Introduction
The development of the Internet is gradually negating the role of traditional television. To watch the channels, it is not necessary to put the antenna or pull the cable into the apartment. Some people refuse TV in the usual sense, and nowadays you won’t surprise anyone if people don’t have it at all. His role can easily be performed by a computer with an IPTV-television service. Consider how to set up IPTV for viewing on a computer.
Nowadays IPTV can be viewed on any device.
The advantages of IPTV-TV and a variety of technology
IPTV technology offers watching TV channels via an Internet connection. Among the advantages are the following:
- excellent signal quality, especially in HD quality;
- the absence of any interference;
- viewing the desired TV channels, the ability to select them almost individually;
- the ability to pause, repeat and write programs;
- selection of audio tracks and subtitles;
- regulation of access through parental control;
- the ability to view the program after its completion.
You are watching TV at a completely new level. You have the opportunity to independently make a package of your favorite TV channels. In addition, you are not tied to the time of the ether.
There are also several technologies on which IPTV works. Today, the practice of providing services by an Internet provider has practically disappeared, when it was necessary to download additional software and most often buy a console.
Today, cameramen greatly simplify the lives of their customers. For use, you often need only a browser or a proprietary player with settings already made. You simply enter your account details, select a channel and enjoy watching. Also on specialized forums, you can find pirated playlists with a set of TV channels that you can view on most video players.
Famous Internet TV Providers
On the territory of Russia, you can easily watch the following IPTV providers.
Fun. Service from national provider Rostelecom. Available by default as a bonus to Interactive TV customers, but not the operator’s subscribers can access the site. To do this, you will need to create a profile and pay for the package of services. Three packages are offered: Starter, Adult and HD. To view enough browser.
Torrent tv. The site is known as a provider of torrent television. Both free and paid access is possible. Most of the channels are pirated and depend on the distributor, since the system works on the principle of peer-to-peer torrent networks. Often the channels are blocked. Paid subscription gives additional features, as a higher priority access, as well as a playlist for IPTV. In this case, you will not have to install additional software, but use regular programs that reproduce playlists. For example, VLC Player.
Homeland TV. American IPTV provider available worldwide. A subscription for a month, three months and a year is offered. To view on the computer, you can download the branded player Rodina TV Player, ProgDVB or watch through the browser online. The provider broadcasts a huge number of channels, provides a TV program, allows you to view on several devices, has an archive of programs and a cinema hall.
Picture tv. Another foreign provider. Offers a large number of TV channels with the ability to watch on your computer through a browser or corporate KartinaTV Player. Offers a standard set of features: viewing on three devices at the same time, trial access, parental control, affiliate program, listening to radio stations, archive of films and TV shows. The Basic package is now available, providing 80 channels without sports and HD channels.
How can I watch IPTV
All IPTV providers allow you to watch TV channels both through a browser and through an external player. You do not need to make deep settings.
Through the browser
The easiest way. To view, you need to go to the provider's website, enter your account information or create a new one, select a channel package, pay for the service. In some cases, the web version has some limited technical capabilities, but you can click to pause, rewind or select programs from the archive without any problems.
Through the player
Some operators offer their users to download a branded video player with the necessary settings, for example, Rodina TV Player or KartinaTV Player. Go to the site, download it, enter your login and password, select the program. You can pay for the service through the website or payment terminal. In addition, you can install the VLC Player. It easily allows you to view online streams of various formats, as well as IPTV playlists.
- Go to the official website //www.videolan.org/vlc/, download the file for your operating system, install it.
- After launching, in the main window, click the “Media” - “Open URL” tab and paste in the IPTV stream address. You can take it either in your personal account on the provider's website, if it provides such a service, or on a specialized forum, about which we wrote a little higher.
There are other VLC Player based players, for example, IP-TV Player. The link should be inserted in the menu item “Settings” - “General”. The program allows you to make separate settings for each channel, record playback programs, and also has a visual menu for channel selection and much more.
Conclusion
Watch Internet TV on your computer is a trendy and modern trend. If you find a quality service provider, you even stop thinking about traditional television. And do not expect quality from free giveaways. For the quality you need to pay. In the comments, write to us which service and which programs you use to watch IPTV on your computer.