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NeverHome2
Explorer
Sep 22, 2015

Free tv

We went to the Hershey show this past weekend and stopped at a vendor claiming to be able to provide free tv (no cable, no satellite). Of course it was streaming via the internet. They had a box similar to Roku. The vendor was called HEVC Box. One of the big differences was that all the sports channels were absolutely free. Even though the name was HEVC the quality did not seem to be even as good as HD.

We were wondering if anyone has heard of this company and is this legal???
  • Bumpyroad's avatar
    Bumpyroad
    Explorer
    Sep 22, 2015
    $300?????????? I paid well under $100 for my top of the line Roku.
    bumpy
  • quartzster's avatar
    quartzster
    Explorer
    Sep 22, 2015
    This is a 4k box like dozens of others only way more expensive. It runs Kodi like the previous poster said.

    There is nothing special about this box than dozens of others.
  • az99's avatar
    az99
    Explorer
    Sep 22, 2015
    They are likely just selling some type of Android box running Kodi.
    Do some Googleing for Kodi and Raspberry Pi. Kodi can run on Fire sticks and many other devices.
    The problem with all of the "free" IPTV stuff is that the show you want may or may not be available. If no one is uploading it to the internet it is not there.
  • qtla9111's avatar
    qtla9111
    Nomad
    Sep 22, 2015
    If you're talking about live-stream, there is free television. I have been watching television via UsTvnow.com I get five channels; ABC, CBS, NBD, PBS, and CW. You can upgrade but they have never asked me to or forced me to sign up for more. We haven't had cable at home for a couple of years as we watch local Mexican and national news.
  • jcpainter's avatar
    jcpainter
    Explorer
    Sep 22, 2015
    When we travel, we use OTA service, along with ROKU when we have DSL at our snowbird location.

    DH does miss the golf channel. Does anyone know of a way to get the golf channel other than satellite or cable? Paying is fine.
  • NeverHome2's avatar
    NeverHome2
    Explorer
    Sep 22, 2015
    bwanshoom wrote:
    Did they actually show you which sports channels they support? There's nothing free about sports channels, nothing legal any way.


    That was our concern. We are big NASCAR fans and they actually pulled up NBC sports channel. It wasn't very clear. From what I have read about HEVC (the processing of data from point to point) it should be better than HD.

    They said you can watch any football game that is being played... our first thought was what about that "...no rebroadcast of this game..." warning.

    It seemed they are getting a signal from somewhere but it didn't make any sense!
  • bwanshoom's avatar
    bwanshoom
    Explorer
    Sep 22, 2015
    Outside of OTA there's no such thing as "free tv". Their site has no details on what channels they support - that's a huge red-flag right there. Assuming you have unlimited bandwidth or an unlimited budget (which of course is unrealistic) I'd be very wary of this device. It's quite expensive for just being a streaming device.

    Did they actually show you which sports channels they support? There's nothing free about sports channels, nothing legal any way.

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