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In the last few years, television consumption has undergone a fundamental shift. The reasons behind this change are largely due to the technological advancement and changes in viewers’ tastes. But it is not only in the kind of devices we use or in their sheer differentiation and portability that this change has occurred; it is also in our access to content. And in that access, some would argue, lies the viewing experience itself. The bright new player in this access space is IpTV, or Internet Protocol Television.
Television content can now be accessed in ways other than through traditional terrestrial, satellite, or cable systems. Of the many exciting developments in internet technology over the last few years, perhaps one of the most exciting is the ability to stream not just video but also live television programs, on-demand content, and even recorded shows over the internet. Television delivered through the internet is called internet protocol television, or IPTV. It is well developed and increasingly in use in places where there is good internet connectivity and enough strength in it to carry the bandwidth that might be required for streaming video.
IPTV player is a software package with access and control for users in content, and can be installed in any kind of hardware but used here is on a laptop or desktop PC with windows 10/11 installed on it. Most IPTV players support several file formats as well as many different protocols in order to allow access to as wide an area of sources of content as is available. However, the really critical aspect of an IPTV player is its user interface. Most IPTV players are designed to have easy and simple UIs where one can search through the available channels quite easily. On the other hand, those supposed parental-control features of some players seem like an even better way of establishing the proper setting for viewing. Lastly, most have an Electronic Program Guide or EPG, a functionality that closely mimics that of the on-screen menu a cable set-top box features.
IPTV players are great. They provide access to an almost unlimited number of channels and content from all over the world, and they do it at a price that is undercutting something like a basic cable subscription by a long shot. That alone should give IPTV players some serious consideration, but the price-to-value ratio is not where the advantages stop. IPTV players provide something basic cable does not and that some streaming services do not: the ability to watch something entirely at one’s own convenience, without ever having to know when it is scheduled to air. That kind of audience control is not only desirable; increasingly, it’s viewed as a foundational part of 21st-century entertainment.
Moreover, IPTV services often provide viewer interactivity features that are more interactional than those of other video technologies. For example, many IPTV services sometimes incorporate live chats during broadcasts and an audience participation in content-shared avenues like social media. They are still for some something of a “couch potato” endeavor, but they are much more interactivity-rich than traditional TV, even many online video portals. IPTV players and the services that they stream can have a dodgy side, too; we will get to that in another post. The good side seems to far outweigh the bad, though.
In addition, the quality of a stream varies widely based on the individual user’s connection. As articulated in the “potential pitfall of not having a robust Content Delivery Network, a user running IPTV over an unreliably connected piece of the ‘net will have trouble—a difficulty cured in sound IPTV design through making use of the tried-and-true technique of video servers at close-in, regional cache centers. However, if a user cannot get internet in the house in the first place, then IPTV is clearly not going to work for him or her. … All of this said, the users of these services, where they are netted in at least 720p HD (1280×720) quality, might very well have a better viewing experience than traditional live TV using an antenna or, say, pay TV via a coaxial cable to the set-top box.