Silver
Trial
24 Hours
Free
/1 Day
An independent look at Forest IPTV: what it does well, where it falls short, and who it suits.
Pricing Plans
Silver, Gold and Platinum, each sold in eight terms from a day to a year. What you see is what renews, with no second-year increase.
Free
/1 Day
$8.99
/1 Month
$24.99
/3 Months
$44.99
/6 Months
$74.99
/1 Year
$139.99
/2 Years
$189.99
/3 Years
$239.99
/Lifetime
Free
/1 Day
$11.99
/1 Month
$32.99
/3 Months
$59.99
/6 Months
$99.99
/1 Year
$199.99
/2 Years
$279.99
/3 Years
$349.99
/Lifetime
Free
/1 Day
$14.99
/1 Month
$39.99
/3 Months
$74.99
/6 Months
$124.99
/1 Year
$249.99
/2 Years
$349.99
/3 Years
$449.99
/Lifetime
Forest is quietly competent, with a broad nature and documentary offering that sets it slightly apart, but otherwise it competes on the same terms as its neighbours.
The headline figures for Forest, measured rather than quoted from marketing.
Each service is tested on the same player and the same connection, at the same times of day. Marketing speed tests and trial-only logins are ignored, because neither survives a normal evening of viewing.
Four measurements decide most of the score: start-up time, stability under peak load, the real resolution behind each feed, and the response when a channel fails. The last matters most, because a failure is where a provider shows its true colours.
A month at minimum, covering a renewal. Providers frequently behave differently once the first payment has cleared, and the only way to see it is to stay past that point.
Reliability carries the most weight, followed by picture quality, then support, then price. Quality is judged on what is actually delivered rather than what is advertised, since the same feed can look excellent or terrible depending on the line it arrives on. The full weighting is published on the reviews index.
Forest is worth a look if documentaries and nature channels are your main diet.
Plain answers to the questions Forest raises most often.
Two factors settle it: how much live sport you watch, and how many screens run at once. Keep both in mind as you read the score. If you would rather test the water first, every plan here includes a 24-hour trial.
Long enough to cover a renewal, and long enough to include a busy weekend, two peak evenings and a quiet afternoon. Anything shorter tends to confuse a one-off glitch with a service that simply cannot cope at busy times.
Three things: a channel count that cannot be produced on request, a support desk that stops answering tickets, or a refund that takes more than the stated window. Any one of those moves a provider to the bottom of our list regardless of picture quality.
Yes. Silver offers the same HD channels on one screen at the lowest monthly rate, minus the premium sport and film add-ons. For price-led buyers it is the sensible comparison.
There is a free 24-hour trial on every tier, with no card required and the same access as a paid plan. Testing first is the whole point.