u/broteus7

So I decided to take the plunge and invest in different equipment to stream my kids' games. I bought 3 Mevo Starts and 1 slate 7 travel router. I had an Anker C300 portable battery already and decided to test the set up at yesterday's game. I used my pixel 9 pro XL to stream by tethering.

There were constant hiccups even though I changed the quality and the latency. Is this to be expected or could it have been based on placement of the router/cameras? I had 1 camera behind home plate and the other 2 equidistant on both sides before 1st base/3rd base. I set up the router behind home plate about 15 feet behind the location of that camera.

Is there anything I could to help with the streaming issues? I went ahead and ordered Starlink a few days ago but wasn't sure if the issue was tied to my hotspot or if it was router placement/camera placement. Should I be running it in 2.4 ghz or 5 ghz? Were there settings I need to make on the slate7?

Also, I was thinking of getting some sort of tripod set up for starlink/slate7 so it's raised a bit more. How much of a difference would raising starlink be or would it be better to raise the slate7 higher?

I have the opportunity to buy the VM33 for really cheap but most posts I'm reading shows the Mevo Start as the one behind home plate.

I just discovered the option to be able to stream recently and it's something I want to invest in as my wife can't make most of the games but I do have a few questions. I've been reading some old posts to get a general idea of the ideal scenario but still unsure of a few things.

The recommendation seems to be a Mevo Start for the ease and integration with the Gamechanger app. How difficult is it to use something else like the Nearstream VM33?

I'm currently imagining 3 cameras, 1 travel router connected to a spare iPhone hotspot (someone else runs the game changer app for scoring), and 1 iPad for the stream. If I were to set up multiple cameras, a travel router seems like the best option, correct? Would a spare iPhone connected to the router be fast enough to stream with 3 cameras? Does the number of cameras affect upload speed/bandwidth or is it not going to be an issue because it's whatever is on the iPad that will be using up the hotspot data? I know people suggest starlink but I don't think I'm ready to go that route.

Is there a travel router that's not too expensive that is worth it? Would a spare voice sim from t-mobile work in the travel router? I tried using a spare voice line sim into an android tablet and the tablet connected fine but it would not work with an iPad.

Do I need an SD card if I'm purely looking to stream and not record?

Or will the original account holder get billed?

A red/black marucci glove with a few autographs on it. My kid lost his glove there today.

I'm a public school teacher and planning to retire in about 18 years. I'm in California and at that age, I would be maxing out whatever I can get for my pension. Based on the calculator, it looks like I may end up with about $11000-$12000/month before tax as my pension with the current salary levels, but I do expect that salary level to rise over the next 18 years (for content, when I started 19 years ago, the max salary was at 98K, currently it's sitting at at 140K).

I want to start having a bit more money just in case and was wondering the best way to invest. I keep seeing suggestions from VOO to SCHB to SWPPX. I'm typically risk adverse but since I am planning on my pension, I'm willing to invest in more risky investments. A few years ago, I invested 20K in a penny stock and currently have almost 200% return on that. I was originally going to just keep it there but should I take out the profits and invest in something else?

Looking to invest anywhere from $500-$1000 a month.