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Originally Posted by wutamess
Fish, what do you think of the StreamSmart devices? I heard the don't use KODI but actually better as you can stream all live TV channels.
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Avoid that shit scam like the plague. Complete waste of money.
It's just a fully loaded KODI box. It's running a forked version of KODI, which causes all kinds of problems down the road. They steal the open source version of KODI and tweak it with their own settings, which is a great way to break things when the KODI main branch is updated. They overcharge by hundreds of dollars, and give you roughly the same hardware you'd get with a FireTV. Their claim of free lifetime live TV is bullshit. They promise free TV, but they use a paid external service called ChannelUP TV. It's a paid pirate TV stream service. You're basically paying someone who's hosting pirated streams from others. The quality is rarely better than what you'd find with other free services. They make no guarantee of performance, and have no control over the sources at all. In addition, there's no guarantee that ChannelUp TV won't be shut down tomorrow, and you sure won't get any money back if that happens. These box sellers are absolute scammers.
You will never receive all live TV channels for free. Live TV streaming is frustrating and unreliable, even with paid services like ChannelUP TV. Regardless, you can get the same ChannelUp TV on any device running KODI if you want to try that. It's not exclusive to StreamSmart devices. You can get a lifetime membership to ChannelUp for $149. Which is what you're paying for in the price of the StreamSmart devices. You're much better off just paying for your own membership to ChannelUp and buying a FireTV. But still, you'd be frustrated with the Live TV setup, I guarantee it.