Internet TV or IPTV is a way to receive information from TV channels through a regular Internet connection. To watch such television, you only need a special player program and, in some cases, a little skill.
Today we will consider seven representatives from among tV players... All of them perform basically one function: they allow you to watch TV on your computer.
IP-TV Player is, according to the author, optimal solution for watching Internet TV. It copes with the task perfectly, all functions and settings are in place, nothing superfluous or complicated. There are some problems with finding workable channel playlists, but this drawback is found in all free solutions.
A distinctive feature of IP-TV Player is the function background recording unlimited number of channels.
Crystal tv
Also a pretty nice TV player to use. Unlike IP-TV Player, it is a desktop application of the Crystal.tv website. This fact speaks of the full support of users, the reliability and stability of the player and broadcasts.
The number of available channels can be increased by purchasing one of the premium Internet TV packages on the website.
But the main distinctive feature Crystal TV from other players presented in this article is a complete adaptation for mobile devices... This is indicated by the form of the interface and the arrangement of its elements on the screen.
SopCast
A program for viewing IPTV SopCast, or simply Sopka. The program is mainly intended for viewing and recording foreign channels. This feature of the player can be useful if you need to familiarize yourself with any information before other Russian users.
In addition, Sopka allows you to create your own broadcast without unnecessary settings and other headaches. Any multimedia content can be transmitted via SopCast and even broadcast live.
RusTV Player
This program for watching TV channels is one of the simplest solutions for IPTV. A minimum of control buttons, only sections and channels. Among the few settings is switching between playback sources (servers) if the broadcast is unavailable.
Eye TV
Another software that, in its simplicity, can only be compared with virtual keyboard... The program window contains only buttons with channel logos and a useless search field.
True, Glaz TV has an official website, which makes it akin to Crystal TV. Paid services the site is not represented, only a huge list of TV channels, radio stations and webcams.
ProgDVB
ProgDVB is a kind of "monster" among TV players. Supports anything that can be supported, broadcasts Russian and foreign channels and radio, works with hardware such as TV tuners and set-top boxes, accepts cable and satellite TV.
Of the features, support for 3D equipment can be distinguished.
VLC Media Player
About VLC Media Player you can write a lot and for a long time. This multimedia harvester can do almost everything. Most of the TV players are based on it.
VLC plays TV and radio, plays audio and video of any format, including links from the Internet, records broadcasts, takes screenshots, has built-in self-updating libraries with lists of radio stations and musical compositions.
A feature of the player that distinguishes it from others is the ability remote control (general access from the network) via the web interface. This allows you to perform certain manipulations with the player, for example, make a VLC control panel from a smartphone.
These are the programs for watching TV over the Internet. All of them have their own characteristics, pros and cons, but they all cope with their tasks. The choice is yours: simplicity and rigid framework or complex, but flexible settings and freedom.
Absolutely free, you are offered a huge number of only Russian channels, with excellent quality of the output video stream.
Introduction:
Forget about all the applications that you saw for watching Russian TV channels online, as they all had poor video stream quality, and were also very limited in the number of channels. The application "" does not have any restrictions and is available to the maximum possible amount TV channels, while there is a choice between low and high quality. I can confidently assure you that from the entire list of channels, you will not find a single English-speaking one, and their total number is a whopping 130 and they are all fully functional. Only in Russian and only in high quality.
Interface and functionality:
The application interface is simple to disgrace and you will not need to get used to or delve into any complex mechanisms for a long time. There are two icons next to the channel - LQ and HQ. LQ allows you to watch the TV channel of your choice in low quality, which definitely cannot be called terrible (on the Nexus 7, low quality looks quite acceptable). HQ stands for high quality video, and that's really true. As the developers themselves say, to view the video stream, you need an installed third-party player VLC Media Player or MX Player. In the application itself, the developers provide a link only to VLC, but in MX Player everything is viewed without problems. I would also like to mention the quality of the Internet connection, which will be required for comfortable viewing of channels: for low quality, this parameter corresponds to a value of 1 Mbps, and for high quality - at least 4 Mbps. Quite modest parameters, but with mobile internet it will be difficult to watch the channels. During the testing of the application, some bugs were noticed, for example, when watching a high quality video, the player automatically closed after 3-4 minutes, which was not observed when watching channels in low quality. If, when choosing a certain quality, you get an error message, then try to open this channel in a different capacity, since, for example, the 2x2 TV channel is available only in HQ quality, and EUROSPORT in LQ quality. There were no other problems with the application and I hope there won't be. Let's summarize: "" is so far the best application presented on Google play, which really deserves your attention and is recommended for use with a special attachment Must have! Happy viewing!
