hi there. i'm a bit new to the iptv concept and have done a bit of reading about and it seems like a great option for me. i've got 360mb fibre broadband and it offers a massive amount of channels that i'd use. i've found a guy offering a package for the mag 254 box, fully loaded to play and a years subscription for £180 delivered. the boxes seems quite a bit cheaper to buy alone, but presumably that wouldn't include any service. would that be a good deal? any advice would be great!
That's a big NO NO to buy one year in advance, I did that mistake and I don't recommend you to do the same. You never know how your suppliers IPTV service are before you test it. You also need to ask your supplier if he lock the Mag box 254 to his panel. Because if he do that then you can't change supplier.
Do your research before signing with an provider. You will find lot of mag iptv provider review sites out there, here are one of them http://howtosetupmag254.tech/tag/mag-254-iptv-review/
I have been using www.tvluux.com since a couple of months and can recommend them. Here's a review I did on them https://iptvserviceprovider.wordpress.com/2016/08/12/does-tvluux-really-work-a-3-month-review-and-analysis/
What's the difference between mag price and the yearly sub? These things can be good but research and trying the various sub options out is a better idea imho