No more bulky satellite dish: IPTV turns your campervan into a mobile home cinema, as long as you have decent 4G/5G coverage.
Which connection to use on the road?
- Dedicated 4G/5G router (Huawei B535, Teltonika RUT240) with rooftop MIMO antenna
- Unlimited data plan (Salt Home Box Nomad, Sunrise Internet Box go)
- Smartphone tethering as a backup (watch the data cap)
Recommended apps to save data
Pick apps that let you lower quality on the fly: TiviMate (Android), iPlayTV (Apple TV), IPTV Smarters. Stay at 720p to save ~50% bandwidth.
How much data does IPTV use?
- SD: ~700 MB / hour
- HD: ~1.5 GB / hour
- Full HD: ~3 GB / hour
- 4K UHD: 7 to 10 GB / hour (avoid on shared 4G)
Tip: use a VPN for local channels
Travelling abroad and some channels (RTS, SRF) are geo-blocked? A VPN with a server in Switzerland fixes it in seconds.