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There are a large number of applications for watching TV on Android. But many of them are unstable or refuse to function at all. In this collection we will look at the best applications of this kind that allow you to enjoy high-quality pictures and good sound.

Television is an integral part of our lives. In the 90s, they couldn’t imagine their apartment without at least one TV. But now some people are trying to give up such a bulky device. They motivate this by the fact that TV takes up too much free time without bringing anything in return. However, sometimes the need to watch some TV channel is still present. For example, for a football match or an important news report. At such moments, one or another program for watching TV on Android comes to the rescue. Further we will talk about such utilities.

Price: Free

One of the most popular services. It began its existence at the dawn of the Android operating system. Over time, the program has acquired very wide functionality. Now it not only allows you to watch Russian and some foreign TV channels on Android, but also broadcast the picture to Chromecast, Miracast or WiDi. It should also be noted that there is a “Picture in Picture” function here, which significantly simplifies the use of the smartphone.

Like many other applications for watching TV on Android, SPB TV provides a detailed program guide. In the same section, you can create a notification so as not to miss a show that interests you. Equally important is the fact that the utility functions stably even on low-bandwidth networks. The downside is that the bitrate is selected automatically by the program - the user cannot influence this in any way.

Advantages:

• Possibility to download for free;
• Works even on low-bandwidth networks;
• Support for Chromecast and other modern technologies;
• Easy to learn interface;
• Availability of the “Picture in Picture” function;
• Set reminders for upcoming TV shows.

Flaws:

• Almost complete absence of foreign TV channels;
• Unstable operation on some devices;
• No manual bitrate selection;
• Some channels are included in paid packages.

ViNTERA.TV

Price: Free

If SPB TV does not always want to display a high-quality picture, then the same cannot be said about ViNTERA.TV. This program contains a rich catalog of TV channels. They are also taken from IPTV - local networks of providers. Both movie buffs and football fans should love the app. This is explained by the fact that many channels here are divided into separate packages. And among them there are such selections as Sport TV and Cinema TV.

The creators of ViNTERA.TV try to make money by displaying advertising banners. But you need to understand that this business will not pay for the maintenance of servers. That's why there is a paid subscription. It is thanks to this that the broadcast is realized not only in HD quality, but also in 3D!

As already mentioned, the catalog of this Android application contains a huge number of channels. One could easily get confused in them. But the developers took this into account by introducing filters by genre, language and country. Another important feature of the utility is support for UDProxy - this technology allows you to display an image on another device, even if your tablet or smartphone cannot!

Advantages:

• A huge number of TV channels;
• Supports HD broadcasting and 3D broadcasting;
• Easy screen aspect ratio adjustment;
• Convenient multicast broadcasting;
• Well-implemented filter system;
• Thematic packages;
• You can download the program for free.

Flaws:

• Paid subscription to remove ads.

PeersTV

Price: Free

Television gradually ceased to be free. It remains so only within PeersTV and some other similar applications. This utility has a simple interface that even a beginner who starts using a smartphone for the first time can understand. Most of the screen here is occupied by a catalog of TV channels. From here you can quickly go to the program guide to get acquainted with what exactly the selected channel will broadcast in the near future.

The service differs in that it stores broadcast recordings for a couple of weeks. In this regard, it is not difficult to watch any show whose live broadcast you missed. As for the number of TV channels available here, it is approximately five dozen. However, not everything is free. For example, Amedia 1, Eurokino, Nickelodeon and some others require a paid subscription. However, it costs about 60 rubles per month - this is nothing compared to its competitors.

Advantages:

• Ability to watch missed TV shows;
• Easy to learn interface;
• News based on stories from different television companies;
• Possibility to download PeersTV for free;
• The ability to manually add a channel by specifying a link to the IPTV playlist.

Flaws:

• There are no foreign channels;
• Availability of a paid subscription.

IPTV

Price: Free

Another way to watch TV on Android. It is more suitable for advanced users than for beginners. The fact is that IPTV is only a VLC shell, which is designed to display any channels from the xspf and m3u playlists. By default, it contains only those TV channels that are not against such utilities. However, advanced people will immediately find links to playlists of paid channels on the Internet, immediately adding them to this utility. But you should remember that doing this would be illegal.

The application has a familiar interface, where different sections are located in separate tabs. The creators of this program for the Android operating system earn money by displaying advertisements. If you want to disable it, you will have to buy the PRO version of IPTV, priced at 79 rubles. By the way, this makes comfortable viewing of IPTV channels very advantageous compared to all the competitors discussed above.

Advantages:

• Simple interface;
• Possibility to use for free;
• Very good picture quality;
• UDP proxy support;
• Adding your links to playlists of paid channels.

If you are only interested in free Russian-language channels, then you can install the “Our TV” application. The catalog available here contains approximately a hundred TV channels. Almost all of them are accompanied by a program guide. But this is where the list of advantages of the utility ends. She has many more shortcomings.

Let's start with the fact that you cannot select the stream quality here. Often you will see a depressing picture, and you will not be able to do anything about it. But the most annoying thing is the regular disconnections. There is an unstable operation of the application developer servers. And this despite the fact that they provided their creation with intrusive advertising, from which they seem to be trying to make money. In short, Nashe TV is not the most worthy product. There is a high probability that after getting to know it, you will be disappointed in watching TV from your smartphone screen.

Advantages:

• Almost all popular Russian-language channels are present;
• Distributed free of charge.

Flaws:

• Not a very nice interface;
• Frequent connection interruptions;
• Some labels are empty;
• Intrusive advertising cannot be eliminated;
• Lack of advanced features.

Summarizing

Not all worthy utilities for watching television on a smartphone or tablet are mentioned in our selection. But other applications are highly specialized. For example, VGTRK distributes its application through Google Play "Russia. Television and radio". As you might guess, it contains a small number of channels and radio stations that are part of this holding. Telecom operators also have their own programs, providing access to the 4G standard and special television packages. One such product is MegaFon.TV.

Perhaps the best TV app for Android is ViNTERA.TV. It was developed relatively recently, but in terms of functionality it has already surpassed many competitors. You can also check out SPB TV. But here, subscribing to some channels will cost significantly more money. And so-called advanced users should pay attention to IPTV. But using this service will be very difficult, because you yourself will have to monitor whether the added links to playlists are still working.

Absolutely free, you are offered a huge number of only Russian channels, with excellent quality of the output video stream.

Forget about all the apps you have seen for watching Russian TV channels online, as they all had poor video stream quality and were also quite limited in the number of channels. There are no restrictions in the “” application and the maximum possible number of TV channels is available, while you can choose between low and high quality. I can confidently assure you that out of the entire list of channels, you will not find a single English-speaking one, and their total number is a whopping 130 and all of them are fully functional. Only in Russian and only in high quality.

The application interface is incredibly simple and you won’t need to get used to it or delve into any complex mechanisms. Next to the channel there are two icons - LQ and HQ. LQ allows you to watch the TV channel you have chosen in low quality, which certainly cannot be called terrible (on the Nexus 7 low quality looks very acceptable). HQ stands for high quality video, and that's really true. As the developers themselves say, to watch the video stream you will 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 can be 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 Mbit/sec, and for high quality – at least 4 Mbit/sec. The parameters are quite modest, but with mobile Internet it will be difficult to watch channels. During testing of the application, some bugs were noticed, for example, when watching high-quality videos, the player automatically closed after 3-4 minutes, which was not observed when viewing channels in low quality. If, when selecting a certain quality, you receive an error message, then try opening this channel in a different quality, 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 any. 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 Must Have console! Enjoy watching!

Internet television or IPTV is a way to receive information from TV channels via 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 look at seven representatives from among television players. They all perform basically one function: they allow you to watch TV on your computer.

IP-TV Player is, according to the author, the optimal solution for watching Internet television. It copes with the task perfectly, all functions and settings are in place, nothing unnecessary 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 background recording function for an unlimited number of channels.

Crystal TV

The TV player is also quite easy to use. Unlike IP-TV Player, it is a desktop application of the Crystal.tv website. This fact indicates full user support, reliability and stability of the player itself and broadcasts.

The number of available channels can be increased by purchasing one of the premium Internet television packages on the website.

But the main distinguishing feature of Crystal TV from other players presented in this article is its complete adaptation to mobile devices. This is evidenced by the shape of the interface and the location of its elements on the screen.

SopCast

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 get acquainted with any information before other Russian users.

In addition, Sopka allows you to create your own broadcast without unnecessary settings and other headaches. You can transmit any multimedia content 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 a 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 similar to Crystal TV. There are no paid services on the site, only a huge list of TV channels, radio stations and webcams.

ProgDVB

ProgDVB is a kind of “monster” among TV players. It supports everything that can be supported, broadcasts Russian and foreign channels and radio, works with hardware such as TV tuners and set-top boxes, and receives cable and satellite television.

One of the features is support for 3D equipment.

VLC Media Player

You can write a lot and for a long time about VLC Media Player. This multimedia combine can do almost everything. Most TV players are based on it.

VLC plays TV and radio, plays audio and video of any format, including via links from the Internet, records broadcasts, takes screenshots, and has built-in self-updating libraries with lists of radio stations and music tracks.

A feature of the player that sets it apart from others is the ability to remotely control (share from the network) via the web interface. This allows you to perform certain manipulations with the player, for example, making a VLC control panel out of your smartphone.

These are the programs for watching TV over the Internet. They all have their own characteristics, pros and cons, but they all cope with their tasks. The choice is yours: simplicity and rigid boundaries or complex but flexible settings and freedom.

Today, developers offer Smart TV owners a wide variety of applications for watching television, online movies directly from websites, useful programs and even games. Each user can independently select the programs they need, but it is important to take into account the region of residence and the model of their TV.

• LG – enter the Smart TV section and select interactive TV from the available widgets;
• Samsung - enter the Smart TV section and select the Video item in the Samsung App store, where you can find and download Interactive TV.

This application is only available for models from 2012. As for synchronization with devices on the Android operating system, its version must be at least 4.0, and for iOS - at least 5.0.

Setting up IPTV

The application for watching IPTV television channels is now also available for Smart TVs. This program provides access to digital television, that is, to higher quality images and sound. There are several options for connecting this application, and in many cases a special set-top box is needed, but you can also do without it.

If we consider installing this program on Samsung Smart TVs, without a set-top box, then it’s immediately worth noting that this is only possible for models no younger than 2010. To watch television via IPTV you need to download the nStreamLmod application. The setup sequence is as follows:

• Login to Smart Hub via a special button on the remote control;
• Pressing button A from the remote control;
• Go to the point of creating a work record and enter the develop login and password 123456;
• Confirmation of data entry by clicking the “Create work record” button;
• Enter your username and password to log into your account;
• Pressing the Tools button from the remote control and selecting the “Settings” section;
• In the open window, select “Development”;
• Enter the server IP address through setup. Each TV model uses its own. For Samsung it is 188.168.31.14 or 31.128.159.40;
• Clicking the application synchronization item (this action can remove all previously installed programs except standard ones);
• When the process is complete, launch the nStreamPlayer application and enter the address http://powernet.com.ru/stream.xml in the Playlist URL 1 field.

Additional Applications

There are many additional applications for watching TV programs and movies online. So, one of them is an offer from the provider MegaFon.TV. This program is free and is supported by LG Smart TVs no earlier than 2013 (including TVs from v1.2.0 webOS), as well as Samsung Smart TVs from 2013, with the exception of those running on the Tizen operating system.

A current application today is Like TV - a free program that provides access to watching IPTV on Samsung Smart TV (all TV models).

Hello everyone, dear friends and guests of my blog. To be honest, I’m not a fan of watching TV, because I understand that there is usually nothing interesting there. That’s why we don’t buy a TV at all, but the one we just gave away. But sometimes there are times when you want something to be heard in the background. Therefore, today I want to offer you programs for watching TV on your computer, so that you can watch what is currently on at any time.
Television is now going through hard times and fewer and fewer people are watching it. And purchasing expensive antennas and special equipment for a TV is losing its perspective. Now you can save your money in a simple way by installing special programs on your PC.

This way, you can watch all the same channels, only in better quality. There are quite a lot of such programs, but we will talk about five that I consider the best. You can download all these programs from the official websites.

Program All-Radio was created to watch TV on your PC and also listen to the radio. With its help you can watch about 1000 channels and listen to more than 2000 radio stations.

The application itself has a number of advantages.

• It's completely free
• A huge number of films, programs, interesting shows
• User-friendly controls
• Translated into Russian

All-Radio is very easy to use and will suit any user. A large number of channels and their quality only confirm that it is considered one of the best among its kind.

The application is no worse than the previous one, and in some aspects even better. In it you can watch the most popular Russian TV shows and films.

Crystal TV has the following advantages:

• Suitable not only for Windows system, but also for all popular Mac, Android, iOS and other systems.
• High image
• Very easy to use
• Beautiful design

Crystal TV is the best TV player for TV on PC. The only negative that can be named is watching additional TV channels for a fee

RusTV Player

This player does not provide as many TV channels as others. There are more than 200 of them, as well as about 40 radio stations. The image and reception are at a high level.

RusTV Player has the following advantages:

• Completely Russian language
• Intuitive controls, large selection of settings
• Record your favorite TV shows
• There is a radio

RusTV Player is a new generation TV for a personal computer. A beautiful interface that can be customized allows you to fully enjoy the best programs and programs.

This is a classic player that allows you to watch a large number of different channels. Shows can be from over 80 countries around the world. IN TV Classic It is possible to conduct your own broadcast using a camera or tuner.

Advantages of TV Classic:

• Great access to TV channels from all over the world
• Record movies, favorite programs, TV shows
• Convenient interface where movies are divided into lists
• Frequent updates and completely Russian language

TV Player Classic is a TV with a large number of channels for PC. The broadcast is carried out at a high level. There are also a large number of special functions that will make your viewing easier and more comfortable.

Combo Player

For today, this is the last TV for your PC on my list.

This is a universal player that plays the best Russian channels, there are more than 20 of them, completely free and in the best quality. Advantages of ComboPlayer:

• Free Russian TV channels: STS, TNT, First and others
• Best picture image, high-quality broadcast reception
• Russian language
• Beautiful, convenient design of the device

Combo is a great TV player for you. About 20 TV channels in excellent quality are available for free; to watch more, you will need to purchase a paid subscription for a modest amount.

These 5 programs are considered the best to watch good and high-quality TV on your computer. Each of them is unique and has its own advantages. Now you don’t need to spend a lot of money or call a specialist to set up special devices for you. Now everything is accessible, fast and simple. Enjoy your viewing.

Well, this is where I end my article for today. I look forward to seeing you again on my blog. Good luck to you. Bye bye!

Best regards, Dmitry Kostin.