Newbie- can I access iptv channels from non-smart TV

by tla65

Hi, total newbie to the iptv world so please be patient. Bought an Android box, haven't hooked it up yet. I have a non-smart TV and a Smart TV.

If I hook up the Android box to my Smart TV and then get an iptv subscription, can I access the iptv channels from the dumb TV as well? Would it depend on the iptv provider?

So here's the situation and I need to know if possible and if so, how: I want Italian channels for my mother in law. She is 90, doesn't speak English and frustratingly dumb as a bag of hammers. Yes we love her but it can be so infuriating. It took me 40 min just to teach her how to use a remote that only has ch/vol and power TV/CBL and the numbers. With Bell Fibe she only has 3 channels she just goes up/down with. Doesn't help that Fibe lags sometimes and that just messes her right up.

The TV she is using is the non-smart TV. If we can indeed access the iptv channels on both tv's (I have read that it's possible but idk if those were both smartTV's )

Going even further can the Android box be controlled by a different, more simple converter on that dumb TV? ... I am thinking we can program the simple remote's CBL button to access the Android box and set up those iptv channels in a favourites list. There are codes for Streaming Media Players on that simple converter. not sure which one would be mine but it looks like it can be done.

Any suggestions for my situation or am I SOL. thanks in advance.

Sylocule

The box will only show on the TV it’s connected to unless you have something like a recast system. But then both TVs will be on the same channel.

My mother-in-law is 94 and we have a dumb TV with a basic Android box connected. This has IPTV & Plex installed. But she doesn’t change the channels - my wife or I deal with it. So I feel your pain.

XepiaZ

You can make the Android TV box autostart TiviMate whenever it starts up. That way it'll go right to the last played channel if you set it as such in the settings.