Best Iptv Boxes

Internet Protocol Television (= IPTV) allows you to watch TV content over the Internet, in real time. It’s a great alternative to having to subscribe to regular TV via an antenna, or cable television (what is colloquially called “cord-cutting”), and can achieve faster speeds than cable as well. It can also provide you with Video-on-demand (=VOD), where you can watch movies and TV shows whenever you want, instead of having to wait for your favorite program to be aired at its particular time slot.

The IPTV box is essentially a mini-computer, which you hook up between your Internet connection and your TV set. The IPTV Box comes complete with a motherboard, a CPU, memory, and storage space. It can allow your TV to achieve greater resolution with less distortion, and you can enjoy watching movies and TV from the Internet without interruptions. If you’re traveling in a foreign country and can’t enjoy the local TV programs due to a language barrier, an IPTV Box can get you access to your favorite TV content from your home country.  

We’ve composed this buyer’s guide to help you make the right decision when selecting a IPTV box. It'll help you:

• Choose the right type of IPTV box,

• See useful tips about that particular type of IPTV box,

• Read reviews of different IPTV boxes, and what customers are saying,

• Select the right brand of IPTV box, and

• Compare prices and find the best deals.

When you’re selecting an IPTV box, you should pay attention to what types of IPTV the device is capable of receiving. There are three types of IPTV:

• Video On Demand: These are services that let you watch a particular program when you want, for a fee. With a service such as Netflix, you can watch an entire season of your favorite shows--one episode after the other.

• Time-Shifted IPTV (“Catch-up”): This is an option to watch shows that have already aired, that you would like to see now. This saves you the effort of recording events or shows that you would like to watch.

• IP Simulcasting (live IPTV): This is live streaming of an event as it is occurring, such as a sports event.

• Can upgrade your television: There are IPTV Boxes that are capable of providing your TV with 4K resolution--even if your TV is an older model. 4K resolution gives a horizontal screen display resolution of close to 4000 pixels. Some also allow for watching 3D movies, such as the Teamyo Android TV Box.

• Ability to watch on a large screen: One of the great advantages of an IPTV Box is that all the things you enjoy on a computer, including gaming, you can now do on a television screen--even if you have a 60” screen! The results are breathtaking!

• Foreign language programs: For an IPTV subscription price, you can use your IPTV box for receiving television from your native country, in your mother tongue, no matter where you go.

• Peripheral devices: Many IPTV Boxes give you options for hooking up a wireless keyboard or game controller and come with a remote control as well.

• Other applications: Since the IPTV box functions as a computer with an Android operating system, it can offer you all the features that you’d expect from a tablet or Smartphone. You can also converse over Skype, and have access to YouTube, Facebook, and perform searches over the Internet.

• Memory: You’ll notice that an IPTV Box will advertise RAM and ROM. For example, the GooBang Doo Abox A1 Max has 2 GB RAM and 16 GB ROM. RAM (=Random Access Memory) is where the device stores programs and apps when you choose to run them. The more RAM, the more the device can run at one time. The ROM (=Read Only Memory) is where it stores content, such as downloaded games, videos, music, and more. You can expand the ROM by means of a microSD card that you insert in the IPTV Box. Another spec that you’ll see is eMMC (= embedded MultiMedia Card) memory. This is a hardware design where the storage media is hardwired into the device’s motherboard, as part of the circuitry. This ensures that the TV box runs more quickly, and thus more smoothly.

• Operating system: Most of the IPTV boxes that we reviewed had the Android 7.1 operating system. This ensures greater stability and more powerful performance.

• SmallRT--(a contraction of "Small Rocket") is a manufacturer of set top boxes and other hardware that allows you to watch videos over the Internet and thus avoid the subscription fee that cable TV requires. They were founded in 2014, with the vision of making a product that is affordable, that also will be sustainable and allow you access to streaming services.

• GooBang Doo--is a maker of Home Theater Systems, including Android TV Boxes and video projectors, transmitters and transceivers, circuit boards, jump starters, and more. They were started in 2015 with their Android TV box for watching TV shows and live TV. They later expanded to include video projectors, DVD players, and car accessories.

• Dreamlink--is a maker of IPTV Set Top Box Smart TVs, with an Android operating system. They have several devices, with each being capable of working at a different speed (150 Mbps, 600 Mbps, or 1200 Mbps), and with or without WiFi antennas.

• Teamyo--is a maker of smart bands, smartwatches, Bluetooth speakers, earphones, and other gadgets. They also make an Android TV Box which employs high-performance hardware, including a 4-Core processor, and allows you to see 3D movies and 4K resolution.

• Pendoo--is a manufacturer of TV set boxes, but they also make wireless gaming keyboards and game controllers, as well as remote controls for their TV set boxes. They are a branch of Shenzhen Dragonworth Technology Co., Inc.