Hi,
I have never used IPTV or Roku earlier and wondering what would be cheaper options to light tv watching! I am more into news and hardly watch sports. I am looking for option that provides mainly canadian channels for news and US entertainment at lowest overall cost of ownership. Please suggest.
Roku is great if you want free or legit paid content, but if you want IPTV, best to get a MAG. Yes there are providers that work on the Roku, but the MAG is pretty much the standard.
Stokedcrf is telling the truth. Get a MAG, and then pick what provider you want to go with. There are puhlenty of resellers in this sub and once you get your MAG you can just read some of the posts here, or maybe even do a call out for a reseller for a particular service.
There are other boxes for IPTV but since you only asked about a Roku or a MAG, that is all I am going to comment on. If you want Canadian channels your best bet is IPGUYS. Have it, love it.
Thank you very much the advice. I am removing roku out of the options now and will continue my research/education.
Stay far away from the ROKU. I have many roku's here collecting dust. For TV, the roku sucks, and is nearly unusable. Your only options for TV would be maybe something like MachTV, etc. These have horrible playback quality and buffering issues. Basically, just imagine all the walmart shoppers trying to connect to the same IPTV servers. I'd rather connect to a mag server than a shared walmart server!
A good rule of thumb: If you can buy the box in a retail store (best buy, walmart etc), you're going to be very disappointed.
If there are legitmate services you want to pay for, like HULU and NETFLIX, MLB TV, HBO Go and stuff like that, and it's all available within your region, then the roku is ok. Big $$$ to subscribe to services like this.
Mainstream boxes are here to make money, not SAVE you yours
If you're looking for "grey market", cost efficient, or a similar experience to a cable company like set top box, you don't want to touch the ROKU.
The roku in like a competitor to an Apple TV. Overpriced and VERY restrictive.