Choose an application to watch TV on android devices: Lazy IPTV, Bison TV, and the review of 5 services

1. Table of contents Introduction
2. Lazy iptv
3. Beginning of work
4. Settings
5. Testing
6. findings

Table of contents

Introduction

We continue to review applications to watch tv on android devices. In general, the choice in this segment is not rich, since there are very few high-quality, interesting and free programs. But among them there are those that deserve attention in the first place. Well, in the end, we traditionally summarize.

Let's start with a couple of programs, without which this cycle would be incomplete. The first of them - Lazy IPTV - will appeal to those who do not trust various services and do not want to overpay. Fortunately, it is intended for watching television through playlists. The second, “Bison TV” at first glance looks like a good application with a large number of TV channels and a low price.

Let me remind you that we started the previous review with a popular and high-quality application. SPB TV . The second participant of that material Peerstv , surprised us with its functionality, because thanks to it you can get into the future. Although seriously, this is a good and practically free service for those who are not picky about the popularity of channels. And completed the article a simple application for watching TV called RoTV .

The test equipment used was a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 tablet (CM 12.1 based on Android 5.1 OS, ART runtime, TI OMAP 4430 processor, 2 x 1200 MHz, PowerVR 540 384 MHz video processor, 1 GB of RAM) and Xiaomi Redmi Note smartphone Miui V7 on OC Android 4.4.2, Dalvik runtime, MediaTek MT6592 processor, 8 x 1700 MHz, Mali-450 MP4 700 MHz video processor, 2 GB of RAM).

Lazy iptv

Acquaintance

Not all users are willing to pay for legal content, watch only regional television and be limited to scant TV packages. And since we are still more advanced users, then what should we collect a list of addresses of Internet channels (or download ready)?

It remains only to find an application to play IP channels. Just as such a client, and we stand Lazy IPTV. Next, you will learn how to configure and how it works with the functionality.

Demonstration of Lazy IPTV:

The main features of the Lazy IPTV application:

• Support for m3u / xspf playlists (in clear view or zip / gz archives), the ability to add playlists from the device’s file system, from the Internet or clipboard;
• The ability to play not only http and udp iptv-streams, but also vk-video / YouTube links;
• Play Internet radio playlists through the built-in player;
• Support for multiple udp proxies, with the ability to switch directly when working with a playlist;
• Support for the ability to auto update the playlist, as well as the ability to use the cache when it is not available;
• Support for multiple TV programs (in xmltv format, in open or zip / gz archives) with the ability to switch between different TV programs directly when working with a playlist;
• Presets of TV program sources currently available sources: 3 exUssr, 2 Italy, 1 UK (World), 1 Espany, 1 Germany;
• Ability to download TV programs from the device;
• Flexible organization of the main (overview) window in the form of tiles, providing the ability to bring to it playlists and the most frequently used channels, as well as access to the basic functions of the application with the ability to sort tiles;
• Favorites, with the support of subfolders, grouping the same channels from different playlists;
• History of viewing channels;
• Different views of playlists: a list (maximum functionality), icons or tiles, remembered for each playlist separately;
• The possibility of flexible channel search in a playlist or TV program;
• The ability to link an indefinite playlist channel with a template for receiving information from a TV program;
• Export playlists and favorites to a file in various formats;
• Backup / restore application data (playlists, favorites, history, settings);
• Reminders of broadcasts from a TV program;
• Search channels on all playlists;
• Register-independent search for TV programs;
• Various color schemes;
• The parental control system (with activation through settings) allows you to block access to both playlists and individual channels.

Beginning of work

The main screen Lazy IPTV is presented in the form of icons, each of which is responsible for a particular function or opportunity and access to it. The first icon is “Favorites,” followed by “History”, “TV Program Sources”, “Playlist Manager”, “New Playlist”, “Reminders”, “Channel Search” and “Broadcast Search”.

I think it is not necessary to explain what this or that function means, the benefit is all very clear. If you swipe to the right, then we will open a panel with all the above icons, just located in the form of a list and in a more convenient form.

What to do next, where to get channels and playlists? This is where the most interesting begins - we open any search engine, enter the phrase “download free playlists” and find the necessary.

For example, I managed to find and download a playlist of more than 200 channels from the first time without any problems. There are both paid, and free, and renewable IPTV “packages” (A runet for imagination is ready!).

Suppose a playlist is downloaded, you need to “install” it in Lazy IPTV. To do this, go to the “New playlist” category, and then either select a file from the device’s memory, or insert a link to the playlist from the Internet, or create an empty playlist and fill it with links to channels.

After this manipulation, our playlist can be found in the “Playlist Manager”, put it on the main screen and use it. When opening any playlist, we will see a list with channels, next to each of them will be displayed a program on air and a line of duration.

Click on any of the channels and we can enjoy watching. It is worth warning that Lazy IPTV does not contain a pre-installed player, so you need to get one.

Almost all devices running on the Android OS already have video players preinstalled, but if it doesn’t suit you, you can install a different one, and which one - our review cycle on this topic.

By the way, for any channel you can view the program for the coming days, change the icon, edit the name, delete, copy, send and more. The most interesting of this list of functions is the broadcast of the channel to our television, which is extremely simple. Naturally, for this to happen, it must have DLNA support and be connected to the same network as the mobile gadget.

And now let's talk about additional features, of which there is a huge amount in Lazy IPTV. And we start with the program schedule. Want to see her? For this program must be downloaded. Fortunately, there are already sources in the application, we only need to update the data.

The program has a search for channels and TV shows. The first option is a familiar thing, but the second is a very useful function. For example, we know that there is such a show, but we don’t know the channel - enter the name of the program and voila!

What else is there in Lazy IPTV? Wizard is a playlist manager that allows you to import and edit playlists in every possible way in order to get the perfect version with the necessary channels. Know what tomorrow will be an informative program? Create a reminder, one click - and at a specified time, the program will notify us.

The list of functions can be continued in dozens of paragraphs, for example, to talk about parent mode and other features, but it’s much easier to read the description of key features — everything is described in detail there anyway.

Settings

In the settings Lazy IPTV quite a lot of options. For example, we can choose a language, change the color scheme, font, create a “backup” of playlists and much more. Of all the abundance of functions, we select the presence of parental control.

Testing

Application Version 2.31 Distribution Size 4.5 MB Application Size in Installed Form 9.2 MB RAM Consumption 20-30 MB

Lazy IPTV is one of the few applications with broad functionality and stable trouble-free operation. In this case, with a minimum consumption of mobile device resources: less than 30 MB of RAM and about 9 MB of ROM.

findings

Lazy IPTV - one of the best applications for watching IPTV television. This is a convenient, beautiful, understandable and functional program that perfectly performs all the tasks. Besides, absolutely free. There is nothing more to say here.

Naturally, you should understand its purpose. Unlike all previous applications, this program is a client for watching Internet TV, but not a service. Therefore, the search for playlists falls on our shoulders.

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