Streaming US TV Lakeside

You may want to research Superbox S4 Pro,
https://superboxhome.com/products/superbox-s4-pro
10mb minimum required. No monthly fees. See their channel guide for available channels.

Superbox S4 Pro. Tons of free channels. Easy setup. Some buffering. I think I need to clear cache in tools and I plan to move my router closer in direct line of sight. I've only had it a few days. Mated to TotalPlay wifi with 100 mb down and 30 mbs up.

Basically setup is:
1) connect a HDMI cable to your TV,
2) put two batteries in the remote control,
3) plug in the power cable to the Superbox.  It has a hard drive built in, so it will whir around a bit and then poof the setup menu appears.  
4) Select network settings to connect to your wifi router with your password.  Poof it loads up and you are done.  That is basically it unless you want to add channels which I did not need.

It works better on wifi than cable, according to Superbox.  After connected to wifi, the menu pops up and you will see the Blue TV option I think with the home button.  It is preloaded along with hundreds of channels within Blue TV.  Use the VOD, Voice on Demand, feature to call out any channel you want to view so you do not have to scroll thru hundreds of included free channels, i.e., speak "TLC", and then 4 TLC options will appear on the screen.  Scroll to the one you want to view and select enter. VOD is the microphone button on the remote control.

It comes with very little setup instructions mostly because they are not needed.  In my case after recent eye surgery I could not see the face of the remote control clearly and so I missed the "cursor" button.  You have to select that for the cursor to appear on the screen to navigate thru some setup features or to add apps if desired.  After my son found the cursor button, the rest was intuitive.  I think I can improve the buffering aspect if I clear the cache and I have not done that yet.  Also, Superbox recommends that you select a 5G network but I have not chosen that yet although TotalPlay comes with both a 4G and 5G option.  I am working on the buffering issue and I think I can improve it.  I find it simpler than Roku or Amazon Firestick and I have both of those in addition to Shaw.  Time will tell,

Yes I agree that it will be a challenge if someone wants to turn on the TV and make the majic work. Someone local will probably pop up on FB who will provide service to users of Superbox the same as Rich did with Firestick.

I just spent about 2 hours with a reset of the Superbox S4 Pro in an effort minimize and/or eliminate buffering. The Blue TV and Blue VOD software that came installed with the product was defective and I had to do a reset to download the newer versions. Somewhat complicated for me and most likely others who are tech challenged. YMMV

RickS wrote:Kiko, did you resolve your problems with the box?

After the reset and download of the superbox along with Blue TV and Blue VOD it is working. I left it on for about 6 hours yesterday and it froze up once for about 5 seconds. Today I moved it back to the room where it will be used and I relocated the router to a better location. So time will tell.

@RickS  
The Superbox does buffer occasionally but not much of a problem for us.  We have Roku that my wife uses for Netflix because she prefers the Roku Netflix format more than the Superbox Netflix version.  We do not watch Shaw anymore. We have a Firestick that is not used because programs are dropped frequently and I got tired of dealing with Rich to reprogram it.  So the Superbox works best for our needs.  

The VOD, Video on Demand, is their version of a movie platform like Netflix.  Plenty to see.  I have not tried playback.  I do not see the Superbox platform as geeky, I found it simpler than a hacked Firestick or a Roku. PBS is available along with 1377 other channels all set up for you so no techno geek black magic to download more programs. The Voice Command is great so you do not have to search thru the many channels.

Superbox pretty much is plug and play once you setup your wifi network.  One problem is the documentation with the remote control is non existent so there is a learning curve but for the most part it is intuitive.  I went to the Superbox website chat line to seek info on the remote control.  They asked for my location and I told them we purchased the S4 on Amazon in the states.  They said that they only provided assistance if the unit was purchased direct from Superbox.  I have not needed any other assistance since then and it has been about a month.  I think Superbox can access the box and tweak with updates whenever they want.  It has been working better as time goes by.
We have the S4 Pro.    Hope that helps,

@RickS, mine has 3 PBS channels.  I also watch 4 local news stations in central Texas. I see CBS and ABC Denver local news nut not NBC Denver

https://super-box.co/pages/channels-list

We do not use a VPN. Actually I do not watch much TV, but my wife does and when she is home the TV is on. With the Superbox I have started watching some channels because there are so many choices available without subscriptions. Probably 25 or 30 Cinemax, Showtime, HBO for example. The minor buffering issue is far less of a frustration than the downside issues with Shaw, Firestick, and Roku IMO. Fingers crossed.