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Costs, comparisons and planning before you pay. 7 guides from our support team.

Before you pay for any TV service, it helps to know what you’ll really spend and what you actually need. These guides work through the numbers: a full-year cost worksheet for cable versus internet TV, a screen-planning guide for households, and how live channels and streaming apps fit together.

They’re written to help you decide, even if the answer isn’t us. You’ll also find a privacy and security checklist for your home network and devices, a game-night setup guide for live sports, and tips for watching while you travel or spend the weekend at the cottage.

Buying guides · 14 min read

Cable vs IPTV Cost: How to Compare a Full Year, Line by Line

Monthly prices hide box rentals, add-ons and tax. Add up a full year of your own bill with our worksheet and compare it with a 12-month plan for the same screens.

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Buying guides · 14 min read

IPTV vs Streaming Apps: Live Channels or On-Demand, or Both?

Live channels with a TV guide, or on-demand libraries you start any time? What each does best, what stacking app subscriptions costs and how to run both on one TV.

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Buying guides · 15 min read

How to Stream Live Sports in HD: A Game-Night Setup Guide

A wired connection, the right channel version, frame-rate matching, motion settings, commentary audio, spoiler-free delay and a checklist for game night.

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Buying guides · 13 min read

How Many IPTV Connections Do I Need? Plan Your Household’s Screens

Count the streams that play at the same moment, not the TVs. Scenarios, a device worksheet, bandwidth per screen and 12-month prices for 1 to 5 screens.

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Buying guides · 14 min read

Streaming Privacy and Security: A Practical Checklist for Your Home

Router and Wi-Fi settings, a guest network for TVs, official app stores, smart TV viewing data, safe e-Transfer payments and how to spot fake renewal messages.

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Buying guides · 14 min read

How to Watch IPTV While Travelling: Cottage, Hotel, RV and Road Trips

Cottage internet, hotspot data per hour, hotel sign-in pages, travel routers, hotel TVs, RVs, a packing list and keeping the TV guide right across time zones.

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