Because a ranked list can be built around which options pay for placement rather than which ones perform best on a given household's setup, and many readers say so directly in forum threads about buying decisions. That doesn't make every review dishonest, but it does mean a ranking alone is not proof of anything. The fix is to treat any list, including this page, as a starting point for questions rather than a final answer, and to check the same handful of numbers against whatever options you're actually considering: monthly price, refund terms, and what happens after any trial period ends.

They usually compare price tiers, device compatibility, and headline catalog size, since those are easy to put in a table. What gets skipped more often is the refund window's actual terms, whether a card stays on file after a trial, and a real uptime figure instead of a general claim of reliability. IP4KTV's terms are checkable directly: 7 days money-back on paid plans, the $5/24-hour trial is excluded since it exists for testing, no card stored between orders, and 99.99% uptime, which is about 53 minutes of downtime across a full year.

Run the same test on every option: price per month against the annual total, the refund window in days rather than a vague policy statement, and a short paid trial you can use to check the picture on your own device before committing. A $5, 24-hour trial costs less than a single fast-food order and tells you more about a service's real performance than any list's placement order. If a provider won't offer any trial at all, that alone is worth treating as a caution sign rather than a detail to overlook.

1. 1Ask for the refund window in days, in writing
2. 2Use a short paid trial instead of trusting a claim
3. 3Check if a card stays stored after the trial ends