After weeks of trying I finally found a good IPTV provider and signed up for 3 months but I'm posting this cos I wanted to give a shout to Memu. I'd never heard of it until I mentioned in a group chat that I was having problems with Bluestacks (lagging and buffering streams) - someone recommended I try Memu and the moment I installed it and started using it it worked heaps better
Not badmouthing Bluestacks but if you need an Android emulator I suggest giving Memu a try - they're all free anyway