Stream Smart Blue Pro

     As we were planning to get on the road full time we were looking into all the different ways that we could watch TV.  Plan number one.  Change our home base Dish Satelite to one mounted on the RV.  After a long conversation with the parts guy at  Camping World, we would need the top of the line dish to get what we had been getting at home.  After installation costs, it was going to set us back just over $2,000, plus $80/month for a minimum of two years.  

      Our second plan was to live stream Direct TV.  Since we use AT&T and Direct TV is now owned by them, we could get the dish, DVR, and service set up at my sister's house.  That way we could live stream TV to our phones for no extra cost or data usage and then mirror our phones to the TV in the RV.  We could even use the DVR remotely with our phones.  This would eliminate the need for a dish mounted on the RV and my sister could have free satellite in her home!  But once it was all set up and we gave it a try, we found that Direct TV had built in software to prevent their live stream from being mirrored to a larger screen.  I guess their thought was that no one really watches TV on their phones much.  We canceled the service.  All through the process, we were told that is was no problem to mirror their stream.

    Our third plan was StreamSmart.  This was something that I had never heard of before.  We were at the Portland RV Show and we stopped at a booth that was selling these small blue boxes.  You simply connect them to the Internet hardwired or wireless and then to a TV or a monitor with an HDMI cable.  The box gives you the ability to stream anything that is on the Internet directly to your phone.  You can stream everything from You-tube to Netflix, to Hulu, to networks like HBO, CBS, etc., to websites, to live TV, to live sports, to movies that are still in the theaters.  If you purchase the box from them and not a third party like Amazon, you receive regular updates and free help with any issues you might have.  The price of the box varies a bit depending different things, it is usually in the $400 neighborhood.  Once you purchase the box, you never pay another cent.

     We bought one there at the show and have been using it for several months.  We've been able to watch everything from live morning news to all six seasons of Game of Thrones on HBO.  AT&T has unlimited data plans now so we use a wifi hotspot for our Internet.  Unlimited Internet from AT&T means they may slow you down after 22 gigabits, but that's per device.  Last month when we passed 54 gigs, we weren't able to stream, so for $10 a month, I added a second hotspot and the problem was solved.  It is a bit tricky to figure out how everything works and how to find what you're looking for, but once you figure out how to save things as "favorites" then it's very quick and easy to watch your shows.

    To find the device go to https://www.streamsmartblue.com/  I was so impressed with the device when Jacob (the gentleman I purchased it from) was back in the Portland area at another show, I found his booth and asked how I could help promote the device.  He set me up with a discount code that people I show the device to can use to take $50 off of whatever the internet price is currently at.  Just type in Rick6210 on the checkout page.  Contact me at  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  if you want to contact Jacob personally.   He can answer every question you might have.  When my friend Tom contacted him, he actually was able to come to Tom's RV and show him how it all worked.  I can't say enough good things about Jacobs knowledge and professionalism.