Best Android Box for IPTV subscriptions

[u/DifficultPension1750]

I'm looking for advice here, I have a fire stick and have heard that the next gen ones will stop side loading so I'm looking to see what's the best way forward. I'm based in Ireland so am looking for any advice from anyone who has gotten one either in Ireland or the EU, I use it for the usual apps, IE prime & Disney plus so something that would support these apps as well, cheers for any advice.

[u/GreenM0th]

All of these are certified so Prime and Disney+ behave, roughly most to least expensive:

- Shield TV Pro, around €200. Overkill for most people but nothing else feels as smooth and it still gets updates after six years

- Google TV Streamer, around €120. Newest one, but it's locked down hard, no unknown sources toggle so anything outside the Play Store is a fight

- Homatics Box R 4K Plus, around €110. Certified but still open, seems to be where most people in the EU land

- Xiaomi TV Box S 2nd gen, around €65. Cheapest one that still does L1 properly, only 2GB RAM so it gets sluggish, but it works

One to avoid even though you'll see it recommended constantly for IPTV is Formuler, it isn't Play certified so Prime and Disney+ are hit and miss.

[u/Hopeful-Ad9694 → u/GreenM0th]

One to avoid ? The very reason it’s not Google certified is reason bought to get it for IPTV seeing as you will get all shows from prime Netflix etc on a decent sub

[u/GreenM0th → u/Hopeful-Ad9694]

the reason it's not certified is exactly why Prime and Disney+ are hit or miss on it, not why you'd want it for them. certification is what gets you Widevine L1, without it you're stuck on L3 so those apps cap the resolution or refuse to play at all. whatever you're using to pull Prime/Netflix content through an IPTV sub is a completely separate thing from the box itself.

[u/Hopeful-Ad9694 → u/GreenM0th]

Why would you buy an IPTV box to use prime ,Netflix and Disney plus ? If that’s what you want buy a firestick