01What it costs next to a US cable bill
Plenty of American households pay well over $100 a month for cable once the box rental, the regional sports fee and the taxes are added. That's more than $1,200 a year.
Kemo IPTV's 1-year plan for one screen is $55.99 for the whole year, about $4.67 a month. Need the kids' room and the living room going at once? Two screens for a year is $104.50. There's no contract, no installation appointment and no box to send back.
02The best devices for KemoTV in the US
You don't need anything special, but some devices make the experience a lot nicer than others.
- Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K or 4K Max, which is cheap, sold everywhere and easy to set up
- Google TV boxes like the onn. 4K box from Walmart or the Google TV Streamer, which install player apps from Google Play
- Nvidia Shield: the smoothest option if you watch a lot of 4K
- Apple TV 4K: great picture, paid player apps
- Samsung and LG smart TVs: no extra box needed on most models from 2017 onwards
Roku doesn't really do IPTV. The player apps aren't in its store. If you've got a Roku TV, a $30 Firestick plugged into a spare HDMI port is the easy fix.
03Data caps: the part nobody mentions
Some US internet providers cap how much data you can use each month (Xfinity's 1.2 TB cap in many areas is the best-known example). Streaming uses roughly 3 GB an hour in HD and about 7 GB an hour in 4K.
So a family watching four hours of HD a day uses around 360 GB a month, comfortably under most caps. Watching everything in 4K on two TVs is when it starts to add up. If you're on a capped plan, keep 4K for the big games.
04On the West Coast? Fix the TV guide first
If your program guide looks three hours off, it isn't broken. It just needs your time zone. In TiviMate and IPTV Smarters there's an EPG time offset in the settings. Set it once and the guide matches your local time from then on.