Which Greek IPTV Box Should I Choose?

Hey there! As you should already know, I am a middle aged Greek living within beautiful Australia, the Greek precinct. My wife and me settled within a nice Greek community in Melbourne. Unfortunately, we hit a rough patch recently, when my wife was fired from her work at the local bank office. When this happened, I knew I would need to cheer her up by providing her with TV entertainment in the form of an excellent Greek IPTV box. It was her birthday, so I knew I would need a TV box that would work and remain reliable for eternity.

In order to find a TV box with both Greek and Bein Sports HD channels, I searched the web and found these two potential options

1. Ellas TV
2. ZaapTV™ X IPTV
3. Easybox Maximus

I bought both knowing I could send one back in the future. Below, you’ll learn about my experience with both services.

Most Popular Greek TV Channels

Besides the Bein Sports channels, i would like to get these popular Greek channels.

• Alpha
• ANT1
• ART
• Cosmote Cinema (Premium movie channel with 4 channels)
• Cosmote Sport (Premium sports service with 9 channels)
• E Channel
• ERT1
• ERT2
• ERT3
• ERT HD
• MAD TV (OTA)
• MAD Greekz (NOVA)
• MAD Hits (Cosmote TV)
• Makedonia TV
• Mega Channel
• Nova Cinema (Premium movie service with 4 channels)
• Nova Sports (Premium sports service with 9 channels)
• Skai
• Star Channel

Ellas TV Is Not A Sports TV Box

Ellas TV costs around $40 per month, and unfortunately, you do not get the Premiership matches (Bein Sports HD channels). Ellas TV offers Cosmote Sport, but they do not have the rights for broadcasting Premiership matches.

Ellas TV costs $40 per month and you do not get Bein Sports HD channels.

Ellas TV was removed from my list because of the high price and no Premiership matches.

Unboxing the ZaapTV X

Once I got both boxes with DHL, I had a few days, before my wife’s birthday. Therefore, I decided to experiment with the ZaapTV X it was somewhat tiny and i thought my wife would like it. Wow. It looked much bigger on the computer screen. I  hooked it up, so I could see how it would perform under a little bit of pressure.

Inside of the box, I found everything I needed (including RCA and HDMI cables). I grabbed the RCA cables, Ethernet cable and the power cord. Within a matter of minutes, I had the box hooked up and switched on the TV. Unfortunately, nothing happened and the TV was unable to find a signal. I spent 15 minutes tweaking the TV, but nothing helped. Eventually, I swapped out the RCA cable for the HDMI and got it working. At this point, I was already a little frustrated, but still willing to give the box a chance.

Although the interface was simple and works well, I was able to find a few flaws with the ZaapTV X. The channels switching  was slow. Of course, the biggest let down was the amount of buffering (when watching an HD channel). It was nearly unbearable. So, I put away the ZaapTV X and decided to give the Easybox IPTV a try.

Unboxing The Easybox Maximus

While, I had to do a bit of soul searching to find the best IPTV box, I am very satisfied with the Easybox Maximus. I was definitely concerned about how to setup Easybox IPTV, because ZaapTV X installation process was more than 20 minutes. But believe it or not, I managed to pull it off in less than 3 minutes.

The Easybox IPTV box has a very compact design, so it did not take up a lot of space. I plugged up the electrical and Ethernet cable and then switched on my HDTV. Wow! The video quality was HD and I was able to navigate through the menus very easily.

I’m now two moths in and i am happy with it.

My Thoughts

Easybox Maximus is the winner in this test, it was a much better choice for my wife for a number of reasons, which will be listed below.

• Offers a much wider selection of channels. Except the Arabic channels, you also find English (UK and USA), French, Greek, Russian and Spanish channels.
• Easybox Maximus have all Bein Sports HD channels which was missing in the ZaapTV X.
• Picture quality was gorgeous and zaaping between channels was lightning fast.
• Jailbreaking was easy and delivered a whole selection of new channels.
• Customer testimonials and reviews were very positive. Infact the Easybox IPTV have a better rating than ZaapTV X in both Amazon and eBay.

Thus far, the Easybox Maximus has been incredibly pleasant. It works great, my wife loves it, and I use it frequently too. As far as the ZaapTV X goes, I suppose the company has already received it back by now.