An IPTV provider can give you everything that you look for in entertainment. So, Indians living in the US and Canada can have easy access to the services with an Indian IPTV box.
But in most cases, people have a little bit of confusion about the differences between satellite TV and IPTV.
How an Indian IPTV box is different from traditional TV?
Real-time broadcasting: Instead of using cable or satellite, the consumer uses Internet Protocol (IP) based networks to request and receive TV shows and video information. As opposed to cable or satellite, which broadcast content in real-time.
Storage: All IPTV server models can store the content on servers at the transmitting end, enabling customers to access the content whenever they want over the Internet.
IPTV is considerably more like internet browsing than conventional channel surfing. The videos are simply delivered to the viewer using the transport technology IP (Internet Protocol) which is a delivery method. Video from many sources (servers) is split up and delivered over the internet when the viewer clicks on any TV programme or requests the video. Requests are sent out, and shows are received back, by video servers over a fibre-optic cable to existing homes with an internet connection.
What happens when viewers subscribe to IPTV services?
When a viewer signs up for a certain IPTV provider, they are given the set-top box for that service (STB). The endpoint device that decodes and decrypts TV and VOD streams before displaying them on the TV screen is called a set-top box. The STB uses the internet to send the video and TV material to the viewer and is linked to the viewer’s router. Through an interactive STB site that enables navigation through the many IPTV services, including the VOD catalogue, the viewer requests the videos or TV channels.
What are the popular IPTV services?
- Video on demand: It enables users to choose and watch any video on demand. Any movie in the media library of the VoD server can be viewed by users.
- Time-shifted content: With time-shifted TV, viewers may watch live programs later and restart watching them whenever it is convenient for them. TV programs also have a rewind function.
- TVOD: A few TV channels are recorded so that you can watch them whenever you want. The chosen information can be quickly paused, fast-forwarded, and played back, but only for a maximum of seven days.
- 4K support: IPTV offers 4K resolution which is smoother than that of the 1080p image. Pictures and texts in a 4K image are much better than that of the 1080p image, especially at the contours as well as that at the centre. It has high-definition picture quality. A viewer can easily spot the difference between the 2K and 4K resolutions especially when you are closer to the device.
- Biggest movie stock: Viewers across the lands of Canada and America can have access to the biggest library of Bollywood movies. Apart from Bollywood, viewers can also have access to a large stock of regional movies and enjoy watching it with their loved ones.
- 1000+ HD Channels: In cable TV or satellite TV, viewers get very few HD channels whereas with an Indian IPTV box, users get a plethora of HD channels.