Hey, all! I recently changed countries, and purchased an avov iptv box and service from a reseller when I moved.
Rather than continue paying $25/month, however, I think I can get the same service much more cheaply with the existing box.
As a relative newcomer, the amount of information out there is kind of overwhelming - I was hoping to get a little bit of help on the bare basics of how to shop a new provider.
FWIW I mostly use Kodi for streaming, but use live tv a bit more occasionally.
Thanks for any and all help!!
UPDATE: Okay, gonna post a little bit more detail about my habits and hopes, as requested! The most common use by far is using Kodi to watch streams of TV. Mostly HBO and network stuff. Live TV is less important, and mostly for sports (NFL, NCAA football, NHL, some EPL) and HBO. Don't care about VOD for bootleg movies, etc. Only need English language, US channels preferred but not a deal-breaker.
Would prefer something with good HD performance and up-time, but of course I would!
Hardware is a little AVOV TVOnline box. Real basic. Actually having some issues that I'm not sure whether they're related to server or hardware. Kodi 17 doesn't want to install, and Exodus no longer appears in the Kodi 16 add-ons list. I grabbed a 24-hour trial from somebody, which got live TV working, but the Kodi/Exodus stuff was still failing even with their server info dialed in. shrug
You can definately do better than 25, and should be able to cut that down at least in half and likely even more depending on what servers you choose.
Unfortunately though, there really is no such thing as free tv unless you have an antenna outside to pick up locals.
Realistically, you still have to pay a reseller (or provider) if you want tv.
Even iptv providers pay for their streams. But generally they pay per station. Often they will pay someone cash to capture a station for them, but rest assured the person that is encoding a channel 24 hours a day is not doing so for free.
Kodi plugins, which I'm sure are familiar with, are really the only free options, but as you know your experience with those may vary because those are generally links to stolen reseller feeds and often are temporary and go away once they see a spike of users in their servers.