live sport events in high quality in terms of hardware (Android TV box, or the likes of Roku, Chromecast etc.) and software (Streaming service app) at a good cost? Also if I want to watch 4K content for movies / TV series?
3. I prefer a plug & play solution that works stable & sustainable and does not require much knowledge about networks, programming or special knowledge about VPN setups.

I tested over the past days a streaming solution from a friend
- Hardware: Himedia Q3 (I know very old but for testing ok)
- Software: CloudTV was pre-loaded, seems a China App but with subscription has about 400 channels.

The movie / TV series look very good & fluent in HD. But the Sports Channels picture is not as brilliant, clear and fluent as the Astro HD picture. Especially football match and F1  seems to have less frames / s and makes the viewing not so nice. Not sure if this is my low bandwith or the old hardware, but as I said movies look very good in HD.

Any suggestions what I can do?

Thanks

Just want to ask since WorldCup is coming, what are the alternative source that're recommended to watch it without any lagging?

Directvnow needs vpn? is it in 480p? your website doesn't say anything

Does it come with one week trial?

You mean Google dns or otherwise?

The apk suitable for Android boxes or require mode to navigate?