Every guide here follows one and the same rhythm: install a player, feed it three values, and let the channel list pull down. Those three values — server, username, password — stay identical from one device to the next, so the moment the first telly is running, every other screen in the house is a two-minute job. What actually differs is where each platform tucks its menus away, and that is exactly where people come unstuck.
Most homes in the UK and Ireland already own everything they need for this. A Fire TV Stick from Amazon, Argos or Currys turns any set with an HDMI socket into a streaming telly; a Samsung or LG smart TV runs the apps on its own; an Android box, a phone or the family laptop all work just as well. There is no dish to bolt to the wall, no aerial, and nobody coming round to fit anything. For a clean 4K picture you want broadband of roughly 25 Mbps, though the HD feeds are happy on a good deal less. Pick the guide that matches what is already sat under your telly and work down it.